AceMoney 4.7

Keeping your personal finances organized can prove to be a huge pain in the unmentionables, trust me I know. If you have problems organizing and managing your personal finances, do what I always do – look to software for a helping hand. In this case a personal finance program can prove to be helpful. It will ensure you keep track of where your money is going and that all your payments are done on time.

There are a myriad of such applications out there. Some do an okay job, others do a properly good job of quickly and easily mnaging your personal finances. The MechCAD Software-developed AceMoney falls in the later category – the category of apps that do a properly good job.

This application weighs in at around 2.5MB, meaning you should be able to download it in no time at all. The installation process is quite straightforward, so you should be able to shoot through it without a snag. Once downloaded and installed on your Windows operating system (AceMoney works with Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 by the way) it can be used for a variety of tasks.

AceMoney supports checking, savings, credit cards, loans, debt accounts; and it allows you to create a custom account type. It comes with more than 100 predefined spending categories to help you create and manage budgets. It can generate detailed reports that tell you precisely where your money is going. It can track 401k, Stock options, Employee Stock Purchase Plans or any other investment activities. And last but not least, it provides support for more than 150 different currencies. Exchange rates for these currencies are automatically downloaded off the web.

Everything is focused on ease of use. The user interface is very businesslike, featuring clear icons and navigation bar. There’s an accounts overview feature that lets you see all your money, check accounts, investments, and pending bills.

An easy to use, nice looking and feature rich personal finance application – that’s what AceMoney is.

Pros

• Easy to use
• Nice interface
• Numerous features
• Online tutorial
• Works with all versions of the Microsoft-developed Windows operating system, including Windows 7
• Extensive language support: English, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Polish, Hungarian and Swedish.

Cons

• Free to use during the 30-day trial period. There is a free version, AceMoney Lite, but it lets you manage just one account.
• Nag screen
• Limited online banking link-up
• Not password protected
• Data entered into AceMoney is not encrypted

AceMoney has been reviewed by George Norman on 26 Mar 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated AceMoney 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent