iBank vs. Moneywiz
I've been using Moneywiz for the past day really getting into the nitty gritty setting up my accounts, categorizations, running reports etc.
Here's what I think between the two apps.
Moneywiz is a great program and is probably the best looking most polished app. The developer has gone to great lengths to really make this a beautiful app.
Importing is limited but functional, assigning the incoming transactions to existing payees or creating new ones seems unnecessary. There are no rules for assigning categories. If you assign the payee to an existing payee, it will default to that category as well. The problem is if you're importing 30 transactions that's a lot of work to click through individually.
Entering and/or maintaining is done fairly easily.
Reporting, a handful of canned reports that should cover most users but lack of customization and/or creating new ones is an issue (with me).
Overall its a nice program but rigid and lacking in options that the other apps use.
iBank
Import is much more flexible, using the rules helps automate the process. It offers multiple ways to get the data into the app, though I've been largely unsuccessful to download the transactions directly. From what I can see is that I lack the online banking feature which would increase my fees, so I'm not about to add that feature.
Entering and/or maintaining is done easily. The screen is your typical check register view that most finance apps use.
Reporting, a handful of prebuilt reports are included but then you can create a large set from the canned reports. A bit more flexible in deciding accounts, dates and type of reports.
Overall while I really do like Moneywiz it doesn't fit my usage patterns as well as iBank. I understand that Moneywiz is a newer product and may grow in features but for now I think iBank has the edge.
I'm not an expert in either app but from my usage I provided these opinions
