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Jul 24, 2010, 12:54 pm

ktravelbear

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Best app for currency exchange

Any suggestions for Ipod touch app for currency exchange?

Jul 24, 2010, 4:54 pm

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XE works for me.

Jul 24, 2010, 4:58 pm

tiev

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Originally Posted by Diplomatico

XE works for me.

+1 XE works great when abroad

Jul 24, 2010, 7:22 pm

LIH Prem

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You might also want to try "Currency" (Jeffrey Grossman). I didn't know that there was an xe currency, and I had this one. I tried xe, and I prefer "Currency". So you might want to try them both. They are both good, both do the job, but I prefer Currency's interface for entering amounts.

-David

Jul 24, 2010, 11:43 pm

longleaf

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Originally Posted by LIH Prem

I like the look and feel of Currency a bit better, but XE has more" less traveled" countries listed. For example, i typed in Myanmar and XE had the conversion, whereas Currency didn't.

Jul 25, 2010, 2:00 am

LIH Prem

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Originally Posted by longleaf

I like the look and feel of Currency a bit better, but XE has more" less traveled" countries listed. For example, i typed in Myanmar and XE had the conversion, whereas Currency didn't.

Yes, xe has more (obscure) currencies included. In Currency, you can email suggestions to the author from the app, so if you want another currency added to the 112 they already have, you can just email him. Or use both apps for those trips to Myanmar.

-David

Last edited by LIH Prem; Jul 25, 2010 at 2:15 am

Jul 25, 2010, 7:00 am

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Both are relatively 'comparable', XE usually updates rates more regularly. Citibank also has one and I've yet to try it out but the reviews are pretty solid on iTunes.