[WP8] Kraken unofficial app for Windows Phone 8

[Avalaxy]

Kraken unofficial app



Hi everyone, my name is Leon Cullens and I'm a software engineer from the Netherlands. I made a Windows Phone 8 app for the Kraken exchange: http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=a3857353-599a-434f-8293-398745723de6. Note that this is not the official Kraken app, there are no current plans to release an official app for Windows Phone.

Right now it supports these features:

• List of all tradable currency pairs and their current value.
• Details for each tradable pair, inclusing current price, high/low price and the bid/ask price.
• Live tile for your favorite pair.
• Overview of your account balance.
• Overview of your open orders (and the ability to close them).
• Overview of your closed orders.
• The ability to open new trades from within the app.

Here are som screenshots of the latest new features:





The app can be downloaded here: http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=a3857353-599a-434f-8293-398745723de6 or with the QR code below:



You can follow me on Twitter (@Avalaxy) to stay up to date: https://twitter.com/avalaxy. Donations are welcome at 1BvzHyU2WnxtVYbUZYdQ6RExwLUZTfBN1K.

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[Blaater]

I've followed your app through time, and it just looks amazing. It's a very clean neat design and the speed is what you need for an exchange app.
I'm looking forward to new versions that include trading from within the app.

I wish you all the best with your app!

[ledmaniak]

Wow, really nice!

Already waiting a long time for a good app for kraken(they say they are working on it but nothing published so far) and this app is more than welcome. Design is also great

I'm sure these (free!!) initiatives will help bitcoin to gain a broader acceptance and become more professional.

[Avalaxy]

Hi all,

I just submitted a new major release for my Kraken app. It will include an overview of your balance, an overview of your open & closed orders, and the ability to close orders.

Here's a quick teaser:



I hope it will be live in the store within 5 days, but I'm not sure if it will pass certification since I didn't provide my API key.

[Avalaxy]

The update successfully passed certification It should be live on your phone within 24 hours.

[bitcoinstarter]

Looking good! Planning on pushing this out further so we can get it funded! 

[Avalaxy]

Looking good! Planning on pushing this out further so we can get it funded! 

That would be really great! As of now I've made $0 off the app, so I hope the community will help me make this a successful app that can give Bitcoin a nice boost Thanks for the help Bitcoinstarter!

[Avalaxy]

I've been busy with implementing trading. You can now purchase credits through in-app purchases, and the user interface for trading is almost done (see screenshot, it's more advanced than you can see at this one screenshot though). I also implemented a lot of small improvements.

[ledmaniak]

I feel sad for not having a windows phone. This app looks awesome! I saw it has been downloaded already many times(>800) so I'm wondering about other's experience.

[Avalaxy]

I feel sad for not having a windows phone. This app looks awesome! I saw it has been downloaded already many times(>800) so I'm wondering about other's experience.

Thanks :-)

Here are some interesting statistics regarding it's usage/user loyalty:

• Of all the sessions, 97% is by returning visitors. 3% is by new visitors. Of all the users, 62.4% will use the app again (and this number is increasing because there are also a lot of new users).
• There are very few users who open the app only once, or a few times. A lot of users open the app at least 10 times, most of them even more than 25 times. There are users who used the app 200+ times.
• The large majority of the people use the app at least one time per day.
• People are very fast to update the app. Within 1 day, 60% of the people had updated to the newest version. Within 2 days, 90% had updated the app.

[ledmaniak]

Nice. This data should be worth something to kraken.. Perfectly shows that people really want kraken trading apps for their phones!

[Avalaxy]

I just released a minor update that should fix a couple of things, including the generic error when going to 'balance' or 'orders' when you didn't enter an API key, and entering an API key now no longer requires you to restart the app.

The trading feature is done as well, I'm going to do some final testing, and then I'll submit it. If everything goes well, and Microsoft accepts it, it should be live within a week.

[ADcoin.me]

Amazing, well done! keep it up! I'm an apple fanboy so can't try, just it looks very promising.

[Avalaxy]

Amazing, well done! keep it up! I'm an apple fanboy so can't try, just it looks very promising.

Thanks man, I appreciate your compliment. And who knows, maybe one day you'll see that Windows Phone is actually the superior OS

[Avalaxy]

Alright, it's submitted. Here's the teaser:



Let's see if Microsoft will give bitcoin some love.

[bitcoinstarter]

Holy moly that looks good! great job 

[Avalaxy]

Thanks bitcoinstarter!

[Avalaxy]

Woot! Big news! Microsoft approved the update, meaning that trading bitcoins on the Windows Phone platform is now _legal_.

[MusX]

how do you pay if you want to buy credits? essentially what happens after you click "Purchase" button?
I understand it is not an open source? I believe it would be very fair to mention that in first post.

[Avalaxy]

how do you pay if you want to buy credits? essentially what happens after you click "Purchase" button?

That works the same way you purchase apps. When you click the purchase button, a new screen will open with a description of the item, the price, etc. You can then click buy (which will charge your creditcard) or cancel.

I understand it is not an open source? I believe it would be very fair to mention that in first post.

It's not open source.