2 years, 5 months ago
What is the best finance app on the mac for a University student?
The new year is approaching and I'd really like to actually try and get my finances in order this year so I wonder: what's the best financial application on the mac for a student in university. I dont need anything crazy and over the top (like quicken, lets face it, i dont make much money) but just something so I can easy keep track of purchases/income and see where my money is going.
Sadly I live in Canada (well thats not the sad part...) so Mint isn't an option.
Any ideas?
Sadly I live in Canada (well thats not the sad part...) so Mint isn't an option.
Any ideas?
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The top personal finance apps on the Mac today are iBank and Cha-Ching.
$60 USD - iBank is great if you're a very visual person. They have really done a great job incorporating native Mac elements like cover flow. If you have MobileMe then you can backup your data to your iDisk. They also have an iPhone app $4.99 which will sync via Mobile Me WebDav or Wi-Fi.
I have used this software myself. Very powerful.
$40?? - Cha-Ching is another finance app that's been on the Mac for awhile. They have a free 2.0 beta version available right now that will sync with their iPhone app $2.99 that is already available in the iTunes app store. The official pricing has not been announced. Previous versions were $40.
I have not personally used this software but I have heard great things about it. I'll say that the iPhone app looks pretty sweet.
Whatever software you choose make sure that it will allow you to easily create a remote secure backup of your data. Nothings worse than loosing that info and having to re enter your data from bank statements.
Maybe with Intuit's acquisition of Mint they will soon be available outside the US. Fingers crossed.
Good Luck!
$60 USD - iBank is great if you're a very visual person. They have really done a great job incorporating native Mac elements like cover flow. If you have MobileMe then you can backup your data to your iDisk. They also have an iPhone app $4.99 which will sync via Mobile Me WebDav or Wi-Fi.
I have used this software myself. Very powerful.
$40?? - Cha-Ching is another finance app that's been on the Mac for awhile. They have a free 2.0 beta version available right now that will sync with their iPhone app $2.99 that is already available in the iTunes app store. The official pricing has not been announced. Previous versions were $40.
I have not personally used this software but I have heard great things about it. I'll say that the iPhone app looks pretty sweet.
Whatever software you choose make sure that it will allow you to easily create a remote secure backup of your data. Nothings worse than loosing that info and having to re enter your data from bank statements.
Maybe with Intuit's acquisition of Mint they will soon be available outside the US. Fingers crossed.
Good Luck!
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I understand. iBank doesn't seem to have changed in awhile. I know it syncs with Bank accounts however I don't know about Canadian banks. Cha-Ching is definitely new with 2.0 but once again I'm not sure about the Canadian banks. Sounds like some emails need to be sent to both.
You might want to check out this post about Mint and Quicken Online. http://blog.quicken.intuit.com/announcement/2009/12/02/quicken-online-mint-com-the-best-of-both/ This posts states next year the two will merge.
Have you tried Quicken Online? From what I read it says it's available in Canada. Worth a shot since it's free and will hopefully be improved by the Mint guys.
thanks for the suggestions. both last year and the year prior i did give those apps a shot but the biggest problem I came across was remembering to actually update them frequently - probably training is the best practice there.
again, sadly, it looks like mint is the BEST app for the job (especially since it syncs with bank accoutns) but i cant use it. I will look into those apps though. maybe they've improved!