It operates similarly to Quicken, so there wasn't much of a learning curve. It could use some polish in a few places, but it's fast (despite being Java based) and capable. iBank's support team didn't find a solution, so I settled on MoneyDance and I haven't looked back. It would have been a close call otherwise, but the dealbreaker for me with iBank was how slow it was after I imported my large (10+ years) database. When I got fed up with Quicken for Mac, I looked at most of the available Mac products and quickly narrowed it down to MoneyDance and iBank. So I checked out these native apps (as I don't want my financials out in the cloud). Feel like I am being held hostage just so I can download some CC transactions. Also, now I have to upgrade Parallels because they claim it wont work with the upcoming Mavericks. I have gotten tired of having to upgrade every couple of years to maintain the transaction download capability for my credit card. I have been a Windows Quicken user for probably 20+ years. I haven't seen anything that gives the same capability to manage complex financials like Quicken does. Now if your heavy into stocks/bonds/funds and need to keep track of all that, Quicken is probably where you want to be. So that gives you a good chance of testing it out. Mine didn't.Īlso, the nice thing about Moneydance is that the trial gives you like 100 transactions entries (download transactions don't count) before you have to register. If your institution support Direct Download then you may have a simpler process. I had to go to the CC website, login, navigate to the download link, download a QIF to my desktop, then import the QIF into Moneydance. Downloading my CC transactions took more steps than Quicken (1 button and type in your password). Quicken combines all 3 of those into a single bar graph. For instance, you have an asset graph, a liability graph and a net worth graph. Very close to a Quicken type layout and transaction entry. Moneydance ($30): Probably the least refined of the bunch. It just had an awkward clunky look and feel to me. Also, I think you have to manually tell it to add a new transaction field for each transaction you want to enter. But you have to double click on a transaction to open it up, then click on a little triangle next to the category field to see split info. IBank ($60): Probably the most Quicken-like for various functions (reports, search, download, etc). I contacted their TS about it by email and have heard nothing back. So it thought split was a category set by Quicken. It just put the word "split" into the category box. SeeFinance (free): it was pretty good but when I imported my Quicken QIF file it would not import the category splits. Click to expand.I have been a Windows Quicken user for probably 20+ years.
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