Hard to tell, anymore.

I'd like something that comes on a disk, that I can load on my desktop, and never have to worry about them holding my data hostage unless I pay for an upgrade.

On the website, all the pictures seem to be mobile phone-based.

Have you used it on a desktop?

curiously,
Bright

can access it desk or mobile. There is no fee, just some useful ads occasionally. It's an Intuit product. Yes, I use it on a desktop.

Of Quicken or Quickbooks. I still use it, but a version from 2001 and I don't allow it to connect to anything. I agree that it's a customisable and efficient program that does the job well.

...but Windows 7 doesn't seem to be able to load it properly.

Would 2001 be compatible with Win7?

I'd happily revert to that. I don't mind DLing files from my bank in .QIF format and importing them to the software.

frustratedly,
Bright

Quickbooks v. 7.4 (2001) onto Win 7. You will have problems if you have vestiges of any newer versions kicking around your computer. You'll need to do a total uninstall of newer QB or Quicken with Revo Uninstaller, advanced mode. I've had others do this and in the end they could load old versions of QB on Win 7 without problems.

I may try doing that. I have Revo and the disk. Might need to figure out how to archive the db to a previous version, though.

Thanks for the tip!

appreciatively,
Bright

If it will help, you are welcome to it, or a slightly later one. They will load in Win7.

Unfortunately, for all its faults there is still no product that matches Quicken quite yet.

I never cared for Intuit.

I was sort of hoping that the new owners would go back to an older model of trustworthy, flexible, stand-alone software with good support and segment the market down to offer various versions to people with differing needs.

Unfortunately they seem to have opted for the "pay the subscription and you get everything!" model instead.

sadly,
Bright

It has a somewhat steep learning curve, but there is excellent documentation and help available, and if you just want some very basic elements it is actually quite easy and simple to set up and generate reports.

Since we are both now retired we have been putting all of our finances into this, and it has been a great help in seeing where our money is actually going, and getting our budgets all arranged.

You can use it from the desktop, or you can set it up to get stock and bank account information online, if you wish. It can import and export to all of the popular formats, so your existing data can be transferred.

Extremely flexible in the way you can customize it for your own situation. Like I said, initially has a bit of a learning curve, but the documentation steps you through pretty well. When I first started using it I used some of their pre-configured charts of accounts, then modified them for the way we were actually using them.

Available for Linux, Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10) and Mac OS-X on Intel of PowerPC platforms.

http://gnucash.org

I will DL and experiment.

Many thanks.

I'm sure Quicken won't miss us.

wryly,
Bright

Have a dig around at SourceForge for some freeware/open source program that fits the bill.

https://sourceforge.net/directory/business-enterprise/financial/accounting/os:windows/

Thanks.

I may check it out.

I no longer want direct connectivity between my bank any my software, but I DO want reliable import/export with easily downloadable formats for the information.

Yes, it's more work. But what little trust I ever had in software-as-a-service is almost entirely eroded these days.

wearily,
Bright