# Economy

> US and global economic indicators with historical data and visualizations. (iPhone/iPad app by Cascade Software Corporation.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/economy/id321504242 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Cascade Software Corporation](https://appshunter.io/developer/293904191)
- Category: Finance, News
- Price: $2.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 160 App Store ratings · 84 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 15 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2009-07-04
- Data updated: 2026-08-26
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/economy/id321504242/reviews.md

## What is Economy?

***** Featured in iTunes "STAFF FAVORITES" section and also #1 Finance app for several weeks in 2009 ***** 

***** Featured on cover and chapter-5 of Wiley Publishing's book on Incredible iPhone Apps *****

This app gives you a snapshot of the US economy by providing the latest key economic indicators and tracking the history of these indicators across the past few months, years and decades.

The app includes around 45,000 economic indicators. The primary focus is on US economic indicators (including detailed data on all 50 states and for major metro areas).
It also includes some economic indicators for more than a 100 other countries (e.g. UK, Canada, Australia, India, Singapore, China, Mexico, Estonia, Kenya, Nepal, Brazil etc.)

Macworld review for the V1 version of the app http://www.macworld.com/article/142855/2009/09/economicnewsapps.html says
"tough to do better than Cascade Software’s Economy app"
"The app is a one-stop shop .......  economists and financial analysts love to parse"
"it’s a handy resource to have available in the palm of your hand."
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Features: 
    1.  Latest values of key (curated) US economic indicators (GDP, Employment, Housing, Manufacturing, Inflation, Trade Deficit, weekly updates of Canadian,Mexican currency exchange rates , M2 Money stock, etc.) published by the US Federal Reserve.
    2. Share economic graphs through social media, email, SMS, printouts etc.
    3.  Graphs to track economic indicators across many different time ranges (e.g. 1 year, 3 years, ...,40 years etc.)
    4.  Graphs that track the values of economic indicators across Democratic and Republican presidencies and across Recession periods over the past several decades. 
    5. Around 45,000 economic indicators (mostly for the US, but also for more than a 100 other countries)
    6. A powerful search engine that makes it easy to use partial (or full) keywords to search through the 45,000 economic indicators provided by the app. 
    7.  All indicators updated soon after the govt numbers are published. (Most indicators updated monthly, others quarterly, annually, daily or weekly)
    8.  Help/Descriptions for many economic indicators.
    9. Data-value transformations (graphs can be charted on interesting y-axis transformations (e.g. continuously compounded annual rate of change, natural log, change from previous year etc.)
    10. The app requires internet connectivity, but previously downloaded/viewed (saved) data can be viewed in offline mode without an internet connection.
 
Are you curious about the economy? Gauge the current state of the US economy with the latest economic indicators, Review historical data for patterns across recessions and  patterns across Republican and Democratic presidencies

Do you want to win arguments when discussing the economy or make speculative predictions about the economy based on patterns from the past? 

This app will help you with all of that and more.

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Please contact us through our website (http://CascadeSoft.net) or blog for questions, comments or suggestions.

The app is optimised for multiple iPhone and iPod Touch devices and it has been tested on devices ranging from an iPhone 4 device (running iOS 5.1.1) to an iPhone 7 Plus device (running iOS 10.1)

Download the app to see why it was the #1 ranked paid app in the Finance category of the app store (for weeks in summer, 2009) and why it was featured on the cover of Wiley Publishing's book on Incredible iPhone apps.

## Key features

- Key US economic indicators (GDP, Employment, Housing)
- Historical data tracking (months, years, decades)
- Data for 50 US states and metro areas
- Indicators for over 100 countries
- Graphs across presidencies and recessions
- Powerful search engine for 45,000 indicators
- Data-value transformations for charting

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $2.99.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| V6 Upgrade for Early Adopters | $1.99 | one-time |


## Chart rankings

- #131 in Top Paid · Finance (US App Store)

## What do users think of Economy?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Great app for economic data
- 👍 Informative and useful
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 👍 Good data source
- 👍 Fast loading times
- 👍 Well-organized data
- 👍 Great visuals and charts
- 👍 Up-to-date information
- 👍 Valuable for investing and planning
- 👍 Quick access to economic trends
- 👍 Comprehensive economic indicators
- 👍 Good for research and decision making
- 👍 Reliable source of facts
- 👍 Time-saving tool
- 👍 Insightful for non-economists
- 👍 Covers broad economics trends
- 👍 Detailed historical data
- 👍 Intuitive graphs with adjustable ranges
- 👍 Provides background information
- 👍 Like FRED but better
- 👍 Simple and clean app
- 👍 Useful for proving a point
- 👍 Great for tracking economic indicators
- 👍 One stop economic data
- 👍 Extremely useful and fast data source
- 👍 Major economic data in one easy location
- 👍 Helpful app for economic trends
- 👍 Great data at your fingertips
- 👍 Good app, lots of data
- 👍 Great way to review economy
- 👍 Data well supported and grouped
- 👍 Information rich
- 👍 Good program for economic releases
- 👍 Great app, can't complain
- 👍 Great app, 5 stars
- 👍 Great, awesome, informative app
- 👍 Great Ap
- 👍 Great app, facts not fiction
- 👍 Pocket window to economy trends
- 👍 Fun even for non-economists
- 👍 Insightful
- 👍 When updated timely, few can compare
- 👍 Very useful and time saving
- 👍 What a great Apps!
- 👍 Great App - very informative
- 👍 Simple, quickly and accurate
- 👍 Fantastic one-stop source
- 👍 Great amount of info for research
- 👍 Good, user friendly
- 👍 Great summary data in one place
- 👍 Very useful
- 👍 Well done
- 👍 Great Quick Source of Economic Data
- 👍 Useful
- 👍 Amazing! Probably the most useful app available!
- 👍 Tremendous app, great collection of data
- 👍 Terrific interface, easy to use
- 👍 Simplifies searching disparate sources
- 👍 Wealth of information
- 👍 Important app to have
- 👍 Very informative
- 👍 Good information
- 👍 Great source at your fingertips
- 👍 Great upgrades
- 👍 Great Ecomony App
- 👍 Good and predictive information
- 👍 기대 이상입니다.
- 👍 Good economic data source
- 👍 Great information all in one place
- 👍 Easy and intuitive to use
- 👍 Unique and useful feature
- 👍 Excellent informative application !!!
- 👍 Very good enhancements
- 👍 Great app to keep track of indicators
- 👍 Easy to use and very fast loading
- 👍 Great App!!, Great Information!!
- 👍 Quick and easy application
- 👍 Fast and timely information
- 👍 Outstanding App!
- 👍 Worth buying
- 👍 Great how I can check indicators
- 👍 Very nice app, convenient access
- 👍 Definitely worth the price
- 👍 Great App for Monitoring the Economy
- 👍 Raw data better than talking heads
- 👍 Bunch of great data that updates
- 👍 Highly recommended
- 👍 User-friendly and great idea
- 👍 Well designed and easy to navigate
- 👍 Tons of economic data and graphs
- 👍 Nice to choose graph time scales

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Won't open anymore
- 🐛 App is junk
- 🐛 Not worth it even if free
- 🐛 Can't get ahold of anyone for refund
- 🐛 Bad business model
- 🐛 Crashing on iPad
- 🐛 Has not been updated in 5 years
- 🐛 No longer functioning
- 🐛 Buggy and outdated
- 🐛 Needs more recent data
- 🐛 Missing historical data
- 🐛 Needs more user friendly sorting
- 🐛 Needs a calendar for report releases
- 🐛 Needs to show expectations for reports
- 🐛 Updates too slowly
- 🐛 Needs to update faster
- 🐛 Needs clearer definitions of metrics
- 🐛 Some metrics lack descriptions
- 🐛 Needs current percentages, not just changes
- 🐛 Limited ability to vary data
- 🐛 Limited ability to compare indicators
- 🐛 Recently hacked, incorrect currency
- 🐛 Needs more historical data for Dow and S&P
- 🐛 Needs more beige book info
- 🐛 Needs chart on margin debt of equities
- 🐛 Needs view by House of Representatives
- 🐛 Graphs could be tweaked
- 🐛 Lacks depth
- 🐛 Data is surprisingly weak
- 🐛 Only three data points for housing sector
- 🐛 Lack of scale on y-axis of graphs
- 🐛 Needs to be more user friendly
- 🐛 Wish we can sort by date
- 🐛 Wish for more state section options
- 🐛 Wish for option to group states
- 🐛 Wish to review latest data across states
- 🐛 Some metrics lack info and significance
- 🐛 Only gets Fed data plus ISM
- 🐛 Needs email button for sharing
- 🐛 Needs to include summary and breakdown data of Federal spending
- 🐛 Needs data on Federal debt to GDP
- 🐛 Needs features for business applications
- 🐛 Needs MBA student features
- 🐛 Needs to include a way to sort on upcoming indicators
- 🐛 Needs to know what's being published this month/week and when
- 🐛 Needs to address shortcomings in reporting GDP
- 🐛 Limited use as currently written
- 🐛 Needs average yearly home price/value adjusted for inflation
- 🐛 Needs local and state information added
- 🐛 Needs worldwide data
- 🐛 Can only read information when online
- 🐛 Offline gives error message
- 🐛 Lacks depth in housing sector data
- 🐛 Needs actual numbers on left scale
- 🐛 Needs option of selecting specific year ranges
- 🐛 Label vertical axis to make graphs clearer
- 🐛 Auto-rotate graphs
- 🐛 Simultaneously display two graphs
- 🐛 Graphs with different scales could be shown one above the other
- 🐛 Showing imports and exports on same graph
- 🐛 Show US trade with China or Asia

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App won't open
- App crashes
- App crashing on iPad
- App no longer functioning
- App is buggy
- App is outdated
- App recently hacked, displaying incorrect currency
- Offline mode gives error message

**Most requested features**

- Fix crashes and make the app open
- Provide refunds for non-functioning apps
- Update the app to current versions
- Add more historical data
- Add more recent data
- Improve user-friendliness for sorting and navigation
- Include a calendar for upcoming report releases
- Show expectations for each report
- Faster app updates
- Clearer definitions and descriptions for economic metrics
- Display current percentages alongside changes
- Allow for more data variation and comparison
- Fix currency display issues
- Include more historical data for specific indices
- Add more beige book information
- Include a chart for margin debt of equities
- Add a view by House of Representatives
- Improve graph aesthetics
- Increase data depth and breadth
- Add more data points for specific sectors like housing
- Include a scale on the y-axis of graphs
- Add an email button for sharing data
- Include summary and breakdown data of Federal spending
- Add data on Federal debt to GDP
- Incorporate features for business applications and MBA students
- Add a way to sort on upcoming indicators
- Provide information on upcoming publications (month/week/day)
- Address shortcomings in GDP reporting
- Include average yearly home price/value adjusted for inflation
- Add local and state-level economic information
- Incorporate worldwide economic data
- Improve graph tweaking and customization
- Allow offline access to previously downloaded data
- Add more data for the housing sector
- Display actual numbers on the left scale of graphs
- Allow selection of specific year ranges for analysis
- Label vertical axes on graphs for clarity
- Enable auto-rotation of graphs
- Allow simultaneous display of two graphs
- Display graphs with different scales effectively
- Show imports and exports on the same graph
- Include data on US trade with specific regions like China or Asia
- Add more indicators such as Consumer Spending and Consumer Confidence
- Add local and state information
- Add worldwide data
- Improve graphs
- Add more data
- Add features for business applications and MBA students
- Add a way to sort on upcoming indicators
- Provide information on upcoming publications (month/week/day)
- Address shortcomings in GDP reporting
- Include average yearly home price/value adjusted for inflation
- Add local and state-level economic information
- Incorporate worldwide economic data
- Improve graph aesthetics
- Allow offline access to previously downloaded data
- Add more data for the housing sector
- Display actual numbers on the left scale of graphs
- Allow selection of specific year ranges for analysis
- Label vertical axes on graphs for clarity
- Enable auto-rotation of graphs
- Allow simultaneous display of two graphs
- Display graphs with different scales effectively
- Show imports and exports on the same graph
- Include data on US trade with specific regions like China or Asia
- Add more indicators such as Consumer Spending and Consumer Confidence
- Add local and state information
- Add worldwide data
- Improve graphs
- Add more data
- Add features for business applications and MBA students
- Add a way to sort on upcoming indicators
- Provide information on upcoming publications (month/week/day)
- Address shortcomings in GDP reporting
- Include average yearly home price/value adjusted for inflation
- Add local and state-level economic information
- Incorporate worldwide economic data
- Improve graph aesthetics
- Allow offline access to previously downloaded data
- Add more data for the housing sector
- Display actual numbers on the left scale of graphs
- Allow selection of specific year ranges for analysis
- Label vertical axes on graphs for clarity
- Enable auto-rotation of graphs
- Allow simultaneous display of two graphs
- Display graphs with different scales effectively
- Show imports and exports on the same graph
- Include data on US trade with specific regions like China or Asia
- Add more indicators such as Consumer Spending and Consumer Confidence
- Add local and state information
- Add worldwide data
- Improve graphs
- Add more data
- Add features for business applications and MBA students
- Add a way to sort on upcoming indicators
- Provide information on upcoming publications (month/week/day)
- Address shortcomings in GDP reporting
- Include average yearly home price/value adjusted for inflation
- Add local and state-level economic information
- Incorporate worldwide economic data
- Improve graph aesthetics
- Allow offline access to previously downloaded data
- Add more data for the housing sector
- Display actual numbers on the left scale of graphs
- Allow selection of specific year ranges for analysis
- Label vertical axes on graphs for clarity
- Enable auto-rotation of graphs
- Allow simultaneous display of two graphs
- Display graphs with different scales effectively
- Show imports and exports on the same graph
- Include data on US trade with specific regions like China or Asia

## Recent user reviews (10 of 84)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/economy/id321504242/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Information

*2024-10-01, version 6.1*

The information is helpful

### 5/5 — Crashes

*2023-10-26, version 5.0*

I loved this app until recently, it just won’t open any more. Please fix it?

### 1/5 — Junk

*2023-07-09, version 5.0*

Don’t bother with this , worst part is you pay for it and cant get money back . App is junk and wouldn’t be worth it if it were free . Can’t get ahold of anyone for refund so stuck with junk. Bad business model

### 5/5 — Outstanding app

*2023-02-21, version 5.0*

Outstanding

### 5/5 — Great up-to-date data at your finger tips

*2022-08-21, version 5.0*

Thanks!

### 3/5 — Crashing on iPad

*2021-10-26, version 5.0*

I love data and being able to view data. I would give 5-stars if the App didn’t crash on my iPad. It works on iPhone.

### 1/5 — Was good, has not been updated in 5 years and is. No longer functioning

*2021-05-20, version 5.0*

I used to like it unfortunately it doesn’t work anymore

### 4/5 — More historical data

*2020-09-09, version 5.0*

In addition to the comment about more recent data bring needed, I miss how there was much more historical data in early editions of this app. Would like the option to go back in time to the earliest data points no matter how old they are. 

Have enjoyed this app over many years, and I’m grateful there’s still some support.

### 3/5 — Buggy and Outdated

*2020-05-01, version 5.0*

Reason I bought was because of how much data it had available. Could use an update into 2020

### 5/5 — Best App for tracking economic indicators

*2019-07-11, version 5.0*

Been using it since 2009, and it has been great

## Frequently asked questions about Economy

### What does this app do?

This app provides a snapshot of the US economy by offering the latest key economic indicators and tracking their historical performance over months, years, and decades. It covers tens of thousands of indicators, primarily for the US, but also includes data for over 100 other countries.

### What are the key features of this app?

Key features include access to the latest US economic indicators like GDP and employment, historical data visualization across various timeframes, data for all US states and major metro areas, and indicators for numerous other countries. It also offers graphs that track economic trends across presidencies and recessions, a powerful search engine, and data-value transformations for charting.

### How much does this app cost?

The app is available for free, but it does offer in-app purchases. Specific details on what these purchases entail are not provided in the description, but it suggests a freemium model where core functionality is free with optional paid enhancements.

### What kind of economic data is available?

The app includes around 45,000 economic indicators. The primary focus is on US economic indicators such as GDP, employment, housing, manufacturing, inflation, and trade deficit. It also provides data for over 100 other countries, including currency exchange rates for Canada and Mexico.

### Can I use this app offline?

The app requires internet connectivity to update and view data. However, previously downloaded or viewed data can be accessed in offline mode without an active internet connection.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 6.1 — 2024-09-24

Incremental updates to the app that was ranked #1 in the App Store for several weeks in 2009, and again for a few days each in subsequent years.
New users get all app features, and do not have any in-app-purchase options.
Users who purchased older versions (v5.0 and earlier) in the last 15 years have an in-app-purchase option to obtain "Share" functionalty.

### 6.0 — 2024-08-14

The #1 Finance app in 2009 has now been updated to work optimally with the latest iOS platform. What is new is
1) The ability to share economic graphs through social media, email, SMS, printouts etc. (available free with all new purchases, and available as an upgrade for existing customers)
2) Months of work to migrate the app from legacy iPhone platform APIs to modern APIs 
3) Several other miscellaneous updates (e.g., new recession indicators)

### 5.0 — 2016-11-13

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

This version updates the app for iOS 10.
The Economy app was originally written for iOS2 and subsequently updated with new features and also updated for later iOS versions.
This free update is optimised for multiple iPhone and iPod Touch devices and it has been tested on devices ranging from an iPhone 4 device (running iOS 5.1.1) to an iPhone 7 Plus device (running iOS 10.1.1)

### 4.5 — 2014-01-20

- App is now optimized for iOS7. The app will also work great on iOS5 and iOS6.
- Last year, Twitter (the company) broke their API and so the Economy app could not send any tweets. The app has now been updated to work with the new (so far, unbroken) Twitter API. See http://blog.cascadesoft.net/2013/04/30/twitter-breaks-third-party-apps/ for more technical details.

### 4.1 — 2012-12-20

Support for large iPhone 5 screen size
Other minor updates for all phones

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