Shelley's Financial Software Blog April 2008 Archive

A reader posted a question in the forum about Microsoft Money 2003 doubling budgeted amounts. This may have started happening after he deleted recurring payments. Have you resolved ... Read More

SplashMoney has five versions to choose from so you can manage your money whether you are at home or on-the-go. SplashMoney started out as personal finance software for Palm ... Read More

WebWare 100 Awards Copyright © 2007 CNET Networks, Inc. The Mint team can add another award to their shelf: one of the top online productivity software applications for 2008. Over ... Read More

Looking for really simple accounting software for your small business? Take a look at Less Accounting, which is simple, web based accounting software for small business owners. You will ... Read More

BusinessWeek recently classified Quicken Online as being for baby boomers and seniors while Mint online financial software is targeted at young adults. If boomers and seniors are truly the ... Read More

What's so special about open source software? It is free software, and open source software provides the code to the public (aka people who program for a hobby), so ... Read More

Now why didn't I think of this? I just found some excellent advice that can be applied to saving money on financial software purchases on Sue Chastain's About Graphics Software site. ... Read More

Updated 04/23/2008 After reading some negative remarks about my Quicken Home Inventory Manager review from a frustrated QHIM user in the discussion forum, I did some poking around and asked some ... Read More

I just happened to stumble across Cash Organizer 2008 Premium, personal finance software for your Windows Mobile 5/6 device. Cash Organizer has a nice list of features which include ... Read More

Setting up a budget in Microsoft Money and Money Plus is a two-part procedure. First, you use the Savings and Spending Budget to set up a general budget for ... Read More

ClearCheckbook, free web-based personal finance software, has released ClearCheckbook Mobile for iPhone and iPod Touch. As of April 1, ClearCheckbook hit the 2,000,000 transaction mark and added several updates ... Read More

A reader in the Financial Software discussion forum asks about envelope budgeting with Quicken. This inspired my tutorial for setting up savings goals in Quicken, which is one way to envelope ... Read More

Has Microsoft Money Plus (2008) been bugging you to update for a couple of weeks? Pretty irritating, isn't it? Although Microsoft is not sure why some computers will not properly ... Read More

The personal finance software choices for Mac OS computing are growing all the time, and there is a good selection of financial software alternatives available, including some free financial software. Check ... Read More

I have not had the chance to try TaxAct, and I usually see TaxCut and TurboTax in the first or second spot in reviews that compare tax software. But, ... Read More

The title of an article in Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine just made me do a double-take. The title is Read Don't Fall for This Mortgage Pitch: Prepay Your ... Read More

If you're like me and you still need to finish up your tax return, you need to considering electronic filing to avoid missing the filing deadline. E-filing has other ... Read More

PC World Consumer Watch On Your Side reporter Amber Bouman featured a person she assisted with an Mvelopes problem recently. Carol St. James signed up for Mvelopes online financial ... Read More

I have been wanting to write a review of Mint.com for months. I started a review last fall but a checking account I needed to use to test Mint ... Read More