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MS Money / Quicken
Wipemydebt
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Any of these worth using to manage accounts / debt better?
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I used MS Money for a while and it was good, but I found that I did't use most of it's capabilities so I just started using an excel spreadsheet instead. Nothing fancy, but it meant that I could adapt it to do / show exactly what I needed. It's helped me no end, and even though I am now out of debt I still use it to maximise my saving etc0
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I have a lot of accounts, seperate accounts for everything and I use money all the time, I do find it far easier than a spreadsheet. It enters all my monthly bills and money movements automatically and by using the reconcile feature against my paper statements I can ensure mistakes are quickly resolved.
The reporting features are handy as well if you want to get really nerdish.
I probably don't use all of its though features, such as the online stuff, investments, budgeting, Tax, VAT etc but I do find it in valuable for keeping my accounts up to date.0 -
I used to have a copy of Quicken 4 or5. I found it excellent. Tried MS Money but I found it more fiddly than Quuicken. Try a free download from somewhere like 5starshareware or cnet. You will probably get the U.S. version and that isnt worth persevering with but it will show you basically what the program functions like.Annual Grocery budget 2018 is £1500 pa £125 calendar month £28.84 pw for 3 adults0
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I originally started using Money adn found it really good, but someone else suggested Quicken so for a couple of years I switched to using that as I did find it slightly better, but then for some strange reason Quicken decided not to bring out a new product for the UK market, so I ended up switching back to Money. Microsoft have now apparently (so I'm told) also gone the same way as Quicken and one brought out a US version of Money 2006.0
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