Top Home Financial Budget Software
Keeping a home budget is an effective way of managing your money and can even result in savings over time. While you can use a ledger book to do this, home budgeting software can make it easier and less time consuming and can help reduce mistakes that could cause you to go over budget.
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Purpose and Features
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The purpose of home budget software is to streamline and make more efficient the process of developing and managing a budget for your home. There are several home budget software options available. Home budget software, sometimes referred to as personal finance software, includes features designed specifically to benefit the home user. Home finance software not only includes banking account management and investment management, but also clothing allowance management, food bill tracking and household maintenance tracking. Other features include mortgage tracking, tax preparation tools and the ability to categorize and prioritize bills.
Quicken Starter Edition
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Quicken software is one one of the leading financial programs available. The software, made by Intuit, offers financial software for a variety of needs. The starter edition (about $40 as of 2011) includes banking and bill reporting, tax options and the ability to categorize and track spending. You can also use this software to connect with banks and credit unions. Quicken also offers the ability to encrypt and archive your records for safekeeping.
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Simple Home Money Management
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Simple Home Money Management software (around $30 as of 2011) is highly rated finance software aimed at the needs of the home user. It features a range of banking and bill management features, investment managing, cash flow reports and home budget analysis. The downside is the software lacks some of the important export abilities, such as Excel and Quicken formats.
PiggyBob Premium
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At about $20 (as of 2011), PiggyBob offers users on a strict budget the key features needed for home budget managing and without the advanced features many home users might not need.
Duck Budget Tracker
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While the free Duck Budget Tracker software lacks some of the more sophisticated features of paid tracking software, it is a solution for those who can't fit home budget software into the home budget. Duck Budget Tracker lets you place your monthly bills into pre-set categories and define your monthly expenditures. Budget Tracker lets you track expenses with running averages, allowing you to see how you spend your money over time.
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