However it is not expected to be feature complete (although Quicken Mac never was either) and no one really knows when it will be released, if at all. The beta should have already started, but things have gone quiet, but it's supposed to be a brand new financial app for the mac. The only ray of hope is Quicken Life for Mac, which is due this Autumn.
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However, it's slow, full of bugs, is missing features that were in Quicken 1999 on PC (such as multi-currency, the ability to skip a single payment or make overpayments on loans etc), and even worse, Intuit have all but forgotten about support (again check the forums at intuit). Now, if you had never used a PC, or PC Quicken, you might think the Mac version was quite good (if you don't mind applications that looks like they were developed on OS 8.5). this doesn't bother some people, but if like me you have 4 credit cards including corporate ones, bank accounts in several currencies, a stock portfolio you like to have updated daily, or even hourly, and care in wny way whatsoever about understanding your net worth etc, these are 'toy' applications at best.įinally Quicken for Mac. Money 3, Squirel 0.5.7, Chekbook, Liquid Ledger and others, all offer some nice features, interesting interfaces and varying levels of support (from none to almost none). Also the import and reconcile features are really painful you have to agree each and every transaction when reconciling (yawn). It lacks the functionality of MS Money and lacks the looks of iBank. Some people like it, but for me it's the worst of both worlds. Moneydance is a cross-platform alternative. The workflow is horrible (you have to allocate cash flows and then withdraw money from buckets) and it excludes securities, but 1.4 (still in beta) supports direct downloads, which is nice. However they ARE on their way, and unlike iBank you can talk to the developers directly on the forums and they really do listen. MyMoney ()is another alternative, but it's still undergoing development and for me lacks too many basic features (budgeting and securities for a start). Also the reconcile feature stinks (there is a thread about this on their forums) and the input interface has a nice selection of bugs. The biggest issue with iBank is that the releases are very rare and you never know if your feature or fix will make it.
iBank does direct downloads (although not for securities), has some OK graphs and reports (although not net worth, or balances over time) and it really looks stunning (apart from the columns going out of alighment or vanishing altogether). However iBank has some very serious problems (if you don't believe me, go to their forums and take a look - I post there regularly under the same username). If you only used the very basic features of MS Money (a checking account, credit card and maybe a few shares), something like iBank might suit. This is probably the one area where the Mac is chronically weak although some people will argue the point.
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