Is Mobile stable/secure enough, now?

EmKay

I recently took the plunge and subscribed to the "new" Quicken. (I've used Quicken for decades - was it around in the 1980's? 1990's? since then.)

I have a fairly intricate monthly reconciling/budgeting/savings process that relies pretty equally on Quicken (for transaction downloads, reconciling against paper receipts, and reporting) and Excel (for budgeting, tracking savings goals, investment allocations, retirement planning). I moved a lot of functions that *could* be performed in Quicken to Excel when I encountered (years ago) some reliability issues with Quicken.

I need to simplify my process. Now that I'm subscribed, and it's my understanding that I can use Quicken Mobile for free, I am considering using it to speed up the verification of (and disposal of some) paper receipts. I.e., instead of throwing all my paper receipts in a box and saving them for one monthly session where I compare them ALL against transactions downloaded into Quicken for Windows, I'd like to do this more regularly, on my phone.

I tried Quicken Mobile once, long ago, when it was still Intuit. I immediately had enough issues that I stopped using it.

Is Quicken Mobile REALLY stable and secure, now?

Is the advertised ease of synching Quicken for Windows to Quicken Cloud and to Quicken Mobile really as easy as advertised?

Wanting to hear from users (preferably those almost as long-time as I am), here.

Greg_the_Geek

I think most SuperUsers (including myself) and still not syncing to the Quicken Cloud (Quicken Mobile and Quicken on the Web). I would suggest trying it again but make sure you backup religiously and setup 1 account at a time for syncing.

smayer97

Security is not an issue here (besides the risk of having a lot of your data reside centrally on the Quicken Cloud). As for stability, that experience seems to vary...it seems to work for some without issue but for others it can be wrought with problems, including data being overridden or worse, ins some cases, data corruption.

@Greg_the_Geek suggests, give it a try but make sure you maintain a good and rigorous backup hygiene.

smayer97

The only security that can be addressed is that data is transmitted and stored with high security and encryption, so presumably if data is ever breached, it would be safe. But there is not a lot of info provided so, you assessment is as good as any.

Personally, what I do not like is the concept of a single point of failure, with all my data residing in one place where it is more at risk of being accessed. Your level of comfort may differ.

As for stability, simply based on feedback on this forum, it seems YMMV. It must be working for enough people, I would assume, or I would think Quicken would pull it until it was stable "enough".  All I can say is that most SUs lack confidence to entrust their data to it. The convenience does not seem to be worth the risk based on community feedback. But this is a moving target, so, to each their own.

Greg_the_Geek

I think most SuperUsers (including myself) and still not syncing to the Quicken Cloud (Quicken Mobile and Quicken on the Web). I would suggest trying it again but make sure you backup religiously and setup 1 account at a time for syncing.

EmKay

Thanks. No point doing it at all if it's one-at-a-time. If it's not robust enough to handle all of my stuff, I won't let it handle any of my stuff. I'll keep doing things the way I am now. Thanks for the feedback.

smayer97

Security is not an issue here (besides the risk of having a lot of your data reside centrally on the Quicken Cloud). As for stability, that experience seems to vary...it seems to work for some without issue but for others it can be wrought with problems, including data being overridden or worse, ins some cases, data corruption.

@Greg_the_Geek suggests, give it a try but make sure you maintain a good and rigorous backup hygiene.

EmKay

> @smayer97 said:
> Security is not an issue here (besides the risk of having a lot of your data reside centrally on the Quicken Cloud).

That risk is exactly what I'm concerned about. Is it, with Quicken, a risk? Or not any more than accessing my banking info directly with my bank, on the web?

As for the stability -- seems like 100% of the answers (two answers) so far are - it's still not stable.

smayer97

The only security that can be addressed is that data is transmitted and stored with high security and encryption, so presumably if data is ever breached, it would be safe. But there is not a lot of info provided so, you assessment is as good as any.

Personally, what I do not like is the concept of a single point of failure, with all my data residing in one place where it is more at risk of being accessed. Your level of comfort may differ.

As for stability, simply based on feedback on this forum, it seems YMMV. It must be working for enough people, I would assume, or I would think Quicken would pull it until it was stable "enough".  All I can say is that most SUs lack confidence to entrust their data to it. The convenience does not seem to be worth the risk based on community feedback. But this is a moving target, so, to each their own.