14 DAY TRIAL // Do you feel like getting some money today? Well, if you start the week by receiving money, then you'll have a great week, from the financial point of view! Of course, this is more of a superstition than a proven fact, but each week I start by getting some money into my pocket is better than those that begin only with "just another manic Monday"...
To be honest, I am tired of notes thrown here and there, sometimes even entire notebooks with my expenses and gains, and although I started to use an Excel sheet once for personal finance management, that didn't work either. Unfortunately, some activities require specialized software, and taking care of your budget is one of those activities.
Moneydance is the name of a software application designed precisely to accomplish this goal, being a full featured personal financial manager that includes features such as online bill payment, budget tracking, scheduled transactions, online banking, detailed graphs and reports, and much more. Being written in Java, Moneydance is a multi platform application that runs without problems on Mac, Linux and Windows platforms.
Your finance management files can be moved from one platform to another, giving you maximum flexibility, while it is also able to import data from Quicken, Money or any other application that saves into the QIF format. Having users in over 75 countries, Moneydance has extensive multi currency support and was translated into Spanish, German, Korean, French, Portuguese, Italian, Greek and Norwegian.
The Mac version of this program requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later to run and is available as a Universal Binary that runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs. Moneydance 2007 has a price of 29.99$ and is also available for you to try as a free shareware version. Moneydance 2005 and 2006 registered users get this new version as a free upgrade, while those that registered Moneydance 2004 or earlier versions will be able to upgrade for half the price.