I’ve only been using Moneydance for a couple of days. So far I very much like it. It does what I want it to do, without trying to second-guess me. My experience of preparing accounts goes back to the days when, although the go-ahead office that employed me did possess a solitary electro-mechanical adding-machine, the apprentices were obliged to to the job by hand. A pity the currency had just been decimalised, as counting in twelves and twenties did at least offer some variety. I forced myself to get an MCSE a few years back so I’m not a complete luddite. But I do like software that is not too ‘busy’.

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