Office & productivity software forum: Best household financial software?

Thanks for the reply.

Very old article and I've seen all of those online but in a 2010 article on Cnet (which is why I posted here). They went over Mint in the new article and now when I go to Quicken and free online money management, I get to Mint haha. I guess they purchased it!

Mint it is! Thanks again!

I guess you can't edit here or it has a time limit? Didn't want to repost but I did want to mention..

I tried Mint. I don't like that I need to immediately start giving them bank and credit card login data so they can auto-sync my information. I'd prefer a much more generic way of entering in expenses myself while specifying it's a credit card, entering the interest rate by hand and the current balance.

I don't trust them with my data, but I did try it. They didn't have 2 of the store credit cards I attempted to sync (large stores like Newegg Preferred Credit). They did have Dell though. I entered in 2 valid large credit card logins (Chase Bank, Barclay Card US) and it failed to log into either back end after several retries.

I think I'd avoid Mint. In fact if the next package I try asks me for login data, I'm just going to write my own online application for personal use. All I need is a balance sheet with some basic reporting, it shouldn't be this hard..

As to the forum, the reasons for editing is well discussed so I won't duplicate that. You may PREVIEW before posting.
Bob

I already use a spreadsheet now. I want to use something that has more useful end of year reporting, built-in graphs and charts, suggestions, yada. All the home software seems to be <$100 so why not grab some? I'm not against paying at all.

The reason I wanted to edit it is I accepted the answer and then tried it out. I wanted to report back but no need to bump an answered post, an edit would do. I could have tested all the solutions and posted later but I'm used to most other forums, which just let you edit and frown upon double posting due to bumping.

Regardless I'm all ears if you have any applications to suggest.

Deciding which is best is what folk have to do. Many use Quicken and of course there will always be those that like and dislike it.
Bob

I appreciate sharing the names of the software. I hope someone can share some experience with them as well. Trying out a half dozen products to see what does the tasks I mentioned is a little difficult, especially when they want private financial logins. I don't especially like giving trial software important information like that, which is why I came here for some experienced opinions.

Does Quicken handle the tasks I mentioned? I'm not self-employed so I don't really need anything as elaborate as managing a home business. Just strictly household/individual financial matters.

Thanks for tips!

But went back to old filing methods later.