Which Personal Finance Software?

[JCOSU86]

I have a trial version of both Microsoft's Money 2009 and Quicken 09. Money seems a little cumbersome and Quicken more intuitive.

Does anyone on here use either one or can recommend any other personal banking software?

 

[redbenn]

i use mint.com... free and can access it anywhere

 

[JCOSU86]

Does it worry you at all that you give all your financial information to a free web site?

That has been what has been holding me back on these.

 

[CleveBucks]

Excel

 

[DaytonBuck]

That mint thing sounds good but yeah that makes me real nervous having all that in one spot

 

[jlb1705]

After reading up on it more today, I decided to go ahead and sign up for Mint. I really like it so far - it sure beats the convoluted method I've been using for my budgeting.

I was satisfied with the security measures that were explained. They pretty much use the same standards, technologies and partners as many major banks do.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this work out over the next couple months.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Excel

Damn right. I've put together my own series of spreadsheets that track pretty much everything I need.

 

[OSUsushichic]

Mint rocks.

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[muffler dragon]

I'm on my third version of Quicken. I like it rather well. However, I've never even heard of mint. I'll have to check it out.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

i send my personal finances to bernard rubble, ive never had a trouble....

 

[iambrutus]

just signed up with Mint - pretty cool!

every purchase i make with my debit card shows up as "Master Money Purchase - name of the store" - sparkle market (small shitty grocery store) - shows up as "master money purchase - Cornersburg Sparkle" - mint classified this as spa/massage - small little humorous things like that

 

[DaytonBuck]

Mint just sparks some trouble in me not matter how many security measures they take.

I'd rather just pay my accountant to take care of this stuff

 

[Redhawk]

I've never really needed to use this stuff before, but I have become interested lately. Mint looks interesting in that it can automatically download info from your online accounts, but I feel similarly uneasy about that. Do any of the home use software products do the same thing (with regards to automatically syncing everything)?

 

[Deety]

Damn right. I've put together my own series of spreadsheets that track pretty much everything I need.

He means his vCash. :p

I like Quicken. I worked for the company way back when, and they were good folks with good programs.

 

[JCOSU86]

One thing I think we need to realize is this: If we are scared of putting our financial information out on the web, we are too late. Once the banks went on line and made it possible to get your info that way, it was out there.

I han't realized that before. But, like it or not, our stuff is out there, whether we access it or not. The security in place has worked so far, so what can you do :ohwell: