iOS-first personal finance

NorthVault Roadmap

A clear look at what is available in the current beta, what is being refined, and what remains future or exploratory.

NorthVault is being developed progressively with privacy, reliability, and user confidence as priorities at every stage. Features are introduced when they meet the quality bar expected of a native iPhone experience — not before. This roadmap reflects genuine intent, not marketing promises.

A. Current Beta

Available in Current Beta

Supported in the current public beta, with the usual beta caveat that details may still change as the app is refined.

Ready
Tracking & Transactions

Manual Income, Expense & Transfer Tracking

Enter income, expenses, account transfers, refunds, and negative expenses manually.

Account & Balance Tracking

Track cash, bank, investment, and other account records with clear balance views.

Tags, Notes, Search & Filtering

Use transaction tags, notes, search, and filtering to keep history review practical.

Account Transfers

Record transfers between your own accounts without distorting income or expense totals.

Split Transaction Support

Split supported transactions across categories or records for more accurate tracking.

Budgeting & Planning

Budget Setup by Category

Create per-category budgets and compare planned spending against actual in real time.

Flexible Budget Periods

Weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly, yearly, custom, and salary-cycle budgets are supported.

Salary-Cycle Budgeting

Align budgets to your pay cycle so planning always reflects when money actually arrives.

Budget-vs-Actual Views

See how spending compares to each budget target for the current period at a glance.

Category Visibility & Management

Show, hide, reorder, and manage spending categories to keep your view clean and focused.

Wealth & Net Worth

Wealth & Net Worth Overview

Total assets, liabilities, and net worth calculated and summarised in one clear view.

Assets & Liabilities Tracking

Cash, bank accounts, investments, real estate, mortgages, credit cards, loans, and custom liabilities.

Net Worth History & Snapshots

Track how your net worth changes over time with historical snapshots and trend views.

Goals, Insights, Import & Privacy

Savings Goals

Track target amounts and progress for the savings goals you define.

Smart Summaries

Review spending trends, budget pressure, savings-rate context, and wealth movement from your own records.

CSV Import & Export

Import supported CSV files and export records so your data remains portable.

Local-First Private Data

Your data lives on your device for core beta use. No account, cloud sync, or bank connection is required.

Biometric / Device Security

Supports device-level lock options where available on your iPhone.

Backup & Restore Support

Create local backups and restore your NorthVault data when you need to transfer or protect it.

Investment & Apple-Native Foundations

Investment Tracking Beta

Track investment accounts, transactions, holdings, dividends, and portfolio activity in beta.

Portfolio Analytics Beta

Allocation, concentration, activity, and health-check views are available in beta and still maturing.

Receipt Scanning Foundations

Apple Vision OCR receipt-scanning foundations are present where supported, with workflows still being refined.

Siri & Shortcuts Foundations

Quick-entry and shortcut foundations are being shaped around Apple-platform workflows.

B. Being Refined

In Active Development / Being Refined

Areas under active refinement in and around the beta, especially where real-world data volume, import formats, reporting depth, and Apple-platform workflows need more testing.

Beta
Investment Scale, Imports & Reporting

Investment Scalability

Performance and accuracy improvements for larger holdings, transaction histories, and portfolio datasets.

Investment Transaction Ledger Refinement

Ongoing improvements to buy, sell, dividend, DRP, transfer, and adjustment workflows.

Derived Holdings from Transactions

Holdings and quantities are derived automatically from the investment transaction ledger.

DRP Workflows

Dividend reinvestment workflows are being refined so reinvested income and quantities remain understandable.

Portfolio Allocation & Concentration

Visualise how your portfolio is allocated across holdings, sectors, and asset types.

Portfolio Health Checks

Flags and guidance designed to help you notice potential concentration or imbalance issues.

Investment Activity & Holdings Views

Dedicated views for investment activity history and current holdings with key details.

FX Rate Management Foundation

Early groundwork for managing foreign exchange rates across international holdings.

Portfolio Reporting

Allocation, activity, income, and portfolio review reporting are being improved for clarity and scale.

Tax Readiness Foundations

Structured records are being shaped to support future reporting workflows. NorthVault does not provide tax advice.

Broker & Import Workflows

Broker file formats, investment CSV import, mapping, validation, and larger imports are being refined.

Performance & Experience

Performance for Large Datasets

Ongoing improvements to speed and responsiveness when working with many transactions.

Dashboard & Wealth Performance

Optimising dashboard load time and wealth overview rendering for smoother everyday use.

Import Reliability

Stability and accuracy improvements for larger transaction and investment CSV files.

Help & Guidance Screens

In-app contextual help screens to assist beta testers in understanding key workflows.

Improved Wording & Onboarding Clarity

Refining labels, tooltips, and onboarding flows so the app is easier to understand from day one.

Apple Platform & Layout Refinement

Apple Vision Receipt Scanning

Receipt scanning and extracted transaction fields are being refined around on-device Apple Vision OCR.

Siri / Shortcuts Workflows

Quick-entry, quick-summary, and Shortcut-friendly workflows are being refined conservatively.

Larger-Screen Layouts

Layout foundations for larger screens are being explored while the iPhone experience remains the priority.

Mac / Catalyst Foundations

Early platform groundwork only. NorthVault has not released a full Mac app.

C. Future / Exploratory

Future / Exploratory

Longer-term ideas being explored or planned carefully. These are not release promises, and no dates are implied.

Future
Connectivity, Sync & Devices

Open Banking / Connected Accounts

Optional connected accounts are exploratory and would depend on provider availability, consent, cost, and compliance.

iCloud Sync

Sync is a longer-term direction, subject to privacy, reliability, and user-control requirements.

Full Mac App

A full Mac app is exploratory. The current released beta focus remains iPhone.

Live Market Pricing

Live or regularly updated market pricing is exploratory and is not part of the current beta.

Subscription Tiers / Premium Features

Paid tiers may be explored later. No subscription promise or pricing is being made here.

Advanced Tax & Investment Workflows

Advanced Tax Engine

A full tax engine is longer-term and would need careful validation. NorthVault does not provide tax advice.

Franking Credits

Future support for recording and reporting franking credits is exploratory.

Full CGT Parcel Reporting

Detailed parcel and capital gains reporting is a future area, not a completed beta feature.

Corporate Actions

Stock splits, consolidations, mergers, and other corporate actions remain future work.

Multi-Currency Expansion

Broader currency support and reporting across international holdings remain longer-term work.

Longer-Term Reporting & Intelligence

Advanced Investment Reporting

Deeper performance, income, and tax-adjacent reports are longer-term reporting work.

Broker Integrations

Direct broker integrations are exploratory and are not available in the current beta.

Forecasting & Scenario Modelling

Forecasting remains future work and would need to stay clearly informational.

Plain-Language Queries

Natural-language questions over your own records are exploratory, with privacy and accuracy as constraints.

Dividend Forecasting

Dividend forecasting is a future idea, not a current income prediction feature.

Expanded Portfolio Review

Deeper portfolio review, benchmarks, and advanced analytics remain longer-term possibilities.

Expanded Import Centre

A broader import centre for complex files may be explored after core import reliability matures.

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Roadmap Disclaimer: Roadmap items are planned or under active consideration and may change based on testing, user feedback, technical reliability, and release requirements. No release dates are implied or guaranteed. NorthVault is an iOS-first app.