Icarra was founded over four years ago. I had several goals for the site. As Icarra evolved I realized that the average investor lacked access to tools that promoted good investing decisions: A long term outlook, minimized expenses and responsibe buy and sell decisions. I felt that this was the most important goal to strive for.
The Icarra tool accomplishes this goal however it is too difficult to use for all but the most dedicated investors. Ironically the users of Icarra were the people who needed the tool the least. I became quite frustrated. There were several features I wanted to implement such as automatic portfolio importing but could not implement due to security reasons. I would not personally hand over my account information to any website no matter how good their intentions. I would not ask the same of my users. During this time I became unresponsive and the site fell into disrepair. I had a hard time deciding what to do but
eventually I saw that the natural course of action was to rewrite Icarra as a desktop application. This will make it easier for me to provide support and will allow me to implement several features that I have always wanted to implement but was unable to.
The next incarnation of Icarra, called Icarra 2 for now, is available as a binary application for Windows and OS X platforms. Linux support is available but not as a binary application. Icarra 2 is unique because it is freely available as open source software. Although
Icarra 2 has received testing from existing Icarra users it will not serve as a complete replacement for the Icarra web application. There will be bugs to solve and features to add. Most current features will eventually be added to the desktop application, some features will be removed and some features will be added.
The original Icarra web application will continue to run until Icarra 2 serves as a suitable replacement. At that point the Icarra web application will be phased out and an upgrade path will be provided to the desktop application. For users who are unhappy with this news I offer my sincere apologies. If you have been an Icarra subscriber within the past year and do not wish to continue using Icarra then I can offer a refund of your final one year subscription payment. Icarra 2 will be free to use just like the Icarra web application and like the web application the desktop application will provide incentives to subscribe. The subscription price will be unchanged.
Feel free to visit try the new application at http://www.icarra2.com.
Thankyou.