Personal Financial Management Software Recommendation
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Looking for some recommendation for a personal financial management software product. Preferably free. I'd like it to show upcoming bills and how much they total. I used to use Microsoft Money, but ever since 2005 it kept getting worse and worse. I haven't used any for a while since my wife and I have a joint account and I don't have a supercomputer to run the software on to keep up with her. I recently got a separate account to pay bills out of and looking at using the software to manage it. Thanks.
Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.
I use Moneydance - it's not free, but I think it was only like $30. (Thought someone should give you an actually recommendation).
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Looking for some recommendation for a personal financial management software product. Preferably free. I'd like it to show upcoming bills and how much they total. I used to use Microsoft Money, but ever since 2005 it kept getting worse and worse. I haven't used any for a while since my wife and I have a joint account and I don't have a supercomputer to run the software on to keep up with her. I recently got a separate account to pay bills out of and looking at using the software to manage it. Thanks.
Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.
There is quite a bunch of free home accounting tools. Go on any software download site, for example : http://download.cnet.com/windows/personal-finance-software You may try AceMoney Lite (one account only).
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I personally have used Intuit's Quicken product for 18 years. I now use the Home and Business version to manage both types of accounts. I manage 9 different accounts in one file and I download transactions every day. With 13 kids, I've had to manage things pretty close over those 18 years and Quicken (especially the download bank transactions feature) has saved my bacon multiple times. It can be had for less than $50 and it pays for itself when it comes to tax time as well. Just MHO!
Wait a minute, just one cotton picking minute. 13 kids? I thought I was the only one here in double digits (11). I, too, vote for Quicken. You *don't* need to update it at all, and you can usually get an off version for just about close to free as can be expected. It isn't perfect, but like tchris, i have data going back (checking...) many years (2001). It can get depressing seeing what you've spent your money on.
Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
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Looking for some recommendation for a personal financial management software product. Preferably free. I'd like it to show upcoming bills and how much they total. I used to use Microsoft Money, but ever since 2005 it kept getting worse and worse. I haven't used any for a while since my wife and I have a joint account and I don't have a supercomputer to run the software on to keep up with her. I recently got a separate account to pay bills out of and looking at using the software to manage it. Thanks.
Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.
Money Manager Ex (from Sourceforge) is OK. And of course the source is available if you want to make it better. There is also GnuCash, but I don't like it as much as Money manager Ex. Either of these will meet the requirements you cited.
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:mad: Sorry, but Quicken has degenerated into a marginally usable random aggravation generator. I loved it back in the DOS days, but the Windows versions have progressively added features that are so buggy you're better off not even TRYING to use them. Just when you think, "Cool! It does that?" you try it and bizarre roadblocks pop up at every turn. One example: Quicken 2009 Rental Manager: if you click the search tab in the Help window... nothing happens; no search box, no list of subjects, nothing. Completely unusable. Even rudimentary QA should have caught that one. Here's another one: If you try to enable online update for an existing credit card account it gets stuck in a mode where it refuses to list the available credit card accounts so you can't do it. You have to export the data, delete the account, recreate the account and configure online update, then reimport the data. Feh! They're pinging me about upgrading to Quicken 2010, and I've heard rumors they have a hidden time limit on certain features that stop working after a particular date. If that's true, I'll drop Quicken like I did TurboTax. Using clay tablets and a pointed stick is less frustrating than Quicken. X|
WOW - that sux - We personally use QuickBooks and it isn't nearly as bad as you decribe Quicken - jeesh - Junk Huh?
Know way too many languages... master of none!
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:mad: Sorry, but Quicken has degenerated into a marginally usable random aggravation generator. I loved it back in the DOS days, but the Windows versions have progressively added features that are so buggy you're better off not even TRYING to use them. Just when you think, "Cool! It does that?" you try it and bizarre roadblocks pop up at every turn. One example: Quicken 2009 Rental Manager: if you click the search tab in the Help window... nothing happens; no search box, no list of subjects, nothing. Completely unusable. Even rudimentary QA should have caught that one. Here's another one: If you try to enable online update for an existing credit card account it gets stuck in a mode where it refuses to list the available credit card accounts so you can't do it. You have to export the data, delete the account, recreate the account and configure online update, then reimport the data. Feh! They're pinging me about upgrading to Quicken 2010, and I've heard rumors they have a hidden time limit on certain features that stop working after a particular date. If that's true, I'll drop Quicken like I did TurboTax. Using clay tablets and a pointed stick is less frustrating than Quicken. X|
WOW - that sux - We personally use QuickBooks and it isn't nearly as bad as you describe Quicken - jeesh - Junk Huh?
Know way too many languages... master of none!
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WOW - that sux - We personally use QuickBooks and it isn't nearly as bad as you describe Quicken - jeesh - Junk Huh?
Know way too many languages... master of none!
It has sure annoyed me. I've sent several emails to Quicken support with specific lists of problems, but have never received a response and none of their "Updates" has addressed any of the issues I've seen. I suppose there could be something weird about my computer, but I have had *NO* problems with any other applications. I looked at GnuCash last year; I think I will look again and if it has most of the features I need, I may switch to it and donate some time developing properly functioning enhancements to make it more competitive with Quicken. If you can't join them, beat them!
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I use wife 1.0 Only has a few problems. Gets all of my money. Doesn't give accurate financial reports on some all credit cards. Restricts what items may be purchased. But has a few benefits (including, but not limited to). Tracks all income and expenditure (it is only reporting that is buggy). Pays bills on time. Has a nice interface (sometimes). Biggest problem is that it fights back when it needs to be rebooted! (see reporting).
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-muneeb A thing of beauty is the joy forever.
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Looking for some recommendation for a personal financial management software product. Preferably free. I'd like it to show upcoming bills and how much they total. I used to use Microsoft Money, but ever since 2005 it kept getting worse and worse. I haven't used any for a while since my wife and I have a joint account and I don't have a supercomputer to run the software on to keep up with her. I recently got a separate account to pay bills out of and looking at using the software to manage it. Thanks.
Brad Deja Moo - When you feel like you've heard the same bull before.
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Ain't it a joy when your kids have their own little horrors to deal with. Poetic justice has been visited on my daughter as she has really stubborn, cantankerous little girl, ah justice.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Oh, I can't wait. How much older must I get before I see the day? But, she better get a good husband with a great job.
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Oh, I can't wait. How much older must I get before I see the day? But, she better get a good husband with a great job.
James Lonero wrote:
she better get a good husband with a great
You can only hope, and no matter who he is YOU have no say in the choice, that way leads disaster.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH