Review by J. Cihak

I update Quicken every 3 or 4 years. After the buggy mess that was Quicken 2012 (where the software could not even do simple math correctly), I upgraded to Quicken 2016 thinking it would be better. Although only slightly buggy, it is almost unusable:nnYou cannot use Quicken without creating an online Quicken account now. So now you must store you private financial info on Quicken’s servers - EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHERE I WANT MY PRIVATE FINANCIAL INFO.

Of course, since I created a Quicken account about a decade ago, I had no record of the password. I could not create another account with my email. Resetting the password was almost impossible and took several days, making the software unusable.

To make the situation even worse, the geniuses at Quicken force you to log back into Quicken online every few weeks. If you don’t you are locked out of your desktop software.

Why would you want to pay ~$40 for software that provides few improvements, prevents you form keeping your financial software safe on your PC, and locks you out if you don’t repeatedly log into an online account you don’t want or need??!!nnYou don’t. QUICKEN IS NOW MALWARE.