Quicken Starter Personal Finance – Start taking control of your money – 1-Year Subscription (Windows/Mac)

Software is mediocre when youre paying for the subscription, if you dont need the pointless subscription and wish to use it locally (as they claim you can do), banners and pop-ups prevent you from using it. Horrible customer experience. Will NEVER purchase from Quicken again.

Ive been using quicken for 10+ years and it used to be the de-facto go-to product for tracking your finances and downloading transactions from online. Since Quickens sale from Inuit to HIG in 2016 (not many users know about this), this product has been driven into the ground by agressive attempts to monetize the userbase without providing new features or values. They added a buggy online sync system that frequently corrupts your historical data causing you to go to backups and have to re-enter data. Even if that system is off, new patches will actually corrupt your historical data causing you to have to chase down 1yr+ back in historical data to find a random transaction that is corrupted/buggy. Worst part, HIG switched Quicken into a recurring subscription model for online services, but if you let the subscription expire to use the tool offline, they fill 20%+ of the application with red and yellow nag screens. Since being sold to HIG, its clear that Quicken is now just trying to squeeze every last dollar out of its userbase before enough people leave the tool and the product ultimately dies. Recommend everyone stay away from this tool.

Be advised that if you purchase the Starter edition as I did and you discover that you need features only available in the Premier edition, you will need to have chosen a Data File Password in the Starter edition before you upgrade. If you dont do this the Premier edition will ask for a Data File Password before it can open the file set up in the Starter edition. Live tech support could not solve this problem. Quicken web support states that you can click on the Forgot My Password button and you can get a code to create the Data File Password. However, the button leads nowhere and you are stuck with no resolution. I was able to load an earlier back up file where I could create the Data File Password but had to re-enter a years data. Very frustrating that tech support could not help. Otherwise I am very pleased with how the program allows easy entry of data and has good reporting features. I will continue to use it for now even though I will have to pay for it annually.

A company that cares more about greed than customer relations. I am unable to access financial information from 2020 because I have a 2017 version of Quicken. The only way to access my own information is to purchase an update. Earlier versions of Quicken would allow you to continue to use their software. While they are capable of allowing for a one time purchase, they opt to not only make you purchase yearly subscriptions, they also do not allow you access to backed up files unless you purchase an update. Just sleezy and greedy.

CRAP! After your subscription runs out you can not even open it up to look at your data. It becomes useless you have to shell out another 39.99 for nother year subscription. What a rip off. Save your money.

I like how organized it is.

I ran a business with the original Quicken before the cloud. I didnt like the idea that the files were not on my computer with the cloud.So I made other arrangements. in 2022 I figured that I would try it again and loaded a few accounts. Then I tried to access Quicken from a different computer. I saw a screen that blocked me unless I agreed to renew for another year when I still had 9 months of paid service coming SCAM? maybe. But, when I want to access my accounts, I want access, not a strong arm attempt to rope me in.

I thought I was buying a permanent checkbook program. Instead, I received a one year subscription.

Quicken use to not be subscription but they have become greedy like other software vendors. I used to buy the software and it was good for at least 3 years before you had to update to a later version which made it more economical to purchase. Now they hit you with a $35 to $45 yearly subscription and if you dont re-subscribed they cut off your bank downloads.

Decreased flexibility of use. Can no longer file-save with a new filename (retaining previous file and name). Tech support was good talker, but poor listener. Lost previous version when helped me save with a new filename. He then insisted that I wanted a new filename. Talked to supervisor. Showed me a clumsy workaround. At least he understood the issue.