Mac Monday: Moneydance Personal Financial Manager

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Rating: 9 out of 10
Pros: Simple financial management software that runs on Mac, Windows, & Linux, seamless direct download from your banking institution, ability to set budgets, see graphs and have a snapshot of your financial portfolio, inexpensive $39.
Cons: Definitely not as much eye candy and graphics as quicken or iBank.
Overall: Moneydance is not a very well known program and doesn’t have the advertising budget that Quicken has but it is more than capable of holding it’s own.  As I mentioned earlier it doesn’t have the graphical interface that Quicken and iBank sport but the performance and price difference more than make up for that.  With Quicken for Mac priced at $69, PC version $39.99 and iBank priced at $59.99, Moneydance is a bargain at $39.99 and it actually works with ALL banks for direct download.  Quicken on the other hand is hit or miss.  For example Quicken does not support direct download for Bank of America in California on the Mac version but does on the PC version.  Of course Quicken doesn’t document this anywhere until you purchase then have to jump through hoops to get a refund.  In closing Moneydance just plain works, works well, and all at an affordable price.

You can download Moneydance and try it for free by clicking here and the full version purchase price is $39.