assets

Assets is a Financial Information Management application that keeps track of your assets. The app works on the basis of annual depreciation of non-financial assets, where you enter an initial purchase price, a date, set the annual depreciation percentage rate (ADPR), and a minimum value percentage rate. The program will then calculate the current value of the asset using this information. All assets are revalued daily on this basis.

For assets that do not depreciate, for example property, financial holdings, jewelry, or art/precious collections, where the current value floats up or down with market conditions, you can enter the current market value manually. This is available when you set the annual depreciation rate to zero.

The application displays an overview screen, where the sum of all assets is broken down by category, and the totals at the bottom. There are no built in categories, you choose the categories when you add new assets (either an existing category previously entered, or enter a new category) , which you can then use to filter on the details list screen. The top value displayed is the current market value, and the bottom value is the original purchase price. Same applies to sums at the bottom (either in filter mode or full details mode)

The full list screen displays the details for all assets, or filtered assets by category. The values here give the details for individual asset items. The color of the value amount indicates three states of the asset:-

Black – Asset being depreciated using the ADPR% Rate set.
Red – Asset depreciated past the minimum value percentage rate set and is set to the minimum value.
Purple – Asset not being depreciated, but market value manually set.

The preferences screen allows you to choose the sort modes for the overview and list screens (sort on current value/purchase price/A..Z), and to set a password if you don’t want prying eyes to check out your assets.

For each asset you can take a picture and enter notes. The picture will be displayed enlarged if you click on it in the asset detail view.

The user interface is designed to be a little humorous since it can be quite depressing to watch your valuable purchases slowly decrease in value.

Usage Notes: The application is designed for speedy entry of data. So on the Add/Edit screen, all the text fields, number fields, category, and date entry fields will bring out the associated data entry tools on tap, which will be dismissed again on tap of the field, or on tap of any other field. This also applies to the “category button” on the details lists screen, where you press to bring out the category picker, select the category you desire, and press the “category button” again to select.