In our opinion, Quicken is the most complete personal financial management and planning software on the market today. The Quicken program can be used for free through their website or you can download their full software package with all of the bells and whistles. Click the link to the right for more information on Quicken products.
Quicken Software hit the shelves for the first time in 1984. Since that time they have been the leader in personal finance software.
Quicken is part of Intuit, the same company that brings you QuickBooks and TurboTax software. They have created an integrated family of award-winning products and services that revolutionize the way people manage their personal and small business finances. The company has built a strong reputation through their popular line of products serving more than 15 million users.
Quicken focuses on helping you balance your life by expanding their product mix into new categories that align with your life needs — from making sense of your medical expenses, to inventorying your assets to managing your real estate investments. Their goal is to help you simplify so you have more time for the things and people most important to you.
There are many free software packages for budgeting that can be found on the Internet. One of the best ones we have found is called Budget 2005 and can be downloaded for free at Download.com. Here is more information and a download link:
Keep track of your private finances with this program. It has statistics to show you where your money went, with as much or little details as you like. Get a quick graphical overview -- yearly, monthly, or daily -- for all income, expenses, and movements of all accounts and savings books. Use the report functions to get the facts onto paper.