I Hate Quicken! Just Want Simple.
I have researched and researched and all roads are leading me to moneydance.
The most important thing for me is the register acting like a checkbook. Am I able to edit and put in manual entries? Lets say I want to pay a linked credit card on a certain day for a certain amount, am I able to manually put that entry in?
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1 Posted by Stuart Beesley ... on 04 Jan, 2025 11:25 PM
Yup
2 Posted by dwg on 05 Jan, 2025 12:06 AM
Why don't you download and try Moneydance in trial mode, it is fully functional with the only limit being 100 manual entries.
There is no obligation to buy.
https://infinitekind.com/download-moneydance-personal-finance-software
3 Posted by Mike Ziggler on 05 Jan, 2025 12:36 AM
Im doing it bro. I am all in, looks great so far. exactly what I am after. A bit of a learning curve but very similar and I feel I am no longer a hostage with Quicken. Is there a way to sort accounts in the sidebar to put them in an order I prefer?
4 Posted by he on 05 Jan, 2025 12:43 AM
I'm a recent Q convert and no, there isn't a way to sort the side bar that I'm aware of. You can, however, prefix your account names with a letter or number that will aid in sorting.
5 Posted by Mike Ziggler on 05 Jan, 2025 12:51 AM
Oh thats a good idea. TY. I just added a number before each account. You have to close the program and reopen to see the changes happen in nurmerical order. Very cool.
6 Posted by dwg on 05 Jan, 2025 12:55 AM
It is an Alphanumeric sort. There have been requests to have user defined sorting, but this has not been picked up to date.
The register look a lot like Quicken but only because they are both based on an accounting journal. While there are similarities and you are likely to feel at home the software will not work exactly the same way Quicken does. For example Moneydance sticks to accounting rules for the posting of entries Quicken does not.
7 Posted by Mike Ziggler on 05 Jan, 2025 01:17 AM
I appreciate that insight. So far its doing everything I need it to do, so I feel good about ditching quicken after 30 or so years. I like that the program is computer based and not subscription and or cloud nonsense. Being the first few days of the new year, so easy for me to set up all my accounts with opening balances. Tommorow I will be buying into the software so i can download transactions.
8 Posted by bheck11 on 08 Jan, 2025 04:31 PM
As a long-time Quicken user myself, I'll add a couple of hints that might be useful:
There are a good number of people on these forums who are incredibly helpful!
One major difference between Q and MD is that Q allows you to "adjust" things like account balances by just removing funds (or securities). In other words, you can make money or shares of stock, etc. appear or disappear by using an add or remove transaction. In real accounting, this is a huge no-no, so in MD you can't do it. (MD obeys accounting rules.). Sure, money can come in, provided that it's income; money can go out as an expense, stocks can come and go if you buy and sell them, and you can transfer things from one account to another. But nothing can just magically appear or disappear, other than opening an account with an initial balance. If you are importing data from Quicken and you have used those add/remove transaction types, they will be a pain to deal with. No worries, though: there are always creative ways to work around this "limitation" (just ask).
Enjoy!
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