Expense programs for the Mac?

[Menalaus]

Hey guys, let me give you the run down of the problem here. I'm trying to help out a friend find something similar to Palm Desktop software regarding the Expenses program (i.e. Think in simplicity here). The only problem is that the Palm Desktop software for the Mac does not support the Expenses program. I've also tried to search for just-as-simple expenses programs but they all seems to be for Windows only. I know the big guns like Quicken and TurboFax have versions for the Mac, but he's already refused to try and learn either of the programs (he bought Quicken and was very turned off by it; refuses to use it, etc.). Short of hiring a programmer to write something like this for the Mac, I know about Bootcamp/Parallel, but I've heard from a friend that when adding the second OS you have to reformat the original hard drive if you're partitioning it (correct me if I'm wrong). So, other than those options, does anyone know of a simple expenses program for the Mac (preferably one that you can even have a trial of)?

 

[ItsPat]

If your running Parallels/VMWare Fusion--you don't have to touch the hard drive. Just install Parallels/VMWare Fusion and go through the wizard...It's really easy. Probably be the best thing if he wants to stick with the Palm Desktop software.

 

[aphex]

Ive heard really good things about Cha-Ching : http://www.midnightapps.com/

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: aphex
Ive heard really good things about Cha-Ching : http://www.midnightapps.com/

I've been using Cha-Ching for about a month now and I like it... BUT it's almost TOO simplistic. It more or less really is just like writing in a ledger and unless I just haven't looked at it too much... there's little customization or tools to present data. It doesn't tell me anything my bank website doesn't already tell me.

 

[Stiganator]

Honestly, I would recommend and excel sheet. Fast, Simple.

I tried 10-15 expense programs, including, Quicken, Money, Quickbooks, Chaching, Gnucash, etc and they just took to much effort to use.

Just use an excel sheet and then you can make it as complex as you might like or as simple as pie.

Also, I've heard good things about mint.com, but I've never used it.