Since I started working last year, I became obsessed with personal fiancee software. I tried all the ones I could get my hands on (i.e. Quicken, iBank, Cha-Ching, and Wesabe). They all had good things and bad. On some, getting the information into the system was a pain the neck. Others just offered a poor user experience. Then there was Mint.com. An easy to use free online personal finance software. Some people will have trouble handing out their bank online user id ad password(so that they can get you bank and credit card transactions for you). It is more of an Outlook for finance, with very nice charts and graphs that show you where your money went.
There was a nice features that read: Your Favorites….apparently I spent $29 in 5 visits to Starbucks!!!
They also offer alerts by mail and cellphone for preset parameters(like balances, deposits, withdraws, etc). The one thing I would like to see included is stocks and retirement plan info. This would give you a full view of your net worth(with I used to do in Excel). Give it a shot and let me know if you like it.
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