Review by LastGas

I found Quicken 2009 Deluxe Edition to be nothing but frustration.

I’ve had lots of problems hooking up Quicken to multiple banks. It will work one day and then stop working for a month. I’ve found it nearly impossible to reconcile financial accounts with Quicken balances.

The Quicken user interface is klutzy. You have to bang on a field few times to get it to open. The user interface is inconsistent across the program. The user interface is so vast and complex that it’s hard to find anything. The user is presented with massive drop-down lists of various types of transactions, all with who-knows-what-side effects and restriction. This is an example of software automation taken to the point of unusability.

I can manage my finances on a spreadsheet faster than I can battle Quicken to make it do what it is supposed to.