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Money/Budgeting Software
Jensen
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I'd love to hear some recommendations for budgeting software. I'm looking to be more organized in my finances, but I'd like something a little more than making my own spreadsheet, or doing it by hand. Someone told me I should checkout "Money" but I'd like more opinions. I'm not a billionaire and nor do I run my own business, so something basic I suppose.
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MS Money = fantastic, best choice if you run Windows
Intuit's Quicken = very good, not as user-friendly as Money though, lacking a couple cool Money features
Cha-ching = promising OS X software (still in beta)
wesabe.com = free, only way to enjoy social budgeting
For a while I was exporting my bank statement straight from WaMu's website into Microsoft Money.
However, these days I just use Excel. I enjoy the flexibility. Each month is a new worksheet, each year is a new workbook. You said you don't want to use a spreadsheet, but I find that the financial packages are a little too limiting for me.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
I have also tried Money and I agree with Feral on all points. I like using spreadsheets for different reasons though:
1. I find that finance software has too many features. Seems to be a little too complicated. It's not that I don't understand them, but with a spreadsheet you're seeing exctly what you want to be seeing and working with.
2. Google Spreadsheets allows me to work on it from anywhere. This is great because sometimes I'll have a little downtime at work and I can mess around with my budget.