Mac Alternative For Quicken

The MoneyDance 'Quicken alternative' may provide an alternate way to download your bank data, and will export.QIF files Quicken 2007 can import. I've used it that way, and keep it around, but much prefer Quicken 2007. Games for the mac downloads.

Free Personal Finance Software The personal finance software market is dominated by Intuit's Quicken. Granted, Quicken has been around for years, and millions of people find it useful for managing their money, paying bills, and tracking investment accounts. It's easy to use, and has tons of features. Quicken is so popular, it has become the #2 selling software title of all time. (TurboTax, also from Intuit, tops the list.) But with a list price of $69 for the basic version, and $89 for the Premier version (which includes investment and tax time features), it's not cheap.

So naturally, many people are looking for free alternatives to Quicken. And aside from the price tag concerns, many Mac users are looking for a Quicken replacement, because it won't run on the latest Mac OS X 'Lion' operating system. Fortunately, there are several free Quicken alternatives for Windows, Mac and even Linux users.

Here are five free personal finance software titles for your consideration. Mint.com is a free online service that aggregates data from all of your financial accounts in one convenient interface - that is, all of your financial accounts that provide online access. Mint can connect to thousands of checking, savings, credit card, loan, investment, and other financial accounts, downloading your data and presenting it in the Mint interface. You can also add entries to checking accounts manually, and perform budgeting operations. Mint is free, and supported by lead-generation revenue. Based on its knowledge of your financial interests, Mint presents ads for targeted financial services that may interest you. Intuit Corp., maker of Quicken, acquired Mint in 2009.

GnuCash.org is the home of GnuCash, a free personal finance and small business accounting package. Versions of this open source software are available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and other Unix flavors. GnuCash offers double-entry bookkeeping, yet is so simple to use that no accounting training is required. It also handles stock, bond, and mutual fund accounts. It prints checks and supports online stock and mutual fund quotes.

GnuCash's small business functions include invoicing, AR/AP, expense vouchers, depreciation, export to TXF format for tax preparation software, and setup of sales tax tables. However, GnuCash does not do inventory management, payroll, or point-of-sale functions. By MechCAD is a personal finance and budgeting program. Using AceMoney Lite, you can easily organize and track your spending, create budgets, track investment performance, set up payment reminders, create reports complete with pie charts, and more - for free. AceMoney Lite is limited to two accounts (i. E., yours and spouse), but many users won't need any more. (French slang for 'stash') is another open source, cross-platform personal finance program.