I have had nightmare experiences with Intuit accounts — for months, I was charged for a QuickBooks Online account I had cancelled — and I didn't want to create one. But if I wanted to use the program I'd just purchased, I didn't have any option. The thing is, after using Quicken for a couple of days, I'm not sure I do want to keep it. If I were starting from scratch and didn't have a copy of Quicken already , I'd almost assuredly opt for You Need a Budget instead.
Just call me Grandpa J. So, after weeks of experimentation with four well, five different apps, how will I track my money in ? To be honest, I'm probably going to continue using all four money tools I tested. Here's why. Mint and Personal Capital are relatively passive. Now that they're set up, I don't have to do anything unless I want to. Well, I guess I have to manually update my credit union balance in Personal Capital since it refuses to connect. Instead, I can open each app on my iPad now and then to see how things are going.
I've been doing that with Personal Capital for several years already, so that's nothing new. And if I don't like the info I get from Mint, I'll just stop using it. But again: there's no overhead involved in continuing to use both of these.
But that's overhead I want and expect. As I've said repeatedly, the process of entering transactions by hand forces me to confront my spending habits. Plus there's something meditative and satisfying about balancing the books every week. Each offers features the other doesn't. As you can tell, I love having a decade of data in a desktop app, so I'm not yet ready to give up Quicken. I suspect a likely scenario is this: I'll use Quicken , just as I always have; meanwhile, I'll pay for a year of YNAB and use it to get my spending habits in check.
So, there you have it. Six weeks of money nerd experimentation has led to an indefinite conclusion. To me, there was no clear winner.
I know there are other apps out there, and I'm sad I didn't have enough time to try more of them during this process. That said, the hard work is now done. My accounts are set up in four different apps, and I'm actively tracking my spending. As readers suggest other apps to try, it'll be easy enough to add them to the mix. And when I do, I'll be sure to share my impressions with you! In , J. Over time, he learned how to save and how to invest. Today, he's managed to reach early retirement!
He wants to help you master your money — and your life. No scams. No gimmicks. Just smart money advice to help you reach your goals. This opened up a lot of options for me. Also, I was able to set some options in the Preferences under Data Entry to do mouse-less data entry. Thanks for the review of these different products and services as well as your recommended use cases for each product.
Yeah — If Microsoft Money works for you, keep using it. Just to be safe. And do that like once a year. Is there a way to subscribe to post notifications? I though the newsletter was supposed to include all the latest posts. I must not be reading them carefully enough.
There are links right at the top of this post to subscribe via email or get the RSS feed for a reader. Moneydance is java based and a license will run on Windows or Mac it also has free mobile apps and you can keep two computers in sync with your data file via dropbox. Moneydance has my complete picture for investments, taxes, … Read more ».
Therefore it makes perfect sense to me that one app would never encompass all the needs any one person has for tracking spending. I have been using Quicken for Windows, mostly the Premier version, religiously for almost 25 years.
I think the reduction in features is limited to the Mac version. All of the items that you mention as not being able to do e. Since I review the budget and … Read more ». Intuit sold them last year! Happy to talk to you about it more! Great review JD. I converted from Microsoft Money years ago when they went out of business and switched over to Quicken. Just upgraded to the version and am perfectly happy with it. New Quicken — Click the date header in the check register.
That flips the order so the most recent entry is at the bottom. Moneydance offers a well-designed and fully-featured Mac version in addition to its Windows and Linux options. Plus, you only pay for the software once instead of having to renew a subscription each year. Learn more in our Moneydance review. However, to log in to the app you'll need to buy a desktop software subscription and input your Quicken ID. You'll be able to continue to use the version of the software that you purchased to view your data and manually enter transactions.
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