When Will Quicken For Mac Reach Parity With Windows

Quicken for Mac 2017 is much improved. I tried other products including those others have mentioned here and they all fell far short from my perspective. An area with Quicken (and all other products) fail is investment tracking. I also tried out Quicken for Windows under a VM.

After so much praise for the Window's version, I could hardly contain my disappointment on how really crappy the Windows version was. Really, I subscription model does make sense, if the company is making improvements. We all like free but nobody eats for free, or provides services for free. I'm not willing to work for free, and I don't expect anyone else to. Not really a subscription model, you pay for the new version and If you don't want it next year you cancel.

Quicken for Mac 2016 was released last Summer and added bank bill pay and the team continues to work on more legacy features for 2016 customers. The current Quicken for Mac team is very passionate about building a great product and to deliver the functionality long time loyal Quicken users want. That is insane. I will no longer deal with a company the extorts their customers. Copied Directly From MY Account: Quicken 2015 Home & Business. Platform: Windows Download. Date Purchased: July 8.

No monthly payments. Um, just because it's not monthly doesn't make it 'not a subscription model'. Do people pay monthly for a monthly magazine?

Nope, they pay yearly, and it's called a magazine subscription. If you buy a standard application, you can use it in perpetuity (as long as your system runs). You buy this Quicken and then stop paying, you don't get your magazine software anymore. According to Quicken's support FAQ, if you stop paying for the software you no longer get software updates nor do you get online access to banks, credit cards, or investments.

You can, however, continue to enter transactions manually, run reports, and export data just like you could in previous versions of Quicken. Since I'm not a Quicken user - what did the previous Quicken application give you? Could you keep the online access to your information with a purchase of a standalone app? Or was there another level that you needed to purchase to have those features? If it's the latter, then I cede the point. If the former, however, then my point stands firm.

If I recall correctly, the recent versions of Quicken (i.e., 2017) gave you online access for about 3 years. So under that model you'd have to upgrade about every three years to have everything continue working. (Note, I'm still using Quicken 2007 on Sierra and all of the online features I use still work.not sure when that gravy train will end though.) So do the math. Q2017 was $75 and was fully functional for 3 years. Q2018 is $50/year (since you have to buy at least the Deluxe level for features to continue working if your subscription ends). Assuming you got the full three years for Q2017, which would depend on when you purchased it, that's $75 vs $150 for three years of full functionality. Visual studio for mac entity framework code first. Even if you purchase the 2 year subscription at $80, that's still $75 vs $120.

Assuming that the features that are disabled when your subscription runs out at the same that became disabled after 3 years for Q2017, I might be OK with the subscription model, but not at those prices. A 100% markup? They are crazy! Not really a subscription model, you pay for the new version and If you don't want it next year you cancel. No monthly payments. Um, just because it's not monthly doesn't make it 'not a subscription model'. Do people pay monthly for a monthly magazine?

Nope, they pay yearly, and it's called a magazine subscription. If you buy a standard application, you can use it in perpetuity (as long as your system runs). You buy this Quicken and then stop paying, you don't get your magazine software anymore. According to Quicken's support FAQ, if you stop paying for the software you no longer get software updates nor do you get online access to banks, credit cards, or investments. You can, however, continue to enter transactions manually, run reports, and export data just like you could in previous versions of Quicken. To be clear, they don't you can continue to run reports: 'You can view, edit, export, and manually enter transactions and accounts, even after your subscription ends.' That could be a pretty significant difference if you can't continue to run reports as that is the most practical way to review your old data.