Inesoft Cash Organiser 05 Released

[Jonathon Watkins]

http://www.inesoft.com/eng/index.php?in=news

"Our main goal in this upgrade was to anable automatic data synchronization with Intuit Quicken™, however synchronization with Microsoft Money® was significantly improved too. Cash Organizer '05 is available in two versions: Deluxe (stand alone financial manager) an Q&M Companion (data synchronizer with Microsoft Money and Quicken is included). Version '05 supports all the possibilities of the Windows Mobile 2003 SE, fully compatible with VGA resolution and landscape mode. Many improvements make Cash Organizer more relieble, fast and convenient."

The update to Inesoft Cash Organizer 2004 is free if you bought it after January the 1st and the cost of upgrading from any previous version before this date is US$14.95. So, who's tried it and how do you think it rates against the other finance packages available on the Pocket PC? Do you guys tend to use programs like this as standalone PPC apps, or do you regard them as portable entry systems for a PC package, i.e. what do you regard as the biggest advantage of this type of mobile application?

[Jonathon Watkins]

http://www.inesoft.com/eng/index.php?in=news

"Our main goal in this upgrade was to anable automatic data synchronization with Intuit Quicken™, however synchronization with Microsoft Money® was significantly improved too. Cash Organizer '05 is available in two versions: Deluxe (stand alone financial manager) an Q&M Companion (data synchronizer with Microsoft Money and Quicken is included). Version '05 supports all the possibilities of the Windows Mobile 2003 SE, fully compatible with VGA resolution and landscape mode. Many improvements make Cash Organizer more relieble, fast and convenient."

The update to Inesoft Cash Organizer 2004 is free if you bought it after January the 1st and the cost of upgrading from any previous version before this date is US$14.95. So, who's tried it and how do you think it rates against the other finance packages available on the Pocket PC? Do you guys tend to use programs like this as standalone PPC apps, or do you regard them as portable entry systems for a PC package, i.e. what do you regard as the biggest advantage of this type of mobile application?

[Clavain]

Hi,

C.O. is one of those rare breeds of software which is a joy to use and explore. I have already written about this product in another post on this site and don't wish to repeat myself, however I must say I think C.O. is a an exceptional piece of work.

Clavain

[Jonathon Watkins]

From your post here.

Consider the case of CalcNote from www.inesoft.com : it costs $4.95 and is a wonderful little thing. Does the job, simple and well. I tried it out and found when the trial period was over I couldn't live without it. Indeed the other product from inesoft illustrates my point as well; namely CashOrganizer. When I bought this a couple of years ago it cost $50 which was at the top end of my range for PPC software. However it is very practical, a real help to my day to day living and adds (for me at least) enormous value to my PPC. I use it every day. Not only that but I find it a rare breed of software in being a real joy to use and explore. Everyday I seem to find something new about it which pleases me. Couple this with the fact that I have been getting free upgrades since I purchased it, toss in the fact that it is super stable, works and works well and you have a piece of software which was worth every penny of the $50 I originally paid. (Today it costs alot less, I believe)

So, you like it then? :wink: Out of interest, id you try the others before you settled on C.O.?

[after_forever]

I just installed Cash Organizer '05 Q&M Companion on my unit two days ago. So far I like what I see. The interface is very nice and easy to understand. (Knocking on wood)
I have tried many times to get MS Money to sync with my PPC without any luck. Something would always get out of sync and I would spend hours fixing the problem.
I have also tried the Beta Mastersoft Money V6. I was never able to get the software installed on my Dell. Mastersoft didn’t offer any support to fix my problem so I keep looking for other solutions. CO looks like it is the answer I have been looking for.

[markan]

Originally Posted by Jonathon Watkins

From your post here.

Out of interest, id you try the others before you settled on C.O.?

I'm also a long time CO user. I bought it as soon as they announced support for syncing with MS Money on the desktop. At that time and for maybe a couple of years until Spb released something last year they were, as far as I am aware, the only game in town. I have tried the Spb product since but I saw nothing to get me to switch and CO gives me a choice about which accounts I synchronise.

When someone sorts out the syncing of budgets and scheduled transactions then I might have a reason to re-evaluate, but until then CO does all I need and has been doing it consistently for a good while now.

[WolfUK]

Coming from a Psion background Cash Organizer Delux was the closest thing that I would find to RMRBank which I had been using for years and had missed during my time as a Palm user. It is feature-rich and very capable and I have over three years worth of data across around 15 accounts in it. I don't synchronise the data with a desktop counterpart (I use a Mac at home so my choices are somewhat limited anyway) and I find it more that usable as a stand-alone application.

The only feature that I would like to see is a viewable archive where old transactions can be archived off into a read-only ledger which would mean that the number of active transactions I work with would be in the hundreds rather than thousands.

[welovejesus]

I find Cash Organizer the best replacement for Micosoft Money, since it is a full-featured money manager with recurring bills/deposits, categories, budgets, reporting, etc.
Currently I am a CO 2004 Deluxe user (who qualifies for an free upgrade), who never got the synchronization with MS Money to work. Given CO's feature rich program, not synching is not a problem UNLESS one is trying to transfer the files to a new Windows Mobile OS version (aka Windows Mobile 5). Inesoft technical support said that even the back up/restore would not work when backing up and restoring across a Windows Mobile OS upgrade.
I don't mind using CO as a stand alone application, however, Inesoft needs to step forward and offer a back up/restore solution for those who will upgrade to Windows Mobile 5 when it comes out. For those of us who never got synching to work, synchronization is not a valid back up and restore option!
If Inesoft can't offer a solution, maybe Landware may offer a cross Windows Mobile OS data transfer solution with Pocket Quicken?

[CESkins]

I have been using CO for years now and the product only seems to keep getting better. It almost rivals its desktop counterpart with which I sync (MS Money) and the sync plug-in has only gotten better with this release. Personally, I find it to be the standard against which all others are judged and I have yet to see any reason to switch to another financial app given CO's extensive feature set and speed when dealing w/hundreds of transactions.

[VanHlebar]

I have been using CO since I purchased my first PPC about 4 years ago. I love the application and I can't live without it. I have not used a desktop version of any money software since I purchased a ppc. The interface is very easy to use and the developer is open to ideas and suggestions from his users.

I begged for CO to come out with a today plugin and they did. The biggest issue with it at first was that they had a solid background on the plugin which looked very bad. Again I sent a number of emails to Kim and eventually they fixed the problem.

I have some new issues that I am going to bring up, but all and all, I love the software and I really enjoy the ability to setup recurring payments and then having those payments popup a few days before they are due on my today screen to remind me to make the payment.

-Eric

[ianbennett]

I installed the 05 version a couple of days ago. For me it was a free upgrade, since I bought the 2004 version earlier this year (upgrade from previous version - I've been using this for years!)

I can only echo the previous comments - this really is the most (the only?) complete finance program for the PPC. I used to use Quicken on the desktop, but since discovering CO I have uninstalled it.

The only thing I would say is I have not found any new functionality in 05 compared to 2004. Presumably all the effort went into supporting WM2003SE and VGA. Since I have neither (iPaq 2210 user), this doesn't mean much to me! So, a word of warning - don't pay for the upgrade unless you need support for these features.