Another option that appears to have a lot of fans, "YNAB": http://www.youneedabudget.com/
Also, a really complete and positive review of MoneyWell: http://personalfinancesoftwarereviews.com/moneywell-review/ j. On Jul 6, 2011, at 9:58 PM, Andy Arnold <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Andy Arnold <[email protected]> > Date: July 6, 2011 9:58:08 PM EDT > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MacGroup] MacGroup Digest, Vol 27, Issue 9 > Reply-To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > <[email protected]> > > > I would be careful with Quicken Essentials. I believe I read that it was not > good at exporting the files in a format that is easily importable into > another finance program. So you may find you are locked into Quicken going > forward. I used to teach seminars on using Quicken, so believe me, I was a > big supporter for years. I spent most of last weekend trying all the > solutions out there. Here is what I found: > > > There are several low cost options, but very limited in functionality. I > can't remember all the names... > > The ones that do stand out are: > > Moneywell- neat idea but not very good on investment tracking > > Money 4 -- very nice interface, but lacking basic functions like hiding > accounts. Several of my banks would not download. Entering transactions is > not as easy as quicken as they are entered on a separate area on the right. > Customer support questions were only answered by one guy, and hit or miss (v4 > was just released so maybe they were overwhelmed, and he did say other > features like acct hiding were on the way). If several of these items were > fixed/working, this would be a strong contender.. it's only about $20 for > limited time > > SeeFinance - Importing went very well, download of banking info went well... > the interface is just not that polished, and entering transactions is not > intuitive. This would still be my runner-up choice.. it's $29 > > iBank - I tried this one first, and moved on as I didn't like some of the > graphics and didn't realize you could group like accounts. After trying all > the others, I came back to it and spent more time. I found that it imported > all of my Quicken 2007 accounts (probably 3 dozen if you include my closed > zero balance accounts that still have data I want tracked). Banking downloads > are smooth. Some interface tweaks in prefs hid the ugly bank icons I didn't > like. Reporting is decent. I have not tried the budgeting feature (but didn't > use that in Quicken either so I can't compare). At $39 it's more, but I'm > sticking with this one for now > -- Jonathan Fletcher FileMaker 9 & 10 Certified Developer Fletcher Data Consulting [email protected] http://www.fletcherdata.com 502-509-7137 Kentuckiana's FileMaker Users Group Next meeting: July 26, 12:00 pm to 3:00-ish Blog: http://www.kyfmp.com _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
