A new build is out for Converter, the pretty and practical homebrew app for the iPhone. Developer Vladimir Kofman has been busy working with the program, giving it a couple of tweaks and some new features, and taking out some bugs.

Now on v0.19, the program seems to be working fine for firmware 1.1.3. Check out all of the new tweaks and features of the program in the changelog:

31 Jan (0.19 release)

• Now storing "recently used" units. So it's much easier to work with long lists (like currencies). Currently the value is hardcoded (but will be configurable in the future versions).
• Localization support. Now the application can be easily translated (I've started with Russian and Hebrew).
• Numerous UI enhancements and bug fixes.
• For those upgrading to 1.1.3 - the application seems to work just fine.

23 Jan: Now currencies are calculated based on Euro: there're some european (not longer used) currencies with fixed euro rates, but many people asked to include them in the currencies list. So it did it :) (You need to refresh the rates from the Settings screen).

20 Jan: (0.18c/d bug fixing release)

• Fixed 1.0.2 compatibility issue.
• Fixed fuel consumption conversion issues.
• Finally I've managed to merge results from two different currency rate providers, and now missing currencies (Fiji dollars, Bulgaria Leva, etc.) are back. Make sure to refresh your rates (from Settings screen) to get the updated data.

17 Jan: (0.18 release) At last I've found a few hours to work on the application!
Added clothing conversions (currently for shoes only - will add more later)
Added more measurements/units according to your requests :)

11 Jan: I've switched the currency rates service provider. Now you should be able to see more currencies (people were asking for Ukraine Hryvnia, Latvian Lat, Ethiopian Birr - it's all inside now). Enjoy :)

10 Jan: (0.17 release)

• Added number formatting: now 1000 would look 1,000 (I'll let to choose the separators for different cultures in the future versions...)
• Now you can do currency conversion! And also hopefully update the rates when you're connected. Please note that the rates on server will change once a day (so no need to synchronize every 5min...). Please let me know how this feature works for you (or probably it doesn't?)
• Few additions to units (driven by users requests)
• Fixed K->F conversion

Users can install the app by adding http://iphone.vladimirkofman.com to your install.app source list and looking for the relevant installer.

Download: iPhone Converter v0.19