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New Quicken 6.0 Universal App 'Twice as Fast on Apple Silicon'

Marzzz said:
Can anyone recommend an alternative to Quicken?
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Quicken for Windows is the alternative to Quicken for Mac. The Mac version feature space is a subset of the Windows app. Because of it, I spend an additional $100 a year on Parallels just so I don’t have to buy a PC computer for my financial management needs. Now, this stop gap is in jeopardy with the advent of Apple silicon Macs. Please Quicken, give the Apple app the same feature set as the Windows app so I can get rid of Parallels.
 
Marzzz said:
Can anyone recommend an alternative to Quicken?
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I've been using See Finance for a few years, after Quicken basically halted any development of it's product for several years after 2007. It's not quite as good as Quicken once was and has some non-intuitive features, but on other aspects it's better.

Key things for me is that it goes beyond banking/budgeting and does a pretty good job tracking stocks/bonds etc., which a number of apps don't do.
 
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Good for Quicken. But how about:
- no subscription
- STOP popping up upgrade ads when I run this infuriating program
- how about copy/paste transactions?

No stinking way I’ll do Quicken again. Even with that 2x speed boost.
 
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ajfahey said:
Quicken for Windows is the alternative to Quicken for Mac. The Mac version feature space is a subset of the Windows app. Because of it, I spend an additional $100 a year on Parallels just so I don’t have to buy a PC computer for my financial management needs. Now, this stop gap is in jeopardy with the advent of Apple silicon Macs. Please Quicken, give the Apple app the same feature set as the Windows app so I can get rid of Parallels.
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While I can't speak for functionality, Quicken has released Simplifi .. a cloud/SaaS solution. I suspect that this is the future.

get.simplifimoney.com

Quicken: One place to manage your money and your life | Quicken

Quicken can help you stay on top of your budget, make smart decisions with your money, save towards your goals, and plan your retirement. Manage your money, your way.
get.simplifimoney.com get.simplifimoney.com
 
timmyh said:
It's not a paid post. Quicken is a popular app, hence we made an editorial decision to highlight the update for M1 Macs.

If anything was published on MR as a "paid" article, we would always be up front about it. Likewise, if affiliate links exist in a post, we always highlight the fact.

In my four years at MR, I've never been asked to run an "advertorial". Not once.
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Quicken ha! They still don’t and won’t have the Property management version available for the Mac. So my custom FileMaker solution will have to continue to be be tweaked. Oh well thanks twice as fast for nothing Quicken.
 
contacos said:
I wish there was something like this without a subscription
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Look if if the program is subscription, but u use it every day, then it’s worth a subscription. I broke down and paid, simply because it’s one of my main apps. I love being able to just click and download my transactions without having to manually input a thing.

my friend loves quicken too, but she inputs everything, doesn’t need the download feature, so the last version of the paid app is good enough for her.
 
riverfreak said:
See Finance. I switched from Quicken years ago and will never look back.

Intuit will surely use M1 hardware as another way to force upgrades of products like Quickbooks. Normally they use OS releases as a way to do that. Quicken is just the test for their coming money grab.
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Quicken isn’t part of Intuit anymore.
 
The 6.0 update is faster on all Macs (it's quicker on my 2018 MBP than the 5.18 build). The old UI has been getting sluggish for the last few releases, and of course a Universal App is going to be faster on M1 than one running under Rosetta 2.

Banktivity also runs a universal version of their app, and (IMO) is a better financial application than Quicken for Mac - yes I do run both.
 
I would have recommend Banktivity as a replacement for quicken but they are going down the subscription model as well. At this point may just have to start using a spreadsheet.
 
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Marzzz said:
Can anyone recommend an alternative to Quicken?
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I’m 11 months into running YNAB (https://www.youneedabudget.com/) in parallel with Quicken as a part of a complete switch-over from Quicken (20+ year user) and two spreadsheets to a single program. On Dec 31st, I plan on finally pulling the plug on Quicken. For me, YNAB is the future and is accessible on my iPhone, PC, iPad, Mac, etc. - and reduces the amount of time I have to spend on my finances.

There are many reviews and “how-to’s” out there, but I‘ve found that Nick True’s YT videos are probably the best:
 
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123 said:
But why add marketing BS and pricing details? Is this a paid post? I think MacRumors lacks transparency sometimes.
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I don't even think it's a paid post, and the contributing editor said as much, it's just an article with the details. Adding the pricing details informs readers who aren't familiar with the software. I know to stay away from this app because it's subscription software, so I appreciate that information without having to go looking for it.
 
123 said:
Ok, <insert random app> runs x times faster on M1, I get it. And I think it is perfectly fine to post such things as the M1 is completely new and we're all excited.

But why add marketing BS and pricing details? Is this a paid post? I think MacRumors lacks transparency sometimes.
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It was explained that it wasn't some advertorial move, but even if it was, would you agree that it's nice to know what we are looking at price wise?

When seeing an article about how such and such model, or app, or external hard drive, etc makes some tasks faster, life better, coffee yummier; it's beneficial to see what I'm looking at and if it is in my price range... example, 'M1 chips runs 40x times faster Quicken' but a laptop costs $20k and the software $10k, then I know that although it might be nice it's out of my consideration on that front.

Example two, suppose I have been thinking of getting Affinity Photo on Mac, if an article came out: "Affinity Photo now on Mac M1, it runs 4x faster/better/the-usual-now or it sucks balls and it's 0.1x the speed, it costs $40 but if you use this MACRUMORS coupon you get a 25% discount". it's a win win win, I get notified in a centralized place, I get a mini review of how it performs, the price and even sometimes potential savings.
 
Just updated my copy, I wish though Quicken for Mac was a 1v1 port of the Windows App but I'm glad to see (whoever) owns quicken keep the app alive. I'm surprised they were this quick to update it.
 
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123 said:
Ok, <insert random app> runs x times faster on M1, I get it. And I think it is perfectly fine to post such things as the M1 is completely new and we're all excited.

But why add marketing BS and pricing details? Is this a paid post? I think MacRumors lacks transparency sometimes.
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I don’t think mr lacks transparency at all. Whenever they earn a comission it’s explicitly said in the article.

MR’s ethic in that regard is impeccable on that front.
 
amartinez1660 said:
It was explained that it wasn't some advertorial move, but even if it was, would you agree that it's nice to know what we are looking at price wise?
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That's exactly the point. If it was. And if it was stated, then by all means write a long piece about the software, add coupon codes, prices and everything else.

But as this is a news+rumors article about the M1, all these things are completely irrelevant and a waste of time for probably 95% of the readers.

The complete second half adds nothing to the story and instead contains just marketing fluff:

"Quicken made a name for itself as the first personal finance solution to be used and trusted by millions of users," said Quicken CEO Eric Dunn.
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New features offer a more seamless experience bla bla according to the company, and in addition to bla bla
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If the title was: New version of Quicken released, and it's supposed to be great" – then that would be acceptable content. But not if the "twice as fast" title is used to trick readers into believing it's a story about the M1. In this case it would have been sufficient to tell readers it's a popular accounting software that can be bought in the App Store.
 
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