On Wednesday 23 October 2002 04:32, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
* lee (lnx@alltel.net) [021022 18:40]: ->Thank you very much for taking the time to reply. I'm not sure Moneydance I'm ->$39 better than GNU Cash. I've used both of course. Why do you like ->MoneyDance better than GNU Cash ? Perhaps there are some features in there ->I'm not aware of yet ?
What I like about it is that it's a Java program and pretty much runs on any platform. So if I decide to get a OSX box it will work or a FreeBSD box..etc..etc. I don't know much about GNUCash. Lasttime I messed with it was so messed up that the debts were in the credits column and the credits showed up in the debts column. Moneydance worked out of the "box" for me and does a pretty good job. I'm not opposed to paying a reasonable price for good software and it works for me. :)
I second it for the "worked out of the box" comment. I also use Moneydance - bought a license back when it was still $25. I looked at GnuCash and a few other packages. I found most were either too eloborate, too expensive, or too unripe (needed more development time) to use. All I was looking for was a simple package that I could use to keep track of my bank account, loans and credit cards. Moneydance fit nicely... I was even able to import my MSMoney data without any problems (as long as I used the Quicken format). I haven't looked at GNUCash since then... maybe it's better now, but I had the same experience Ben had with it messing up debit and credit data... that was quite a long time ago though. C.