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Summary: Nice, but not worth THAT price!
Review: Since I want to get away from Quicken and MS Money, I looked around for other alternatives and found this one. I almost ordered even before trying demo version because nice reviews of others. PLEASE TRY the demo version first. And, if you have used any version of Money or Quicken, you'll see what I mean. It's nicely written program in Java, and cross-platform and all, but it's just lack of so many features that others have. And the interface is simple, but not intuitive or pretty. Note also that it only supports TWO financial institutions for online-banking: American Express and Discover. Come on. Can't do online banking with regular banks? And online banking is not a feature any more. It's a requirement! Without online banking and other features, what's the point of using a separate program? Almost all major banks now provide online banking, and use it with any spreadsheet program would do the job the way you want for zero cost. (This is the same for ALL personal finance programs that are missing any major features.) If you are shopping for a good personal financial software, please check:
1. See if the software upload any personal information to their server. MoneyDance seems like it DOES NOT do this. But I know one program does. Be careful!
2. Online banking: does it support YOUR banks?
3. What other nice features does it have that you CANNOT do in your spreadsheet? If it doesn't meet above "requirements", then you should use your existing spreadsheet or free spreadsheet program, with your web browser for online banking and financial information.
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Summary: Vancouver
Review: This is truly a remarkable product. Where else can you find a neat, compact, well organized personal finance product with a crisp, clear user interface and strong technical underpinings like Java and XML? A very pleasant surprise and a real innovation over the perpetually "new and improved" (and cluttered) Microsoft Money and Intuit Quicken. It also provides easy multi-currency support which personally comes in quite useful.
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Summary: Straightforward and simple is better!
Review: This software is excellent for anyone who wants straightforwared functionality and full control without all the annoying "features" that now plague Money and Quicken. I stopped using Quicken due to its abundant use of "tools" which actually take away control from the user in addition to having bugs--a bad combination. (For example, one day the account statement reconsile tool told me that my account was not balanced by $0.00 and would not allow me to proceed until I fixed this discrepancy. I think I can decide for myself, thank you.) I actually had less trouble importing QIF files into Moneydance than into Quicken. Don't take my word for it--download a free trial version and see for yourself.
Rating:
Summary: Straightforward and simple is better!
Review: This software is excellent for anyone who wants straightforwared functionality and full control without all the annoying "features" that now plague Money and Quicken. I stopped using Quicken due to its abundant use of "tools" which actually take away control from the user in addition to having bugs--a bad combination. (For example, one day the account statement reconsile tool told me that my account was not balanced by $0.00 and would not allow me to proceed until I fixed this discrepancy. I think I can decide for myself, thank you.) I actually had less trouble importing QIF files into Moneydance than into Quicken. Don't take my word for it--download a free trial version and see for yourself.
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Summary: In serious need of a ¿Missing Manual¿.
Review: What appears to be a clean, efficient system is crippled by a lack of documentation. The documentation barely covers what most users could determine through a day of experimentation.
Setting up and using bank accounts is very easy. This is where the software shines.
While the software includes investment tracking, the functionality of this feature appears to be too weak to be of much use.
Rather than being a "personal finance manager" this software is best described as a "personal bank account manager".
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