Having a Mac-based office, I've been looking for a way to run DissoMaster easily, and the iPad app is just the trick. I've been running XSpouse within a Wine environment, but that's not a total solution, either.
Here's the problem... first of all, this is the most expensive app I have ever purchased, and my expectations were high. But, the iPad version of DissoMaster is missing several key features:
1) As another reviewer stated, there is no ability to enter Y-T-D income for a projection of a party's annual income.
2) There seems to be no way to generate Smith-Ostler (excess earnings) bonus tables. These tables are a key part of guideline child support, but this critical feature is just flat-out missing. In other words, if you have a party with variable income (bonuses, commissions, etc.), you won't be able to capture the excess earnings over the base pay with this app. Almost makes the app useless.
3) The cash flow analysis is meager, at best, nor does the app allow you to print "per child" information. Again, key information is missing.
4) There are other things... the preferences are weak, there is little ability to customize data input (e.g. parent resides outside of California and pays out-of-state taxes instead of California taxes), etc. In fact, the printed report doesn't even identify WHICH party pays support (you have to know that the parenthesis around the support number indicate that the lower net-income party is the payor, and if there are no parenthesis it's the higher net-income parent).
5) Can't save the data input as a file to be modified/edited later. Only options are to email the report or the print the report (via AirPrint).
All in all, the app is "OK", but will only have limited usability given its unacceptable limitations. And, for $50, I expected a LOT more. This is one huge problem I have with many publishers who sell their apps through the App Store... there is no way to demo or evaluate many of them before plunking down money unless the publisher makes a free or "lite" version available for previewing. Had I seen these features missing, it's very likely I would NOT have made this purchase. You may want to consider this purchase very, very carefully. I'm fairly disappointed.
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