SIMPLY MONEY V2.1

by Victorymultimedia

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004VP4Y
• Item model number: SM12008
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,856 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not New but Pretty Good, September 26, 2000

By 

Jamie Brown (Juneau, Alaska United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SIMPLY MONEY V2.1 (CD-ROM)

First I'll vent. What I received is not Simply Money 2.1, it is version 2.0b repackaged, which I have already had for several years. Further the publisher identified is not Victory Multimedia but Simply Media according to the packaging. The simplymedia.com web site indicated on the case doesn't appear to even exist. I have not tested the fax # stamped on the CD.

I have used Simply Money for 8 years and am generally pleased with the product. I was hoping to find the much needed bug fixes, including some annoying Y2K issues, fixed in this "new" release.

However if you seeking an alternate to the expensive and bloated Quicken or MS Money, this could be it. The reporting is more extensive and versatile than Quicken. It is easy to setup and use. The stored data are reliable. When windows goes south, I've never lost more than a couple of transactions.

The down side is: this product suffers neglect. Its had too many owners who do nothing. The online banking features are probably long since obsolete, but I don't use them. It is not a bad product and probably could compete with the "big boys" if someone would fix it and bring it up-to-date, a relatively modest effort.

Bottomline: Great value, full featured, quite useable, but needs some fixes and modernizing. It is not a new version , so don't get burned like me.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to use, September 3, 2003

By 

Dr. Gene C Lindsey (Apopka, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SIMPLY MONEY V2.1 (CD-ROM)

The home screen is divided into three sections with icons representing Income, Accounts and Payees. All transactions are recorded using a combination of these icons which are easy to set up. Record keeping requires little effort and the system allows construction of budgets; reports of expeditures against budgets, itemized expenditures by category and dozens of others. I have tried Money and Quicken and think this by far the easiest to use. It was originally developed by Computer Associates for Kiplinger Personal Finance.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simply Money is easier to use than Quicken or Microsoft Mone, May 15, 2003

By 

Mary "Mary" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SIMPLY MONEY V2.1 (CD-ROM)

Simply Money is easier to use than Quicken or Microsoft Money. If you don't want intergalactic, this is the program for you.

Works fine on XP for me. Read the other reviews; Simply Money is sold by Simply Media that has 40 or so titles. You can get tech support at simplymedia.com, under tech support. They have posted a free updated manual (searchable; printable; free) and a Quick Start Guide.

The new version has both the Quick Start Guide and the Manual on the CD.

So if you want to do checks and things like that, this is perfect. If you want intergalactic, do Quicken or MM.