3.8 Overall Score Quicken 2018 for Mac is now available and the big news is that it has officially moved to a subscription only pricing plan. If this is the last straw for you, check out our look at some of the excellent that exist nowadays such as the impressive free version of. MacHow2 was the that such a move was in the pipeline shortly after the release of the Canadian version of Quicken 2017 for Mac although Quicken Inc later denied any decision had been made about the US product. Now however, it’s official that all Quicken 2018 products are only available on a subscription basis. In this review, we look at what this means for you and what’s new in Quicken 2018.

What’s New in Quicken 2018 For Mac? For all Quicken for Mac users, the biggest changes in the 2018 version are. Quicken for Mac is now subscription only – you can’t just make a one-off purchase anymore, you have to make an annual or bi-annual commitment to it.

Note that 2 year subscriptions are only available from third-party retailers such as Amazon, Staples and Office Depot. Mc escher's cat takes a walk image framer for mac download. Quicken Inc only sells 1 year subscriptions at the moment. Quicken will now be available in 3 different versions that were previously only available on Windows:. Quicken Starter for Mac. Quicken Deluxe for Mac.

Quicken Premier for Mac 3. In any subscription, you also get 5GB of Dropbox space to backup your accounts. Third parties such as Amazon are offering up to included in 2 year subscriptions. Dropbox backup support already existed in previous versions of Quicken but you now get more space.

You can simply configure Quicken 2018 to for extra security. For Quicken Deluxe for Mac subscribers and above there are additional benefits:. You now get a customized investment portfolio with IRR and ROI.

This also includes Investment Lot tracking, Linked eBills and PDF statements. You now get “What-if?” analysis for loans with ability to vary payment scenarios For Quicken Premier for Mac subscribers and above you also get:. Quicken Bill Pay for automatic payment of bills with 11,000 online billers now supported according to Quicken Inc. Priority Phone support. It’s not exactly clear what this means because as yet, there’s no official Quicken Policy on it but presumably it’s the same as which previously was only available for Windows.

Quicken For Mac 2018 Pricing Subscriptions for Quicken 2018 are available on a one year or two-year basis. However, Quicken Inc is only selling one-year subscriptions – two-year subscriptions are only available via third-party vendors such as Amazon. Subscribing for two years at a time works out cheaper than just a one year subscription, plus Amazon is offering 3 months for free and an extra 15GB of Dropbox storage (more on this later). Subscriptions are tied to your Quicken ID and you can install Quicken on unlimited Macs or PCs with one subscription (more on this later).

Note that there is no free trial although Quicken offer a 30 day money back guarantee if you’re not satisfied (which is down from 60 days compared with previous versions). Smayer97 There are MANY features that are not same between the Mac and Windows versions. With all its new features (including a few that do not exist in any previous versions of QMac), the core features still do not match some to the key functionality of QM2007, which itself was short of the QWin versionsJust take a look at the long list of items here: Short list of obstacles to transition from QM2007 or QWin to QM2018 (except lot assignment which has been addressed): Comprehensive list of items still missing: BTW, please add your votes to missing features. Your VOTES matter! That said, do not let the subscription model scare you: Only the Starter subscription requires annual renewal to continue to use your data file or it becomes read-only at expiration. Otherwise, all other versions can continue to be used in manual mode.

Read about it here: NOTE: though auto-renewal is probably turned on by default, you can opt out and only renew when you want. Which then makes it no different than previous versions. So now you will need to determine what renewal cycle gives you the best value at the new price points. Joe If you cancel your subscription, you can view, edit and export your datacan you still run reports within Quicken?

Their website doesn’t explicitly say that you can, and I’d consider this the most practical way to retrieve old financial data (even with Quicken’s limited reporting). If it’s just the online functionality that is disabled, then this is basically what we had with Quicken 2017 and prior (but at double the price!). If reporting is disabled when the subscription expires, that could be a pretty big deal.

Other than that, I could probably live with the subscription model except the 100% price increase is going to be hard to swallow. Smayer97 A “new” aspect has come to light about how the subscription worksone is a benefit, the other a caveat and possible loss or hidden cost. It turns out that Quicken is now allowing unlimited number of installs of their software, effectively eliminating the previous 3 computers in a household limit. The caveat to this is that all files created under the same subscription have to be associated to the single Quicken ID used for registration. The implications is that this limits access to data via or on the Quicken Cloud to the one ID.

Examples include being limited to access to only one Credit Score (vs Intuit’s model requiring a separate ID for each data file, allowing access to one Score per ID), or having access to any data file synced with Quicken Mobile. The limitation can be important for those needing to either manage or separate users needing independent data files.

Under the Intuit ID model, all data files were independent, since each file had a unique ID. Under the Quicken ID model, all data files that sync to the cloud can be accessed by any linked mobile deviceshence, the access is no longer independent. Under the new model, the only way to keep data strictly independent if you need to sync to the cloud is to get separate subscriptions so they can have separate Quicken IDs. Of course, if you do not need the cloud, or do not care about keeping things isolated and independent, then this is not an issue. Smayer97 the following is a reply by Quicken Jeff (employee) posted in the Quicken Forum that adds a bit more info: “your subscription is tied to your Quicken ID and Quicken Password.

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You could theoretically share this with someone, but you’d also need to share you Multi-factor authentication method (email or cell phone number associated with the account) in order to login to Quicken. Further, assuming you shared all this, the person you shared with would also have access to My Account on Quicken.com where they could update the password, billing information, etc. They could also delete any cloud accounts tied to the Quicken ID (relevant for mobile sync and EWC aggregation). In short, I would not recommend sharing your Quicken ID and password to people you don’t trust/don’t know.”. Steve Jordi Budgeting is barely usable.

It doesn’t cover anything. It has no rollover at the end of the payment cycle.

Also, it’s not possible to set a start date. The budget starts every 1st of the month. If you have a pay check every 2 weeks, or once a month, say, on the 26th, then you have to wait until the next 1st day of the next month to see where you are. And you don’t have the right picture since there is no rollover.

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You can’t budget on an annual estimate and check only on New Year’s Eve how well you did. You have to have a clear picture, at any time. Within the month to see where you are, not on Jan 1st. If you goal is to budget, get something like YNAB. Quicken just serves as a register for your banking operation, nothing else. A deluxe spreadsheet.