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Your data needs to live primarily in one place. In the current model, that's on your desktop, with the mobile app having a subset of your data and the ability to sync any changes you make in the cloud data to your primary data on your desktop computer. Most of the complex stuff with the database -- deep searches, reports, analysis -- is done with the desktop app, where the database and user interface are deeply integrated with the macOS or Windows operating systems. It's unlikely they could provide all the tools of desktop Quicken in the existing mobile app architecture.Just to expand on my reasoning I absolutely want the desktop app to have my data locally, which is one reason why I prefer quicken over mint. Everything I take seriously in my computing life (movies, music, photos, money...) I keep on my macs and backup locally too. I don't mind having my data in the cloud and it has to be in the cloud now. How else would my mobile app and desktop app be synced. The desire for an online interface is for secondary uses. Such that I can access my data at work or on a business trip so that I don't have to lug 2 laptops around (my mac and my work pc).
Maybe I'm old now... but I've used mint and I don't like the data mining I assume they are doing with my finances then plastering advertising within my check register and off to the side (Brawndo, it's the stuff plants crave). There's really no option for cash forecasting and future transactions. At least the last time I used it (maybe a year or 2 ago) it didn't.
Whether you choose to believe it or not, they did say last year that they were working on something like this. They didn't spill a lot of details, so we don't know exactly what they're working on, if they're still working on it, when it might come to market, whether it would interact with the current Quicken desktop or be completely separate -- basically no details beyond knowing it's something they were doing some work on.I just don't see Quicken doing this right now. I don't believe they have the manpower even if they chose to do this. Look how long they have been trying to bring the Mac version of Quicken to parity with the Windows version.. I am a long time user of first the Windows version and then the Mac version. I am quite content using the desktop version over a cloud based version. Let them concentrate on achieving parity between the current products.
They might have hinted at bringing out a "web Quicken", but I predict if they do almost no one will care for it.I just don't see Quicken doing this right now. I don't believe they have the manpower even if they chose to do this. Look how long they have been trying to bring the Mac version of Quicken to parity with the Windows version.. I am a long time user of first the Windows version and then the Mac version. I am quite content using the desktop version over a cloud based version. Let them concentrate on achieving parity between the current products.
Then all you have to do is not vote for it. ;-)I wouldn't want an web-based version.
The Quicken folks, in the little bit they talked about a future online product, made very clear that they would not be turning the current desktop products into web-based programs. So those who don't want a web-based Quicken, simply carry on; the company isn't transforming it.I wouldn't want an web-based version.
Elliott, if you read the thread above which your comment has now been merged into, you will see three basic facts about this idea:This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Online Version.
It looks like I have come full circle. I had to get my daughter a cheap little Lenovo for her Computer Science homeschool class and then she decided to drop that class, removing the need for the computer. So I decided to commandeer the Lenovo, downloaded Quicken Deluxe and installed it. So I am back to using Quicken for Windows because of how inferior the Mac version is. I really think the best avenue to take is to duplicate what was done with QuickBooks (before Quicken was spun off on it's own) and create a web version of it. I'm willing to subscribe to such a service, so that I can access my financial information from any web connected computer or iOS device. It might even behoove Quicken to create a stand alone app that can be used when internet connectivity isn't available and then sync up when a connection is available.
Note: This conversation was created from a reply on: Is there any plans to add savings goals to Quicken for Mac.? It's been alluded to....
I will point out one more thing related to QuickBooks oppose to Quicken.This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Online Version.
It looks like I have come full circle. I had to get my daughter a cheap little Lenovo for her Computer Science homeschool class and then she decided to drop that class, removing the need for the computer. So I decided to commandeer the Lenovo, downloaded Quicken Deluxe and installed it. So I am back to using Quicken for Windows because of how inferior the Mac version is. I really think the best avenue to take is to duplicate what was done with QuickBooks (before Quicken was spun off on it's own) and create a web version of it. I'm willing to subscribe to such a service, so that I can access my financial information from any web connected computer or iOS device. It might even behoove Quicken to create a stand alone app that can be used when internet connectivity isn't available and then sync up when a connection is available.
Note: This conversation was created from a reply on: Is there any plans to add savings goals to Quicken for Mac.? It's been alluded to....
Ron, Just understand that as strongly as you would like to have an entirely web-based Quicken, there are many Quicken users who feel adamantly the opposite. (Because Quicken has all your financial information, and especially your logins to all your financial accounts, many users do not want that info stored in the cloud and want it to continue to be stored only on their desktop.)This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Web Based Quicken.
Quicken would be so much better if I didn't have to log onto it with a brick setting on my lap or desk.
It's 2017 and I can do everything in the palm of my hand from ordering gifts and prescriptions to researching how to fix my car. Even my three year old granddaughter uses a palm device!
Quicken, if you want to sell "subscriptions" (yes I said subscriptions) to your software, then you better be ready for my granddaughter because she won't be using pc or mac. She will have all of her tools on the cloud at the palm of her hand.
I believe in this software and have been using it for decades (1995 I think). I have tried them all and there is NOTHING that compares. The only reason I keep a laptop around is for Quicken.
Quicken, it's time to make that jump up here with the rest of society. Make your stuff web based. We all would be much happier. Well, most of us anyway. And I am sure with the right marketing there will me more of us "Quickenatticts".
Just my thoughts,
Ron
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Web Based Quicken.
Quicken would be so much better if I didn't have to log onto it with a brick setting on my lap or desk.
It's 2017 and I can do everything in the palm of my hand from ordering gifts and prescriptions to researching how to fix my car. Even my three year old granddaughter uses a palm device!
Quicken, if you want to sell "subscriptions" (yes I said subscriptions) to your software, then you better be ready for my granddaughter because she won't be using pc or mac. She will have all of her tools on the cloud at the palm of her hand.
I believe in this software and have been using it for decades (1995 I think). I have tried them all and there is NOTHING that compares. The only reason I keep a laptop around is for Quicken.
Quicken, it's time to make that jump up here with the rest of society. Make your stuff web based. We all would be much happier. Well, most of us anyway. And I am sure with the right marketing there will me more of us "Quickenatticts".
Just my thoughts,
Ron
I believe in this software and have been using it for decades (1995 I think). I have tried them all and there is NOTHING that compares. The only reason I keep a laptop around is for Quicken.And as such one has to wonder why no other company has been able to put out that "prefect cloud based personal finance apps" that would have features similar to Quicken. It isn't like Quicken is "magical". Anyone that buys and uses it for a while can figure out the feature set.
For a fairer and truer assessment of the development time for QMac, the current version is built on QEM, circa 2010. It took about 1-2 yrs of development. Then it stalled and was not picked up again until about 2013/14.This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Web Based Quicken.
Quicken would be so much better if I didn't have to log onto it with a brick setting on my lap or desk.
It's 2017 and I can do everything in the palm of my hand from ordering gifts and prescriptions to researching how to fix my car. Even my three year old granddaughter uses a palm device!
Quicken, if you want to sell "subscriptions" (yes I said subscriptions) to your software, then you better be ready for my granddaughter because she won't be using pc or mac. She will have all of her tools on the cloud at the palm of her hand.
I believe in this software and have been using it for decades (1995 I think). I have tried them all and there is NOTHING that compares. The only reason I keep a laptop around is for Quicken.
Quicken, it's time to make that jump up here with the rest of society. Make your stuff web based. We all would be much happier. Well, most of us anyway. And I am sure with the right marketing there will me more of us "Quickenatticts".
Just my thoughts,
Ron
Here is how I see it, and why I included the "dead time".This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Web Based Quicken.
Quicken would be so much better if I didn't have to log onto it with a brick setting on my lap or desk.
It's 2017 and I can do everything in the palm of my hand from ordering gifts and prescriptions to researching how to fix my car. Even my three year old granddaughter uses a palm device!
Quicken, if you want to sell "subscriptions" (yes I said subscriptions) to your software, then you better be ready for my granddaughter because she won't be using pc or mac. She will have all of her tools on the cloud at the palm of her hand.
I believe in this software and have been using it for decades (1995 I think). I have tried them all and there is NOTHING that compares. The only reason I keep a laptop around is for Quicken.
Quicken, it's time to make that jump up here with the rest of society. Make your stuff web based. We all would be much happier. Well, most of us anyway. And I am sure with the right marketing there will me more of us "Quickenatticts".
Just my thoughts,
Ron
Also, I believe QuickBooks already has this feature so why not extend it to home users.
It seems the foundation is already there with the (lame) mobile app and the ability to sync.And so you have a "lame" foundation. So what does that give you?
The reason I use Quicken instead of various online financial planning "solutions" is because I can use it WITHOUT the internet.I imagine it would be another option, not a replacement. Similar to QuickBooks.
QuickBooks is owned by Intuit, Quicken by Quicken Inc.But they were once both Inuit so there's already some background.
And so you have a "lame" foundation. So what does that give you?I would imagine that they would give a full blown web-based version more functionality. Right now what app is not really useful other than to see how much money you have in your accounts. Note: This conversation was created from a reply on: Is there a plan to make future versions web-based?.