The time has come to draw the names for the winners of our licenses for the Cha-Ching, iBank, and MoneyWell review. Before I reveal the winners, I wanted to quickly summarize the comments. My top pick, Cha-Ching, didn’t fare so well in the comments. To its credit, however, quite a few good things were said about its UI and ease of use. Coming in second in the comments was iBank. Many people loved the iPhone integration and its familiar (aka Quicken-like) style and power. In the end, the program that received the most support from the comments was MoneyWell. A lot of people loved the unique approach it takes, though the general consensus was that it could use a bit of a UI update.
I also wanted to note that I spoke with each of the 3 developers and they all have plans to release native iPhone versions of their applications. For those of you with iPhones and one of these apps, be sure to keep an eye on the App Store!
Now, without further ado, our winners:
For Cha-Ching: Congrats to Rebecca. You commented curious to know about the stability of these programs and we’d like to give you the chance to see first-hand with your own copy of Cha-Ching! And with version 2.0 coming soon as a free upgrade, we’re sure you’ll find numerous enhancements.
For iBank: Congrats to Danny Greg. We hope you find your new iBank license helpful in meeting your need for a more powerful banking app.
For MoneyWell: Congrats to Cameron Williams. We’re glad that MoneyWell reflects how you work and happy to be able to provide you with a license you weren’t otherwise able to afford right now!
For our 3 winners, I have sent your information to the respective developers and they should be e-mailing you soon! For everyone, thank you for the great comments and be sure to come back often for Apple news and even more reviews and giveaways (much like one coming soon that will have the photographers out there interested!).


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Cameron Williams
27th June 2008, 21.26 pm
Thanks for the great program!
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Janus
9th August 2008, 03.04 am
The contest is over, but I’d still like to offer a comment.
First off, finding personal finance software for OS X is not a trivial task. One site (http://tinyurl.com/23bm7v) has over 250 responses to a bloggers request not unlike the one posed on this site.
iBank’s flow view is clever, but the illusion of simplicity is lost in the need for so much clicking and hunting to gather information. Cha-Ching is cute for getting images of purchases, but it is more an electronic checkbook and less a budgeting tool and particularly weak on analysis.
Moneywell uses perhaps the most tried-and-true approach: envelope budgeting. Actually they use buckets rather than envelopes in keeping with the flow of money metaphor. Because everything is on one screen, the data is readily available textually, numerically, categorically, and visually.
(As for the usual disclaimer, I am in no way associated with any of these products. Just looking for a good budget app.)
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