In article <1993Apr20.040449.19649@twg.com> q@twg.com (Michael Wiesenberg) writes: >Anyway, is anyone aware of a comparitive study of the two programs? >Or can someone just give me their own personal impressions?  Maybe  PC Magazine, January 12, 1993 had a review of several personal finance management programe, as did PC-Computing, January 1993.  PC World, December 1992 also had articles about Quicken and Managing Your Money. I can email you copies of these articles if you can't find them at your library.  I've been using Managing Your Money for several years, and I have several friends who use Quicken, though I've not used it myself.  My overall impression is that Quicken is a financial accounts manager while Managing Your Money will help you more completely manage your finances.  Here are some features that I believe Managing Your Money and Quicken share:  	The ability to keep records for each of your financial accounts: 	checking, savings, charge, cash, or brokerage.  You can reconcile 	your account statements with the records the program keeps.  	The ability to make a budget and track your spending against that 	budget.  	A Checkfree module which will allow you to use the Checkfree bill 	paying service to pay your bills via your modem. 	 	The ability to print checks on your printer.  	The ability to keep loan records and set up automatic loan payments.  	The ability to import stock quotations to keep your brokerage accounts 	up to date.  I know Managing Your Money can do this automatically 	via modem.  Quicken probably can as well, but I'm not sure about it.  	The ability to export tax information to popular tax preparation 	programs.   Here are some features that I believe Managing Your Money has that Quicken does not:  	A tax prediction module.  This looks at your accounts and budget to 	predict your tax liability for the coming year.  It's usefull to fine 	tune your withholding so Uncle Sam doesn't get his due too early.  	An insurance and vital records module.  This is a place to keep 	records of your insurance policies as well as other vital records. 	It can also compute your life expectancy.  	A financial analysis module.  This computes compound interest,  	effects of inflation, loan payments term or interest, yield to 	maturity for bonds, savings account yields, days between dates, and 	loan amortization schedules.  It also has functions to help you  	decide whether to refinance your mortgage, whether you can afford 	a particular home, whether a particular rental property is a good 	investment, whether you should buy lease or rent, and whether 	a particular investment's cash flow is adequate for your situation. 	This module can also help you plan for retirement and for helping 	your kids with their tuition.    	A net worth module.  This is a place to record all your assets 	and liabilities.  Your net worth can be computed from this  	information.  Any assets or liabilities recorded in other modules 	are automatically included here.  	A "desk" module.  This includes a small word processor, a card file 	you can use to store names, addresses, phone numbers and other vital 	information about friends and associates, a perpetual calander, a 	rudimentary calculator, a to-do list, a reminder list, an appointment 	list, and a place to record your phone calls (for those who need to 	track such things).  Your appointments, reminders and to-do list 	can be made to display automatically when you start the program.  There are probably some things listed above that Quicken has, but I'm almost sure that Quicken doesn't do everything I've listed.  If I'm wrong, I'm sure hordes of Quicken devotees will flame me to a crisp.  One thing that Quicken has that Managing Your Money does not yet have is a  Windows version.  MECA software is rumored to be working on a Windows version of Managing Your Money for release late this year.