what is the best financial management software?

[suds]

I got my iQue for Christmas and am using it all the time. I am looking for a finance management program that will work with Quickin. I understand that pocket quicken does not support running totals. Has anyone used the sheet that comes with the Garmin (my money)? What is the best program out there?

[mtnmunch]

I use Pocket Quicken on my iQue, I'm very happy with it. I have not had any problems with it syncing with my desktop Quicken.

I'm not completely sure what running totals are, so I can't help answer that :(

[lycestra]

I use Pocket Quicken with Quicken 2002 (included with my iMac).

Pocket Quicken is to Quicken as, imho, a PDA is to a full desktop computer. Pocket Quicken is not full blown Quicken. It is a pocket form that makes entry much easier on the go, thus being more convenient and good for organization (like a PDA) than lugging a whole laptop. It does keep balences and stuff, and even has budget tracking. Once transactions you add to your palm are synced (via a private Palm Desktop conduit, Mac and PC compatible) to your desktop, your desktop 'owns' them, and the copy on your palm becomes read-only. Pocket is not for balencing checkbooks on its own, just making a portable extention of the Desktop.

However, I have noticed that sometimes the balence reported in Pocket Quicken is not correct. I'm not sure entirely what causes it. My best guess is that when things are synced back to the desktop, the balence the desktop has is synced to the iQue, without including transactions the iQue just synced to the desktop. But, I don't think it's that simple.

The solution to the problem I saw is this: after syncing the iQue, start up Quicken (it says don't run quicken while syncing, btw), and once it's up, quit, and resync.

In my opinion, if you want to use something with Quicken, Pocket Quicken is the best bet. However, I have no research on other options. PQ does the job for me.

My suggestion. If you want to try out PQ, download it. It has a 15 day trial period. You'll know within that time if it is for you.

just my opinion and my experiences.