99 cents a year for push is very fair in my opinion.
Any ideas on exactly how it'll work? Will it push us a reminder that "bill x" is due in 3 days or something? Will it be a configurable setting (the # of days notice that is)? No matter how it's implemented, it'll be useful though.
Yep. We just submitted 1.6 to Apple so hopefully it will be released in the near future. 99c is the current cost. We hope it will be enough to cover the server. If not, we may have to bump it (at no extra cost to those who already purchased their first year) to $1.99. Again, we hope that's not the case.
Anyway, BillMinder has configurable alert settings that will warn you when bills are due within x days (I think it's 1 day, 1 week, 2 weeks, and 1 month off hand) so it is adjustable. We also added a new "autopay" feature (user suggested) that will automatically mark bills as paid on their due date (for those times when things like a car payment or mortgage are automatically debited from your account). Push will also alert you when that happens. So yea, it's pretty cool. The only catch is you need to open the app every so often to make sure things stay current on the server (once a month is fine in most cases but once a week would really be best). Also, BillMinder connects over a secure connection (via SSL) and sends only minimal information -- no user identifiable information is transmitted outside of your device's push id. Basically an id for the bill in BillMinder's local database, your device's push id, and the due date. We also store whether or not you've marked a bill paid or deleted a bill (so we don't alert you if you've already paid it or deleted it). To be clear, we never transmit or store account numbers, confirmation numbers, biller names, biller phone numbers, notes, etc. to or on our server. That's about it. I'm happy to answer any other questions about our PUSH implementation.