Moneydance 2010r3

If you were looking for an easy to use, intuitive and powerful personal finance application, then I present to you Moneydance. As a personal philosophy, whenever I need help with something, I turn to software and see if there is an application out there that can provide a helping hand.

Moneydance for example can do a lot of things. It can automatically balance my checkbook, it can help me organize my finances, manage my budget, and track my portfolio.The best thing is that taking advantage of the functionality Moneydance provides is a relatively straightforward process. You see, the developers behind Moneydance put a lot of thought into ease of use. Hence the application is so easy to use that even a novice computer user could pick up the basics in no time at all.

Switching focus back onto what you can do, Moneydance can alert you when you have to pay a bill. Whenever a bill is due, you will see a reminder in Moneydance. Furthermore Moneydance can compare your actual income and expenses, thus helping you manage your budget. Moneydance can also help you track your stocks, bonds, CDs, mutual funds, and can generate all sorts of reports and graphs detailing information about your accounts.

To help you manage your money, other applications require you to enter every dollar that comes in and out of your accounts. With Moneydance this is not the case. The application can connect to your various bank accounts and automatically manage your finances. Furthermore you can easily pay your bills online. Moneydance can automatically pay your bills for you.

Should you decide to get Moneydance, here are the technical details you need to know about. First up, you need to know that the download weighs in at some 8MB, so it shouldn’t take long to get the application off the web and onto your computer. To start using it you must then install it. The installation process goes along smoothly and rapidly; Moneydance works with XP, Vista, and the latest iteration, Windows 7. Since Moneydance is written in java, it also works on Apple’s Mac OS X and on Linux.

You can use the Moneydance trial version for as long as you want. Please note that the trial version has a 100 transactions limitation, as well as other limitations.

Moneydance is an easy to use, powerful personal finance application that can do the things other applications ask a lot of money for.

Pros

• Easy to use
• Graphs and readouts
• Bill tracking
• Automatic bill payment
• Online banking support
• Encrypt and password-protect data
• Works with Windows 7
• Cross-platform

Cons

• Trial version is limited (100 transactions limitation).

Additional details on Moneydance are available on the application’s official site here.

Moneydance has been reviewed by George Norman on 17 Jun 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Moneydance 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent