If you're looking to move from Quicken or try a new personal finance app look into Moneyspire. It's very similar to Quicken / MS Money and best of all it isn't a subscription. You can download it and try it out for free at their website at
There's also another one called MoneyDance which is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. There's also apps available for Android and iPhone which will sync your finacial data from your computer through a DropBox account. You can try it out for free with a limit of 100 transactions at
If you're looking to move from Quicken or try a new personal finance app look into Moneyspire. It's very similar to Quicken / MS Money and best of all it isn't a subscription. You can download it and try it out for free at their website at
Thanks for the heads-up. I will avoid moneyspire like the plague.
If and when you do try Moneydance make sure you do not uninstall Quicken. You should run both at the same time because when you import from Quicken you will most likely have to make some adjustments.
There will a learning curve. Moneydance is not as robust as Quicken. No Personal software is. (My opinion). I was a user.
They did have a problem with downloading Quotes. I do not know if that has been fixed.
Here is a link to the Moneydance Forum.
You will have to manually pick which category is tax related. Note that if you have a problem with downloading and need to your Financial Institution they do not recognize Moneydance so you have to tell them you are using Quicken.
Have not tried the newest version yet. Last known user guide
Hope this helps.
FWIW, I passed Moneyspire along to relative of mine last week, and he did the export to a QDF and a new Moneyspire import to the 30 day (I believe it was) free trial version he had downloaded. Told me:
1) So many errors it would take a lot of energy to fix things 2) "I also don't think the program is as robust as Quicken"He told me to get it and play with I. I replied as a Quicken user since at least the DOS days in 1989 (30 years of Quicken use now) I had absolutely no interest in trying something else.
Before someone jumps on my case, the export was to a QIF, not QDF. Typo.
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