Microsoft has discontinued Money. No, Gates' mates haven't abandoned the concept altogether, which is unsurprising considering the company has, y'know, most of it. But the boys at Redmond have decided to stop selling personal-finance program Microsoft Money.
Money will no longer be available to buy after the end of June, and will only be supported up to January 2011. You'll still be able to use it on your PC after that, but will lose the crucial function of getting automated data feeds from your bank, credit card shylocks, and other chisellers, sorry, financial service providers.
So what's the alternative to Money? Stealing? Bartering? Oh we can't be bothered keeping that gag going. If you currently use Money, or like the idea of software to organise your money, here's some of the other options, both online and on your desktop. You may have heard of Mint and Quicken, but as they don't work for anyone whose native currency is Her Majesty's English Pounds we'll get to them in a jiffy.
Unless noted, all these programs are free and support the major UK banks and finance providers. Each program or Web service allows you to link accounts and track transactions and budgets to keep you on top of your finance, with secure encryption to keep your data safe. Right, let's put our mouth where our Money was.
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Anonymous 18 September, 2010 08:22
Banktree is a poorly made piece of software. Tried the demo out for about 20 minutes and came across numerous glitches and annoyances. Don't bother.
Anonymous 21 October, 2010 23:36
Do a surf for Bank Genie - a UK product, but equally happy in any country.
Simple to use, and a new edition due for release developed as an alternative to Quicken and Money.
Anonymous 16 December, 2010 16:57
i need a replacement for microsft money that tracks the prgress of my shares. i am not interested in online banking. can you recommend anything?
Anonymous 6 February, 2011 15:20
Bank Tree is pants. Trialled it and thought it might be ok - right up to the point when it deleted half of the transactions I had entered! Also lots of niggling bits that didn't quite gel.
Anonymous 10 February, 2011 21:00
Yodlee users can expect their NatWest and RBS online banking to be terminated for breach of T&C sooner or later when the automated log-ins are detected. You really should never put your online banking info into unknown software: it's like putting a note on the front door saying "Key under the mat".
Anonymous 8 April, 2011 22:16
I tried BankTree, its quite good. It imported all my Quicken data all at once. I can do invesments and it was on £26.00
anonymous 25 December, 2011 17:21
Relative to MS Money, to use Banktree for investment and financial management you need the brains of Einstein, the patience of Socraties and a love of stone-age programming.
Considerning the importance of the tasks that MS could and have been put to in the UK by moderately sophisticated investors - particularly since the withdrawal of Quicken from the UK market - Microsoft's failue to ensure 'Money's' compatibility with Windows 7 is little short of criminal. For that reason alone, if I could reasonably walk away from Microsoft, I would.
pr0se 1 February, 2012 17:40
Completely agree with negative comments about Bank Tree. Sadly I could not find another alternative for Quicken so wasted money on purchasing it. I believe Quicken is available and supported in USA. How about reintroducing it to the UK, Intuit?
anonymous 2 February, 2012 01:27
i actually paid for Bank Tree and it is so buggy. I coulnt download stock prices correctly and support told me it was my fault and that I was doing things wrong. I have unistalled it. There should be standards by law before software can be sold . As its around £25 I should ask for a refund but cant be bothered. Bank Tree doesnt link to any banks and is really amateurish compared to MS money which I still use.
anonymous 3 February, 2012 16:34
I find it very unwholesome that MS Money and Intuit have pulled the rug from under us in the UK. This is a typical The world stops at NY Harbour!!!If they want to make money why not charge a yearly licence fee as my anti virus software does?
I have since tried AccountZ and that is as bad as BankTree. I have ordered a copy os US Quicken to mess around with. There is absolutly nothing out there for us here in the UK.
As an MS Money fan why dont microsoft bundle it with MS Office Home Premium UK - upgrade the software and sell it that way with options to link to UK banks as it used to?
I have emailled Intuit as prOse has suggested.
anonymous 8 February, 2012 14:43
Considering BankTree is only £25 and they offer free updates and support what's with all the moaning. Accountz is closer to £35.00 and support is limited to 30 days with no support for investments. Quicken and Microsoft Money were around £50.00 per year, limited to 30 days support. Idon't think BankTree claim there software is the same as Quicken or MS Money but good enough for your day to day finances.