6 Personal Finance Options for Windows

Money Management Software for Windows

You Need A Budget Pro is a money management tool that actually teaches solid personal finance money management practices based on spending income you have already earned. You Need A Budget Pro will help you to avoid overdrawn accounts and personal budget deficits.

Personal finance data in Fortora Fresh Finance can be shared among multiple users on one computer or over a network and data works with both the Mac and Windows versions of Fortora Fresh Finance. Each registered copy of Fortora Fresh Finance can be used on up to 3 computers, tech support is free and very responsive and Fortora plans to support multiple versions of the software as it is developed.

$44.99, free trial, free upgrade to Fortora Fresh Finance version 2, scheduled to release in 2009.

Consider SplashMoney if you want easy-to-use, reasonably priced personal finance software with decent customization options and without an exhaustive list of advanced features.

SplashMoney Desktop for Windows offers a 30-day free trial, costs $19.95, has a 60-day money back guarantee. To manage money while away from your computer, SplashMoney for Palm, Pocket PC or Smartphone can be purchased bundled with SplashMoney Desktop for $29.99.

Moneydance is well-supported, often updated personal finance software that runs on Windows, Mac, Linux and other operating systems. Moneydance has most, if not all, of the features you would use in Money or Quicken while the interface is less cluttered.

$39.99, free trial, special upgrade pricing.

Quicken personal finance software for Windows has been around for years, and as those years have passed, Quicken has added more and more features to help you to manage personal finances. Some find that Quicken is bogged down with too many features, so Quicken Starter Edition is now available. See the most recent Quicken Versions, Features and Prices to see if Quicken will work for your personal finance management.

While Quicken has a decent money back guarantee, there is no free trial.

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Starting in 2009, Microsoft Money dropped the annual release year from its name and is now known as Microsoft Money Plus. Although yearly upgrades are no longer offered for Microsoft Money, this Windows desktop personal finance software remains quite popular. Yet, a substantial number of people think that Microsoft Money Plus suffers from the same feature bloat that Quicken does. In response, Microsoft released Money Essentials, which lacks adequate features for many people.

Read my Microsoft Money Plus review and download the Microsoft Money Plus free trial to decide if Money Plus will work for you.

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