personal accounting

vix2000

I have been using quicken in the offline form for my personal accounting.  On getting a new pc I now can't download it on my mac.  I also can't purchase it as I dont have a US bank account.  The main thing I use that is indispensable for me is quicken calendar view which forecasts months ahead when you have entered your dd's and so's, so that you know when and how much needs paying in to cover the bills.  I must have dowloaded a dozen recommended quicken alternatives now, and none have this feature.  Has anyone found anything that does this please?

Neil_Jones

Excel has a FORECAST function:

https://exceljet.net/excel-functions/excel-forecast-function

Although Excel can take a bit of getting used to, and a bit more work to get it going, it probably can do everything Quicken can.

Apparently you can use Quicken in the UK but it does not support UK banks, and it hasn't done since 2005.

getmore4less

MsMoney was the best and does forecasting.

No idea if you can get that working on a Mac

[Deleted User]

I was after something similar some years ago and came across Cashculator on the app store. There is a free version to try.
I will not try anything that ties into my bank account, this one is all manual entry, very configurable for entry types past the default US style options and a bit fiddly to get your head around but gets there.

Though I eventually opted to sort it out with Apple Numbers but never got around to it.

Le_Kirk

getmore4less said:

MsMoney was the best and does forecasting.

No idea if you can get that working on a Mac

Agree with M$Money if you can find a download that is a) available and b) works on a Mac.  I use version (Windows) from 2003/4 and the function you want is called Cash Flow.

inspectorperez

Have you tried Moneypoint from the Microsoft App Store?

It’s free of course and contains a lot of excellent features to help you track and forecast finances.

You can set up regular repeating payments which will automatically update on the due payment dates. 

Personally I find it very flexible and have now adopted it as my go to piece of software for finances, replacing my favourite Visual Accounts which I now find a little outdated.

There is one limitation on the Moneypoint app for forecasting in that it will only allow you to look 60 days ahead. I have however created a simple workaround for this using an independent spreadsheet. 

Maybe be worth a try?

CoastingHatbox

inspectorperez said:

Have you tried Moneypoint from the Microsoft App Store?

vix2000 said:

On getting a new pc I now can't download it on my mac. 

I'm not sure whether the OP wants recommendations for a PC or a MAC?

Having had this kind of fiasco myself, I now use a spreadsheet (LibreOffice). I've been doing it for several years and it works fairly well. I can see income, expenditure, excess, shortfall etc.. (essentially working out cashflow). Over the years I've improved it and I can make predictions about how much I'll save over the next year etc..

datostar

Have a look at www.kmymoney.org  
kmymoney is free,open-source and available for Windows, Mac and Linux. I'm in the process of switching from MSMoney to it. Scheduled payments in and out and account transfers can all be set up with great flexibility (providing the forecasting you need).  Bit of a learning curve at first but if you're used to Quicken (double entry book-keeping) you might find it easier initially than I did. Handles investments too