My Dream App: Ka-Ching?

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I got this today in response to an email to the originator of the My Dream App project, who just wrote a glowing review of Cha-Ching (which looks a heck of a lot like the app I proposed). Fair 'nuff. He said they got dozens of quicken-killer apps. I guess I get a funny story out of the deal. And, of course, the app.

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Phillip Ryu wrote:

> I can tell you without a doubt in my mind that the Cha-Ching creators
> created the app on their own track. (I know this because the app has
> its roots in a stalled project suggested by a friend of mine a few
> months back involving the same people.) I remember one idea being
> thrown around very early on was a tagging system, which is pretty
> much the thing to do these days, as I'm sure you're aware. The name
> is an unfortunate coincidence but I'd write it off as such... it's a
> nice name, but not obscure enough to blame them for ripping it off.
> (In my mind there's a great chance they came up with it themselves
> along with you. Great minds think alike.)
>
> If you'd like to pursue this further with the Cha-Ching developers,
> that's up to you, but this is the insight I can offer into the
> situation. At the least, you definitely have solid ideas for this
> type of app, and I would think you could potentially make a great
> beta tester for the app and get some credit that way as an alternative.
>
> Glad you enjoyed the contest as a whole!
>
> -phill