Money-managing program

x3ja

I've been looking for a good bit of money-managing software for home for a while now and I've come across the following:

gnucash - it's wonderful, free and full-featured! Shame it only runs on Linux when I run Windows most of the time. Not very practical for everyday use.
Microsoft Money - I have an old version of this lying around somewhere and I'm sure it's useful, but I don't fancy paying for something to use (cheapskate!)
Sage - I've seen my mum use this, but I think it's more business-oriented than I want for home.
Quicken - what my mum uses at home, but again, I'm a cheapskate and would like something free.

Anyone got any recommendations? I'm getting married and need to be a lot more responsible with my money...

Cheers

Norman-B

Anyone have an idea?

Edinburghlass_2

Why not download the Budget Planner from the blue bar along the top of this board?

x3ja

Sorry, I wasn't quite clear - I don't live with my mum any more, so I can't just use it

And Budget Planner looks pretty nifty for an overview, but doesn't cover individual expenses and stuff. Still, nice tool to have to get an idea of how we're doing...

Debt_Free_Chick

Can't you just load the old version of Money? It'll probably do all you want it to - you just won't have the new "bells & whistles" that MS think you might want

x3ja

Yeah, I think I'll give Money a go. I always feel like I'm selling out if I commit my data to a Microsoft product... but maybe it'll be OK.

Cheers

cloud_dog

You could try one of the free finance apps listed here

cloud_dog

x3ja

Oooh, a good list, am just downloading grisbi for Windows... http://sourceforge.net/projects/grisbi4win is the download link (I managed to find it despite the main site being in French and being a little unclear).

I'll let you know how I find it.