Read on for brief overviews of each of these three apps (with more detail on Quicken) and my rationale for deciding on Quicken. (I hate subscription software in general, but as it turns out, this one isn't really a subscription.) Going in, I was dead set against it, mainly due to its annual subscription structure. It was finally time to find its replacement.Īfter reviewing lists of alternatives-and asking on Twitter-I focused on three apps: Bantivity, Moneydance, and Quicken 2018 for Mac.Īfter looking at all three, I surprised myself by deciding that Quicken was the best tool for our use. Worst of all, it would crash on occasion, necessitating rebuilding all my data files. In addition to its 32bitness, it had other issues: The UI was tiny and horrid, the windows never opened where I closed them ( Moom's saved layouts to the rescue!), and online access to my accounts was nearly non-existent. Why? Basically because it worked (most of the time), and I didn't like any of the alternatives, which I would occasionally test. Yes, I was using an eleven-year-old app to track our family's spending and investments.

I've been using Quicken in some form since 1994, but stopped with Quicken 2007-I found the newer versions worse than Quicken 2007, so I never upgraded. The coming of ' not without compromise' 32bit app usage in the fall 2018 macOS release finally forced my hand: I was going to have to update my single longest-used app, Quicken 2007.

Quicken software 2008