Quicken
Shares rank 4 of 10 budgeting apps by recommenders
Long-running personal finance software with strong support, praised as the king of its category. Main caveat: no Linux version, and the web version lacks desktop features.
Long-running personal finance software with strong support, praised as the king of its category. Main caveat: no Linux version, and the web version lacks desktop features.
20 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 10
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Web version lacks desktop features
“Current quicken doesn't run on Linux, and the web version doesn't connect to any online investment accounts as far as I know”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too” “Quicken's web app does not offer the same features and functionality as the desktop version”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “The Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's the End of Personal Computing [video]” “accessibility through a less-functional web-based tool”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “The Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's the End of Personal Computing [video]” Sync problems and dropped direct connect
“Quicken has been running into lots of issues syncing some of my accounts lately (mostly duping assets)”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker” “Quicken has been dropping "direct connect" support and coercing their users to go the middleman route.”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker” Hard to leave, locks users in
“I feel doubly trapped: can't get off Quicken and thus can't get off Windows.”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “The Reason Windows Hate Is Exploding: It's the End of Personal Computing [video]” “I'm already stuck with one Intuit product (Quicken), I'm not using any more.”
Comment from 21 May 2026 in “Intuit to lay off over 3k employees to refocus on AI”
Other budgeting apps people recommend
The four most recommended other budgeting apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Budget | 29 | 0 | 100% | 12 | 3 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Monarch Money | 17 | 4 | 81% | 9 | — | Approved |
| YNAB | 17 | 13 | 57% | 4 | 10 yrs3 owners | — |
| QuickenThis page | 10 | 10 | 50% | 4 | — | — |
| Tiller Finance | 10 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
What people said
19 of the 22 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“somehow worse than Quicken or Rocket Mortgage”
“I'm already stuck with one Intuit product (Quicken), I'm not using any more.”
“according to task manager, Quicken uses some 30mb RAM”
“Quicken's web app does not offer the same features and functionality as the desktop version”
“accessibility through a less-functional web-based tool”
“I feel doubly trapped: can't get off Quicken and thus can't get off Windows.”
“won't let you specify exactly which parcels you sold”
“I liked all of them for many good reasons”
“Current quicken doesn't run on Linux, and the web version doesn't connect to any online investment accounts as far as I know”
“Quicken is a single-entry accounting system, which means that amounts can appear out of or disappear into thin air.”
“Especially when they moved to annual subscriptions.”
“I've been using every new version of Quicken since 1992 and never had to re-enter all my data”
“Quicken's support for this is far and away the best out there.”
“had to re-enter all my data when a new version came out”
“Quicken is the undisputed king of personal finance software!”
“are really cheap (I think I renewed my annual Quicken Simplify for $40) and, for the most part, just work”
“Quicken has been dropping "direct connect" support and coercing their users to go the middleman route.”
“even Quicken was disappointing on that front”
“Quicken has been running into lots of issues syncing some of my accounts lately (mostly duping assets)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.