Microsoft Money 2003 Standard

As an added bonus on the Microsoft website you can download a free version for your pocket PC. This will synchronise with your desktop version. Makes keeping records less of a chore.


2001-2003   November 9, 2002
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

First time i used MS MONEY was a couple years ago. I was hooked by the ease of it all in controlling finances. I especially love the what if scenerios to do with stocks and other omnious financial happenings. 2003 has made vast improvements!


The Worst Money Managing Program Ever   November 7, 2002
 8 out of 13 found this review helpful

I have spent two days trying to make a simple household budget. There is NO DOCUMENTATION with the CD, and you have to figure it all out yourself. (The Help menu is a joke, forget it.)
This is a maddening, complicated and overly difficult program. I bought it because of good reviews, but I wish I had bought Quicken. Stay away!


Needs printed documentation   November 5, 2002
 9 out of 9 found this review helpful

Overall, I'm very happy with what I've figured out thus far. I'm sure the program is very powerful, but it really lacks useful documentation. Instructions on what each individual field means are fine, but those don't tell me how or when I should use specific features of the software.

NOTE: Before thinking Money enables you to be 100% online, check Microsoft's Money web site to see if your banks and other financial institutions are supported!


Lacking, even much older versions of quicken is better   October 30, 2002
 7 out of 8 found this review helpful

For morgage accounts, I like to split principle, interest and escrew. In Quicken, I can use the transfer function to redirect part of my payment to my escrew account and keep track of how much money is in it. In MS Money, I can only assign it to a category, but not to a seperate account.

It does have better buget planner than Quicken 2000, but I'm deleting MS Mondey and going to Quicken 2003.