Alternative to Microsoft Money?

jackyann

I have used this since it first came out and I love the way it works. When Microsoft stopped it, I followed advice on here and downloaded a free version.
This has now become unstable, and I am looking for an alternative. The Budget Planner on this site doesn't seem to exist any more. I know a lot of people like Excel spreadsheets - for me this is fine for planning ahead, but nowhere near as good for tracking expenditure (I really do put everything on MS money!)
I am happy to buy an alternative as I find it so useful, but would like to know people's experience.

Thanks in advance

ChiefGrasscutter

Can I recommend the forum search facility to you
This one comes up time and time again with the same discussion repeated time and time again
See links at:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3718539
and
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5301213
both from 29/03/2016

and
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5385987
from 26/01/2016
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5399305
on 25/01/2016

Linton

Which version of MS money are you using? I am using this on Windows-10 with no problems at all. The windws fix it talks about is no longer necessary.

jackyann

Grasscutter - I did try a search, and couldn't find what I was looking for. I should perhaps have added: for a computer simpleton in non-tech language - the links you kindly posted are rather gobbledegook to me.

There is also a heavy emphasis on trying to stabilise the existing Money programme - and Linton, I appreciate your advice (I do have Windows10) but I have reached the point where I am simply unhappy with it, and any attempts to follow such advice ends up with me worse than where I began (I really didn't spend £62 trillion on cosmetics!)

Thanks both

pmduk

Try Moneymoneyex you'll need to google it.

agrinnall

What is wrong with your MS Money? I've used it on every version of Windows since XP up to my current Win 10 (Vista excluded obviously!) and have never experienced any issue that I would call instability. I'd suspect that you have something else on your system that is affecting Money.

No_6

MS money working fine on W10

jackyann

Thanks, it does seem that everyone really likes Money!

torbrex

I still use MSM on W10 and I know it doesn't update from the stockmarket but it still works with manual updates and for me half the fun is entering the numbers anyway.

User since 1999

Shedman

torbrex wrote: »

I still use MSM on W10 and I know it doesn't update from the stockmarket but it still works with manual updates and for me half the fun is entering the numbers anyway.

User since 1999

If you want to update stocks, funds, currencies online then have a look at Gaiersoftware's addon (https://gaiersoftware.com/money). Not worth it for 3 or 4 stocks but well worth it if you have 20 plus shares etc.

To the OP - I am also perplexed why you are getting instability with MSMoney as I am using it on Win10 with no issues and having looked at the alternatives I haven't seen anything else I would want to use

jackyann

Thank you all - shedman I am repeatedly perplexed by computers I'm afraid - I try to follow instructions but find I get easily baffled!

Money is running fine to all practical purposes and makes no significant mistakes. But it does things that make me think it is unstable:
it will never shut down without telling me that it can't, it has a problem, it can't fix it - then it shuts down.
It repeatedly warns me that I am spending ridiculous amounts of money - trillions - on certain categories, although when I go into them (assuming I've made a wrong entry) the totals are correct.

Although these are minor irritants, I worry that they are the harbingers of a complete crash or serious mistake. That's why I thought I would look for an alternative.

Agrinall - I have checked as well as I know, and the rest of the stuff on my computer works reasonably. I have Norton security. I might try asking a tech-savvy relative to run a check.
I should have realised that the answer would not be simple, I am grateful to all who have replied.