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Written by RM from Charlotte

Aug 23, 2009

I am struggling with the ibank set up. Can not get it to access my financial institute to download. Can not get the upgrade download from iBank.
I was a longtime quicken/PC user. The financial changeover has been very challenging and not yet resolved.

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iBank Personal Financial Manager

I-bank is awful

Written by CJ from Lakeland

Aug 21, 2009

I was given a mac as a gift, I was so used to Quicken but tried I-bank since quicken won't work on my new OS. I-bank is awful, I hate it. It's not user friendly, nothing about it is easy.

8 of 39 people found this useful

iBank Personal Financial Manager

Huge Disappointment

Written by AG from Alpharetta

Aug 7, 2009

I'm so disappointed in iBank. It doesn't support almost any of the financial institutions that our family uses...including some of the big ones...Vanguard, Fidelity, Wells Fargo, etc. Without proper institutional support, it's useless!

27 of 37 people found this useful

iBank Personal Financial Manager

Needs a lot of work, crashes are routine, several bugs noted

Written by RS from PRESCOTT VALLEY

Jul 21, 2009

I purchased this application directly through the developers website. I was impressed, for a few minutes. There is a lot of eye candy in this application, but it really falls short as a financial manager. I loaded all my accounts and grouped all my transactions into categories, relatively easy process in ibank. Soon thereafter, ibank started to crash on a routine bases; most the time while entering/editing a transaction. Another shortfall is that credit cards are handled like a bank account. No credit limit remaining and balances show as positive cash rather than negative amount owed. After entering all my data and using the application for about a month, my amex transactions can no longer be seen, even though the balance is shown in the account tree. Way to many bugs to list. I recommend you go to the forum and look at the problems encountered by others before purchasing. I think there is potential in the long haul for ibank, but will take a lot of work to get there.

53 of 60 people found this useful

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THIS PRODUCT STINKS!

Written by PC from Haverhill

Jul 18, 2009

I bought this because I was sick and tired of Quicken constantly creating problems with my 'widget' every time I saved my data. I also did not like the way quicken kept wanting to 'reconcile' my account, when I know it is right. BUT, I spent about an hour with IBANK and after creating all of my accounts, it asks me to save the information. No matter how small/short I made the name of the file, it would not accept it. Even 3 letters was too long. I had to quit without saving, and of course lost everything. THIS PRODUCT IS WORSE THAN QUICKEN. I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE. THE INFORMATION AREAS ARE SO SMALL AND INADEQUATE FOR ANY REAL DATA INPUT. I have a complaint to the software support, but I don't know how I can make the file name any shorter. Try another product. If there were a lower star than 1, I would have picked it.

31 of 46 people found this useful

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Finding Something Else

Written by TM from Arkansas City

Jul 12, 2009

After 9 months of this nonsense, I am cutting my losses both money and time. I am going to find something else for my personal finances (back to First Edge most likely.) I just wanted something quick to keep track of accounts since most transactions are online. I didn't need all the features but if I am paying for them they should work. Reports and charts are a joke. It's easier to set up a budget on Quickbooks. Forget reconciling to a statement. Data entry in cumbersome, especially dates. I liked the idea of using my ipod touch to enter as I go, but not as easy as it seems. A Numbers spreadsheet would work better.

37 of 48 people found this useful

iBank Personal Financial Manager

Is there no financial software for the Mac?

Written by DP from Lake Zurich

Jun 15, 2009

I though this would replace Quicken (another one star wonder), but it is just as bad. Boldly stepping into 2001. I love my Mac, but my PC did finance so much better...

Save your money, this is not worth effort unless you needs are very limited--at which point you have to ask, why am I using a computer.

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iBank Personal Financial Manager

Ck local bank

Written by SA

May 24, 2009

no bank in fla provide online bank with ibanks BE CAREFUL

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iBank Personal Financial Manager

HORRIBLE

Written by PD from Forest Hills

May 23, 2009

Basic Math problems like adding and subtracting don't work.
I used this for about three weeks and the bugs are horrible.
You start with 2000 in your account, spend 100 and creative math takes over in which you are left with -250. Pretty scary. 1 star is generous.

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Horrible and no recourse if you purchase in store

Written by AZ from Brooklyn

May 3, 2009

I foolishly disregarded the negative reviews here and purchased iBank from the Apple Store. I have a spanking new MAC and this application froze my computer. I am a veteran Quicken for PC user of 15 years so I consider myself somewhat savvy with online banking and the use of a financial application, but this one is impossible. Neither BofA nor Citibank support it and there is no number to call at IGG. I have deleted the program and lament the sixty bucks I spent as it is not refundable. If you must try it, DOWNLOAD it as then you have a 30 day money back guarantee; but don't purchase it in the store or you'll be stuck with it as a lot of reviewers here have been.

66 of 72 people found this useful

iBank Personal Financial Manager

very bad

Written by TR from Bement

Apr 21, 2009

I bought iBank as a replacement for Quicken, because Quicken didn't seem to have an intuitive interface when it came to budget monitoring. Although iBank does have a straightforward budget monitor, it crashes frequently (on my old PowerPC MacPro), and the reconcile feature is completely counter-intuitive. Split transactions are horrible, I still don't understand how they are intended to work. The product looks good on the surface, but it takes more than a few good visualizations to make a product worth the money, and this product is poorly designed from a user interface perspective. Wait for Financial Life from Quicken.

27 of 34 people found this useful

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Needs Work

Written by MT from Mendota

Feb 19, 2009

I am an Apple fan and I wanted to write a glowing review on iBank. Problem is I can't.
I too got aggravated using older versions of Quicken and I had hoped that iBank would
have at the very least strong checking and savings management attributes. I am not
one for many bells and whistles yet I would like to see better Reconcile features and
even a warning about duplicate checks would be nice. It is a good start but it needs work.

56 of 68 people found this useful

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Worthy of ZERO stars

Written by PM from Mesa

Feb 15, 2009

Since Quicken for Mac hasn't been updated since 2007, and MS Money does not exhist for the Mac platform, I thought I'd give iBank a try. Big mistake. It could not import my Quicken file from Windows (even in a stripped down state).

Also, I could not import document images without sever errors. Check images would reverse. This is the lamest financial program on on the market. Serious financial tracking still needs to be done on the Windows machines.

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Not A Replacement For MS Money

Written by DL from STEUBENVILLE

Jan 25, 2009

I had been looking for a strong application to replace MS Money, and I thought iBank was the solution; however, I was mistaken. Shortly after installing, my MacBook started behaving erratically. In addition, the sync with MobileMe generated more errors than successes. After many hours of frustration, I ended up removing iBank. For now, I will continue using MS Money.

48 of 64 people found this useful

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Disappointed

Written by DO from Waynesville

Dec 9, 2008

I was hoping iBank could replace Quicken, but unfortunately it needs more work. For example, generating a report (rather than a graph) is difficult, calculating daily gains and losses on securities is impossible, and scheduling recurring transactions is limited to a few choices. There are many features that are appealing, but without what I consider to be basic capabilities, it will not work for me.

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Can not import QDF files

Written by CV from Highland

Oct 28, 2008

Quicken 2009 stores data in files that cannot be read by iBank. You can ask Quicken make an export data file, but only if you still have a working PC, and I do not.

So I have a totally useless program that I can not return to Apple since I opened the box. I will have to get Quicken for Mac to read my files.

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IBank

Written by SK from Santa Ynez

Sep 27, 2008

Lame:

Not close to ms money or quicken:

wasted of my money

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Not ready for prime-time

Written by WG from Denver

Sep 5, 2008

I have been anxiously awaiting something with which to replace Quicken. I am so unimpressed with Quicken for Mac, that I am predisposed to think that anything would be better. I had real hopes for iBank. After downloading it and starting it in trial mode, I created a portfolio account and added a secutity to that account. I then attempted to BUY shares of that security, and after an unreasonable amount of time searching every menu and context-sensitive menu, and after trying every clickable tool and button in the human interface, I could not find a way to accomplish this routine task. Nor am I an unfamiliar user; I have been using and designing computer software for over 30 years. This product is simply not a realistic candidate for anyone doing more than maintaining a check register.

45 of 63 people found this useful