Looks good, works okay.
I tried the demo versions of a handful of finance apps before choosing to go with Money. Its by far the most visually appealing and it handles basic functions fine. Data imports in excel formats didnt work properly for me but in quicken format they loaded fine.
The program itself is quality. Its 90% there but it needs additional functionality to be great. The budgeting function needs to be better thought out. I find the budgeting income progress bar stupid and frustrating visually. If I say my monthly budget is $2k I dont need a bar telling me Im in the red because its day 1 through 27 of the month and I havent gotten my paycheck yet.
There needs to be more intelligent timing options as well. I want to view quarterly reports and set quarterly budget categories. For example my clothing budget isnt a monthly thing its quarterly and if I happen to buy a coat in October and nothing the 2 months prior I dont need my software to tell me I went overbudget. Other competitors apps have options for scheduling your wages on a biweekly basis and prorating your monthly budgets to account for the 2 extra paychecks you see over the course of the year which was weird at first but now I think its almost a necessity.
I also purchased the corresponding iPhone app. Its decent, full featured and the sync is farily smooth. However upon syncing I found that the data on my computer finds its way to my phone and the transactions entered on my phone just disappear. Some sort of cloud service would be a great benefit to the integration.
I am encouraged by the development of an iPad version and hope that is an indicator that this app will see continued refinement and improvements. Some other reviews mention that they had version 3 which featured invoicing and that that feature has been removed in v4 and split off into a seperate app. Quality development simplifies convergence rather than pulling things apart as a money grab. And I really dislike having the mac environment turn into a cluttered sea of apps rather than have a few quality ones. At $40 I would expect to see this be full featured in its own right.
Bug fixes and updates are nice to see. I hope future updates expand functionality though beyond just playing around with the visual experience.
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Money by Jumsoft, v4.1.1