Money Dancing
Moneydance 2007 is being called the most intuitive personal finance manager for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Moneydance is intended for people who want to manage their finances quickly and easily regardless of which operating system(s) they use. Moneydance can manage your online banking, online bill payment, budgeting, expense tracking and investment management or it can simply be the best checkbook software you've ever used.
The focus for this release of Moneydance has been improving the user interface, adding reports and graphs as well as features to make managing personal finances more rewarding. They've also made a huge number of bug fixes - too many to include here.
Among the new features and improvements in Moneydance 2007:
* Budget graph in the toolbar that shows the state of your income and expenses compared to your budget
* Net worth history graph in the main toolbar showing the general trend of your finances
* New budget manager allowing much more flexible budget planning
* New budget report showing your budget status for multiple time periods side-by-side
* Improvements to investment portfolio view such as cost basis for individual securities as well as overall cost basis and portfolio value
* More polished graphing (using JFreeChart) including the ability to zoom in to any portion of the graph and to get information for each point in the graph with a simple swipe of the mouse
* Additional reports such as Income/Expenses and a true Cash Flow report
* A new summary graph on the home page that shows an overview of your expenses or income for a period of your choosing, updated instantly
* A vast number of user interface improvements, making the starting "home page" screen more informative while appearing less cluttered
"Moneydance is easy to set up, and packed full of features. It's easy to stay connected to all of your online banking details, including not only your checking and savings account information, but also your investment accounts. ... Plenty of helpful features and useful graphs, online updates make future use a breeze." 4 star rating from MacHome Magazine!
As always, Moneydance is available for free trial from moneydance.com and can be purchased for $29.99. The trial version is limited to 100 manually entered transactions (imported transactions are unlimited). Users of Moneydance 2005 and 2006 can upgrade to Moneydance 2007 for free. Users of Moneydance 2004 and earlier can upgrade for half price!
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