PocketMoney

Rating:
Summary: PocketMoney vs. Pocket Quicken
Review: PocketMoney was the first software I purchased for my Palm IIIxe. It is easy to use, has a very friendly icon-based account list. Entering new transactions is very intuitive, very similar to Quicken on the desktop.

If you need to track your spending and only need to transfer data to your desktop on a rare basis, this is probably the best software for you.

However, you need to know that transferring data is fairly complex. If you are not comfortable using directories and subdirectories on your hard drive, you may want to consider Pocket Quicken instead.

Pocket Quicken has much better conduits (how data is transferred between your PDA and desktop). Everything is updated automatically, every time you hotsynch. Even though Pocket Quicken isn't as refined and easy to use as Pocket Money, it is still a very good program. But its weaknesses are more than made up for by the automated transfer of data.

But before you buy either product, go to Handmark's website for PocketMoney, and LandWare's website for Pocket Quicken. Download the 14-day free trial versions and play with them for a couple of weeks before you purchase the full version (here at Amazon.com)

Rating:
Summary: Second Best Personal Finance Software for PDAs
Review: PocketMoney was the first software I purchased for my Palm IIIxe. Subsequent upgrades (free) made it seem like an even better deal. It has an excellent, icon-based account listing (better than Pocket Quicken). And entering transactions is also very intuitive with auto-completion, just like the desktop version of Quicken (also better than Pocket Quicken)

If you are looking for software to track expenses - an electronic checkbook register - and don't plan to make frequent transfers to Quicken or MS Money, this is the best program for you!

However, I never liked the way I had to import/export data manually to Quicken. It was a very tedious process to get information from the PDA to the desktop and vice versa. If you are not very computer literate, you may have serious problems with the process. If you need to keep your PDA and desktop versions of Quicken/MS Money up to date, then you ought to consider Pocket Quicken.

I recommend before you purchase, download the 14-day trial version of both programs from the websites and play with them ...

Rating:
Summary: PocketMoney vs. Pocket Quicken
Review: PocketMoney was the first software I purchased for my Palm IIIxe. It is easy to use, has a very friendly icon-based account list. Entering new transactions is very intuitive, very similar to Quicken on the desktop.

If you need to track your spending and only need to transfer data to your desktop on a rare basis, this is probably the best software for you.

However, you need to know that transferring data is fairly complex. If you are not comfortable using directories and subdirectories on your hard drive, you may want to consider Pocket Quicken instead.

Pocket Quicken has much better conduits (how data is transferred between your PDA and desktop). Everything is updated automatically, every time you hotsynch. Even though Pocket Quicken isn't as refined and easy to use as Pocket Money, it is still a very good program. But its weaknesses are more than made up for by the automated transfer of data.

But before you buy either product, go to Handmark's website for PocketMoney, and LandWare's website for Pocket Quicken. Download the 14-day free trial versions and play with them for a couple of weeks before you purchase the full version (here at Amazon.com)

Rating:
Summary: Second Best Personal Finance Software for PDAs
Review: PocketMoney was the first software I purchased for my Palm IIIxe. Subsequent upgrades (free) made it seem like an even better deal. It has an excellent, icon-based account listing (better than Pocket Quicken). And entering transactions is also very intuitive with auto-completion, just like the desktop version of Quicken (also better than Pocket Quicken)

If you are looking for software to track expenses - an electronic checkbook register - and don't plan to make frequent transfers to Quicken or MS Money, this is the best program for you!

However, I never liked the way I had to import/export data manually to Quicken. It was a very tedious process to get information from the PDA to the desktop and vice versa. If you are not very computer literate, you may have serious problems with the process. If you need to keep your PDA and desktop versions of Quicken/MS Money up to date, then you ought to consider Pocket Quicken.

I recommend before you purchase, download the 14-day trial version of both programs from the websites and play with them ...