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iBank Personal Financial Manager

A Solid Product That Keeps Getting Better

Written by JC from Scottsdale

Aug 18, 2009

iBank, like most software is an evolving product. Recent updates have taken it to a whole new level where it now is very powerful, stable and easy to use. It is obvious to me that the publisher is paying attention to its customers and is tailoring the product to meet customer needs rather than taking a "here it is" attitude. My only problem is that I got used to the insane way Quicken for Mac works so doing things the simple way has taken some adjustment. :) Seriously! Importing from direct download banks requires one click for all direct download accounts. Banks that require the user to initiate a download from their websites don't pose much of a hassle because iBank will open Safari within itself and grab the download file and initiate the import into the correct file. This is worlds better than Quicken and there is no cleanup of the downloads folder afterward.

IGG seems excited about what it is doing as a company and wants to keep fine-tuning this product to meet customer needs and expectations. There is room to grow, certainly. Check printing is not as robust as it could be but it is adequate and will grow over time, I'm sure. But already this eclipses Quicken and is Universal Binary and ready for the move to Snow Leopard whereas Quicken will need the bulk of Rosetta to be installed in order to run it. This is a perfect time to make the change to something better.

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iBank Personal Financial Manager

Best Personal financing app on the Mac

Written by BR from Greeley

Jun 30, 2009

I've tried several financial apps on the Mac and this is by far the best of the best. It isn't bloated and confusing much like Quicken and other BIG BOX apps out there. But it still has a great mix of features (budgeting, statement downloads, smart imports which I love) which are easy and intuitive to use. But with that said it still could use a tweak here and there to make it a five star app. Plus they are releasing an iPhone app which will sync with the desktop version. Can't wait for it to be released in the app store (hint, hint, Apple).

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iBank Personal Financial Manager

Perfect fro my needs

Written by RM from Champaign

Apr 23, 2009

After using (fighting with) Quicken for many years and paying full price for negligible upgrades, iBank is a breath of fresh air. Easy to use, does what I need (bank accounts, credit cards, some investments), smoother downloads than Quicken, frequent free updates. I can see that it may lack some tools for sophisticated investors, but keep watching - it is getting better with time.

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iBank Personal Financial Manager

iBank not Quicken

Written by PC from Triangle

Feb 28, 2009

I have been a Quicken user for many years prior to my recent purchase of an iMac. I read all your reviews for Quicken for Mac and IBank. I decided to take the plunge and stay with the apple application. I have been using iBank for a month and find that it meets my need for home finance. It manages my accounts very well. It doesn't have all the features of Quicken, then again, it's not Quicken. Online set up and downloads are much easier in iBank. I'm finding new features each day. I enjoy my break from my PC and look to use apple applications whenever possible. It's a good program, just different.

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iBank Personal Financial Manager

Near great! Huge relief to finally leave Quicken.

Written by EW from Cincinnati

Sep 26, 2008

I tried iBank recently, after many years of using Quicken. My impression so far is almost totally positive. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles that Quicken or Money offer, but it's definitely a solid program that does most of what I need.
I have quite a few different investment accounts and bank accounts, all at several different banks and brokerages, so I have a lot of data to keep track of. So far, I've found iBank to be completely solid. Never crashes, calculations are perfect, and the formats are very useful.

My only complaint as a new user is that some of the user interface is not at all intuitive, so I couldn't figure out how to do many things. But on the positive side, the online help is so good that I was easily able to look up anything I couldn't figure out on my own. In fact, I found some things that were totally unexpected but very helpful. It would be nice to have a more comprehensive tutorial, but if you don't mind looking things up in the help, you can get up to speed with this app very quickly.

Overall, I'm very happy with iBank, and I don't expect to ever go back to Quicken or Money. I expect future versions of iBank to just keep getting better. We finally have a real Mac application that does nearly all you need for your financial record keeping.

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