I’ve been a longtime user of the accounting program, as I’ve mentioned in my. In fact, I’ve been using Quicken since it was a Microsoft MS-DOS product (now over 25 years ago).

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But due to the lack of new features, no customer service, getting tired of the constant updates, bugs and — unfortunately, it’s time for me to say good-bye to Quicken. Here’s what I’m using instead. In my testing, I’ve always, as it allows me to see my entire financial picture and investment portfolio at a glance. So much so that we even recommend it as one of the available today. Previously, I held on to using Quicken because I have a long history with the product.

I also liked the idea of keeping my financial data locally on my desktop computer. The mobile access within Quicken is a neat feature but never worked exactly to my liking, so I primarily used the desktop version. However, in the past few years my needs have changed, and I now want the ability to access my personal finances on the go. That has made Personal Capital all the more appealing. Quicken Usage Is Declining Searches for the term “quicken” have steady decreased over time (courtesy of Google Trends) Investor Junkie’s visitor traffic is a good indicator of the. I study the trends, read user comments and see which apps are gaining in popularity and which are losing market share.

Year over year, I’ve noticed much less visitor traffic going to our Quicken reviews and an increase of visitors to our review of. I’m sure that in some small part this is related to some of the negative issues expressed about the product.

More importantly, I believe that user demographics and what people now expect when managing their personal finances are changing. Like it or not, individuals and investors alike (especially Millennials) want convenience with up-to-the-minute access to their finances. We want to be able to access our finances anywhere, anyplace and at any time. Now, with the 2019 release, Quicken has taken some steps in the right direction. It has added a web-based platform that you can access from any browser. However, this new platform is intended to be a companion to the desktop software, rather than a replacement. You’ll still need to go onto the desktop app to sign up and do most of the heavy lifting.

Quicken is a legacy application that has added some mobile and web functionality, but in reality, it is still primarily a desktop application. Unless Quicken is completely rewritten, it will never be like its sister service, Mint.com. Now that we know that Quicken has been sold, perhaps the new owner will improve it. Quicken 2019 Is Now an Annual Subscription Quicken 2019 editions are now an annual subscription Quicken recently released their Quicken 2019 version, which is available in four subscription levels: Starter, Deluxe, Premier and Home & Business. More importantly, Quicken 2019 is now an annual subscription.

How do i install office 11 for mac on a 2017 macbook pro. With the older versions, you had a three-year sunset before you were forced to upgrade. Now you must pay an annual fee or the online features of Quicken are no longer usable.

Personal Capital, on the other hand, is free. Currently, there are no retail discounts for Quicken, which typically can be up to. Quicken is no longer the bargain it once was. Existing Quicken users will have to pay an “annual toll” to keep using the product; otherwise, your data is read-only. I Can Sync With More Banks When Using Personal Capital From my testing of both products extensively (I have over 60 financial accounts), Personal Capital supported more of my accounts. Many accounts with Quicken require a manual download and then importing these transactions into Quicken.

I was surprised by this result, being Quicken is the de-facto standard in online downloads. I know behind-the-scenes Personal Capital uses Yodlee. In some cases, Yodlee screenscrapes an account in order to download the transactions. Hence the wider support of accounts by Personal Capital. Personal Capital also supported accounts in which I had two-factor authentication enabled. So that is a plus for the security conscious user. So Why Not Use Mint Instead?

You may be questioning my decision to use instead of Intuit’s Mint service. Both are free services. As I mention in my review of Mint.com and, it is great for budgeting but lacks the feature I deem most important: investment tracking.