Tired of Quicken? Switch to iBank and get Cash Back!

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/27/ibank-provides-yet-another-reason-to-dump-quicken-for-mac/' target='_blank'>http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/27/iban...uicken-for-mac/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"If there's one software company and product line that can raise the ire of even the most mellow Mac user, it's Intuit and the Quicken line of accounting software."</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1248743866.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></em></p><p>Quicken for the Mac does annoy me. I keep waiting for the iPhone app to come out and yet there is never any news of its impending release. You would think that a company that has been around doing financial programs for Mac and Windows as long as Quicken has, would have had an iPhone out at least a year ago. I have been hesitant to switch but I may just do that since <a href="http://www.iggsoftware.com/index.php" target="_blank">IGG Software</a> is offering an interesting rebate program aimed at switchers called <a href="http://www.iggsoftware.com/ibank/switch.php" target="_blank">"Why Wait Another Day?"&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;My bank (along with <a href="http://www.iggsoftware.com/ibank/ofx_info.php#ibank3_nav" target="_blank">many others</a>) is listed as being compatible with their download system, and with the iPhone app I can make sure it is always accurate. I'm not saying I am switching for sure, but I'm leaning that way. How about you? What financial software do you use? Is this enough to get you to switch to iBank?</p>

[doogald]

Ok, I could write an essay on this.

Right now, I am using Quicken. And it does bug me sometimes, but for the most part, it does what I need it to do. I am both looking forward to and dreading the coming upgrade, because I am sure that it will be better than 2007 but, at the same time, I am sure that it will be adding all sorts of dumb features that hardly anybody needs and will be as bloated as a dead whale beached for a few days.

I was using Moneydance for a while, and I should switch back. For the most part, it is better, and I really like the fact that it is cross-platform in ways that Quicken should be, but is not. That said, the one feature that bugs me about Monedance is that it does not match downloaded transactions with ones that I have previously entered as well as it should (or could). The fact that a numbered check that I wrote 4 months ago, which is finally cashed and debited against my account, is not matched to the prior transaction (despite that fact that the check number and amount matches exactly) is a sore point. It happens enough to bug the crap out of me; this, at least, is something that Quicken does well.

iBank sucks rocks and should not be used. I have many years of transactions and the software simply choked on the amount of data; with all of it entered, now each transaction takes many seconds to enter. It's like going back to my old 8086 running DOS 3.1. It's that bad. Even reducing my history to three years of transactions did not help. I've tried others; ChaChing, I think, and I honestly cannot remember the rest. All of them are lacking somehow.

If you are really looking for something better than Quicken, run away from iBank and it's reduced price and give Moneydance a try.

[encece]

None of these financial apps compare to MS Money. MSMoney had BillPay which was essential for me. Without it...I just use My online banking (TD Bank....which has the worst online banking service of them all) along side RememberTheMilk for Bill Reminders.

The one MS product that I absolutely loved....and they killed it! :(