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Quicken on iPhone completely misses the mark
Aug 14, 2008 08:30 am

[vendotare]
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Quicken is a great product, and I hope the development team listens to this feedback, so they don't lose business to competitors who will gladly fill the gap they've left.

The purpose of having Quicken on a mobile device is to habitually enter transactions as they happen (not forget to do later) and thus always know your true balance. Also, to consult your budget when considering purchases. Quicken online for iPhone fails on both points.

First, there is no option to refresh accounts in the iPhone version.

Second, if I want to add a transaction as it happens, it requires me to load the site, enter my username and password, wait for the next page, confirm my bank, wait for next page, click on Add Transaction, wait again, finally add the transaction, and wait for it to save. Not very convenient, especially when people are behind you in line or when making a series of small purchases. Ideally, I should be able to click an iPhone icon that instantly takes me to an Add Transaction window with no need to log in.

Third, no budgeting.

Potential solutions:

Automatically refresh accounts if user has not already logged in that day. Competing products do this.

Remember my username with a cookie, and create an optional home page that combines an Add Transaction and password request form together. The home page could have a drop down menu of accounts, or there could be a separate home page per account for this (most transactions are same account).

Create a native app for iPhone (and Blackberry friends, too) that logs new transactions into server automatically, if not necessary account balance requests.

Enable budgeting.
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[ramjetx]
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May 29, 2009 12:13 am 
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Replying to: bartmoore (May 20, 2009 8:10 am)
OK people...WHAT GIVES? Why cant Landware who currently produces Pocket Quicken develope a solution for the iPhone. What IS the problem with producing what is clearly a darn near necessity for the iPhone? I am chomping at the bit to switch to the iPhone since I am a staunch lifelong mac user. It really escapes me WHY we dont have some answer since the SDK has been out for sometime now and there are already thousands of apps for the iPhone. Someone needs to lay down the marketing crapola and GET the user what they WANT and NEED. AMEN! LOL

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  • mypossum (Jul 17, 2009 3:32 pm)



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    [mypossum]
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    Jul 17, 2009 02:32 pm 
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    Replying to: ramjetx (May 29, 2009 1:13 am)
    There is a Quicken app for the iPhone and it's free. Search the App Store for Quicken or Intuit, but it only works with www.QuickenOnline.com.

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  • joko061188 (Jul 18, 2009 8:25 am)
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    [joko061188]

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    Jul 18, 2009 07:25 am 
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    Replying to: mypossum (Jul 17, 2009 3:32 pm)
    Quicken on-line is a flat out terrible product. Completely worthless if you want to know what your real balance is which most of us do.... We need a better solution... Quicken on-line was a waste of development money.

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    [ckfriedrichs]
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    Jul 18, 2009 09:36 am 
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    Replying to: mypossum (Jul 17, 2009 3:32 pm)
    This app is useless, needs to sync to desktop.

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    [Drink151]
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    Aug 14, 2009 05:17 am 
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    This post is about: Quicken Online
    I am looking for a product I can use on my desktop to manage my checkbook. Unfortunately there are few options that work with my iPhone.

    Anyone know of plans for Quicken Online to be attached to the desktop version of Quicken? Any reliable software to enter my transactions onto my iPhone then sync with my laptop?

    Would be nice if the iPhone app for Quicken Online had a quick enter for a new transaction then update. As it is now I must close the app and reload to get it to show what I added but does not show my "real balance" in the app so I must add in my head what I spent so I know how much I have. Also a way to manually match entries so I don't have to delete my entries from the program to get an accurate "real balance".

    Thanks for your time.
    Drink151

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  • sduck409 (Aug 14, 2009 7:00 am)



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    [sduck409]
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    Aug 14, 2009 06:00 am 
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    Replying to: Drink151 (Aug 14, 2009 6:17 am)
    Give up on quicken/intuit. They're not interested in this market. Two other software titles to consider - Splashmoney and IBank. I tried splashmoney for a while, but it didn't update properly with my bank online, and was very slow, especially the iphone app. I've now switched to IBank, which seems to work very well. The iphone app is very speedy for on the spot updating, and syncs with the desktop version effortlessly. And I was able to import my years of quicken data into it painlessly, which also resides in the iphone app version.

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  • Drink151 (Aug 15, 2009 8:16 am)



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    [Drink151]
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    Aug 15, 2009 07:16 am 
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    Replying to: sduck409 (Aug 14, 2009 7:00 am)
    Thanks

    I too have tried and find SplashMoney failing. I spent more time working on the program & tech support then managing my money.

    I like having access to my checkbook on my iPhone but want to do my bills on my laptop & just keep it synced.

    I will have to try IBank and see what I find there.

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  • ramjetx (Aug 15, 2009 3:47 pm)



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    [ramjetx]
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    Aug 15, 2009 02:47 pm 
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    Replying to: Drink151 (Aug 15, 2009 8:16 am)
    I too am disgusted with the lack of interest in this specific venue. I finally broke down and purchased the iPhone despite several 3rd party software entities missing. The first being pocket quicken. My resolve is to have purchased checkbook for $1.99. You can enter transactions the configure to sync. All the sync does is export a QIF file which is attached to an email that is sent to self. Once I get the email I save the attachment to my desktop. With desktop quicken open I import this file from my desktop and it places the data into quicken It is far less than optimal, yet at least I can keep track using my iPhone and dont have to carry receipts home to input them. I dont have the ability to see my same account info on my phone as the desktop though. I will use this until HOPEFULLY someone wakes up and makes pocket quicken available for the iPhone. The other issue is I am very dependent on Agendas (by iambic software). Apple will NOT let any TOUCH there calendar program so therefore you dont have access to a MONTH view with all the little icons seen. This is critical for me as I only use a month view and then can see the icons to give me the month at a glance. These issues are critical for us hardcore users and it is VERY frustrating that simple marketing 'ploys' interfere with basic sound end user friendliness! Peace out!

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    [jay1953]
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    Aug 22, 2009 08:30 pm 
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    Seems like there are a lot of us with the same needs. I have used Quicken for over 15 years. Great program. Used to use QuickBooks for my business. On-Line banking is great with Bank of America and other banks. Intuit really needs to get Quicken for iPhone up to speed and allow us to get the updates from our banks. I also hope that somehow the Intuit people are listening. A lot of good ideas on this thread

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    [BDMortimer]
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    Sep 17, 2009 11:50 am 
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    I would like to echo all of the earlier statements about the need for an iPhone App to allow syncing of desktop based Quicken applications. I like my Quicken Home & Business App and have used quicken for over 10 years, but personally I find the iPhone more useful to me then Quicken. If I have to make a choice it will be the iPhone and I will find another app to track my finances.

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    [DLiquid]
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    Sep 18, 2009 11:55 am 
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    I posted to this thread a year ago and I check back every couple months. I can't believe there is still no Pocket Quicken for the iPhone. I use Pocket Quicken every day on my AT&T Tilt and it works great with Quicken on my computer.

    I'm still holding off on buying an iPhone because of this. I've used Quicken since the nineties, but if there are no plans of addressing this I'll eventually look for money management software that is compatible with the iPhone. Quicken Online is not something I'm interested in.

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  • mstlwilliams (Dec 11, 2009 10:22 am)



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    [tsell]

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    Sep 23, 2009 10:19 am 
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    Intuits current offering of an IPHONE app that synchs to Quicken Online is not a replacement for pocket quicken on my palm Treo.

    I'm deciding between moving from my Palm Treo to the Palm Pre or to an Iphone. As far as I'm concerned, whichever phone supports a version of pocket quicken and synchs to my desktop gets my nod.

    I'm reluctant to run applications in Palm OS emulation on the Pre. I can't immagine the emulation will run very well.

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  • Scoobydeux (Sep 24, 2009 6:38 pm)



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    [Scoobydeux]
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    Sep 24, 2009 05:38 pm 
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    Replying to: tsell (Sep 23, 2009 11:19 am)
    You may scoff, but I have held on to my old Treo 650 and NOT upgraded to the Pre or IPhone because I have been waiting for Pocket Quicken Apps for either one. Though the growth of the Pre has been disappointing, and it seems, like Intuit, that Palm does not listen very well to their faithful and loyal customers very well. I have used Quicken for 15 years, and Palm for 10 (since the Palm 3).

    Hopefully they are reading these forums. Don't miss the market base.

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    [cmeilahn]
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    Oct 11, 2009 08:55 am 
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    Amen! Landware developed Pocket Quicken and should have no problems porting it to the iPhone. Quicken claiming they have something for the iPhone via the online mobile app just doesn't cut it. Quicken worked with Landware to get the Palm product where it is today. Surely they can work with Landware to get Pocket Quicken ported to the iPhone. I maintain my Treo 680 as a non-phone Palm device for one reason... the ability to use Pocket Quicken. I would gladly pay for Pocket Quicken on the iPhone. Heck... with the port of Quicken to OS-X, Intuit should be able to create a full, or nearly full version of at least Quicken Basic, if not all versions. It's insane to consider that I have to carry 2 devices simply because an app that I rely upon hasn't been ported and there is apparently some reluctance to port.

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    [dhkm]
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    Oct 13, 2009 06:49 am 
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    Is Quicken going to continue to ignore the increasing Palm Pre users? What about Pocket Quicken for Palm Pre? Companion link has developed a way to "sync" through USB for Microsoft Outlook. Will quicken develop software for the Pre? Please give me some kind of answer before I spend hundreds of $$$ to make a patch.

    There are several comments on Pre sites of users and would be users that are struggling without there pocket quicken. PLEASE HELP!!!

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    [mstlwilliams]
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    Dec 11, 2009 09:22 am 
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    Replying to: DLiquid (Sep 18, 2009 12:55 pm)
    I totally agree. I've used Quicken since the 90's and can't imagine not having it. I'm a recent iPhone user (from Treo to MotoQ to now) and can't believe that there is no Quicken app that will sync with my desktop. Free or not, I'm not interested in an online solution.

    Based on an earlier post, I'm going to check out iBank.....

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  • wdominic (Feb 25, 2010 6:02 pm)



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    [ramjetx]
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    Dec 12, 2009 01:54 pm 
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    It is QUITE clear at this point all the clamoring and all the dedicated users of pocket quicken and therefore DESKtop quicken users, are being scoffed at!! If someone out there even really cared there would be some sort of feed back. This is a freakin' Intuit thread and have we even heard a peep? NO! I am so sick of the way this kind of thing is marketed for personal gain ONLY! I feel sure the maker of pocket quicken(Landware) would develop in a HEART beat for the iPhone platform. It HAS to be Intuit who is blocking this whole deal. I have moved on since I bought the iPhone and have given up on an iPhone version. I am making "checkbook" work for me. It isnt NEAR as good or seamless but what can one do? Intuit is in the drivers seat, it must be all about money, and so obviously they could care less about the numerous people like us who really survive using their product. So, I say FOO-EY on them all!

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    [Ikrananka]

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    Dec 17, 2009 07:13 am 
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    I just received EXTREMELY disappointing news from Landware. I asked them if they had any plans to port Pocket Quicken to the iPhone and this is the reply I received:

    "Sorry we do not have an iPhone version at this time, or a planned release date. Intuit does make Quicken Connect (free) for the iPhone"

    I would move from my iPaq to an iPod Touch in a heartbeat if I could sync with my desktop Quicken. Looks like I may be sticking with my iPag for some time to come!!

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    [chrisetlo]

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    Jan 03, 2010 10:12 am 
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    I'd like to add my voice to the chorus calling for a pocket quicken version for iPhone. I've been a quicken user since 1996, and I must admit, your failure to release a decent product for iPhone has me looking into other options.

    I've tried the free Online Quicken for iPhone and Desktop, and I think it is next to worthless. We want a product that sycs to and complements the many years of financial data we have accumulated. That's what we want. Provide it, or sombody else will.

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    [chaznet]
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    Jan 29, 2010 12:23 am 
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    Apple should write an iPhone/iPad Quicken app, one that let's you do BillPay as well, with payment account integration just like the desktop version.

    Not having Quicken for the iPhone/iPad is the only thing preventing me from buying the new iPad upon release. If I can't do my finances in tandem with my desktop, an initiate BillPay payments, then I can't justify the expense of the iPad. I could do that, and more, on a netbook -- but have no desire to lug one around.

    Anyway, Apple shouldn't wait around for Intuit or LandWare to write something; they'll sell a lot more iPads if they do it on their own.

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    [$50money]
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    Feb 18, 2010 10:26 am 
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    I am really disappointed that Intuit has not acknowledged the Blackberry or iPhone for their Pocket Quicken application. I have used Quicken for for years. I have a Blackberry and have a financial application but it doesn't come close to Pocket Quicken. The reports are not worth the paper. I have yet to find an application that matches Pocket Quicken.

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    [wdominic]

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    Feb 25, 2010 05:02 pm 
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    Replying to: mstlwilliams (Dec 11, 2009 10:22 am)
    I'm adding to the request and shoutout. We really want a Pocket Quicken for the iPhone! It must sync with our desktops.

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    [patriotusa]
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    Mar 07, 2010 07:14 am 
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    Quoted from: chaznet (Jan 29, 2010 1:23 am)
    Apple should write an iPhone/iPad Quicken app, one that let's you do BillPay as well, with payment account integration just like the desktop version. Not having Quicken for the iPhone/iPad is the only thing preventing me from buying the new iPad upon release. If I can't do my finances in tandem with my desktop, an initiate BillPay payments, then I can't justify the expense of the iPad. I could do that, and more, on a netbook -- but have no desire to lug one around. Anyway, Apple shouldn't wait around for Intuit or LandWare to write something; they'll sell a lot more iPads if they do it on their own.
    If a Quicken existed for the iPad, I would buy both Quicken and the iPad as soon as they are released. The iPad would be our perfect replacement for our "kitchen" computer if it just had Quicken.

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    [asepopo]
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    Mar 07, 2010 04:52 pm 
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    Intuit release Pocket Quicken for the iPhone already! Goodness what is taking so long! Are you waiting till you lose all your long time Quicken users before you wise up? Most of us posting here are long time Quicken users (over 10 years for me), and we've been asking for this for a while. Get 'er done!

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  • dfrisby (Mar 15, 2010 5:03 am)



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    Mar 15, 2010 05:03 am 
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    Replying to: asepopo (Mar 7, 2010 5:52 pm)
    Mmmm I also have about 15 years of data in my Quicken Desktop and also wanted a companion app for the iPhone and hated Quicken Online...!!!... so I am writing one... It's not perfect yet, but so far...

    ...I periodically export ALL my data from Quicken Desktop into a QIF file (accounts, transactions, securities) and then the app loads/processes that file and shows my balances/current securities holdings/transactions in each account... I have even got it to update stock quotes to get my true up-to-the-minute net worth... I have pretty complex accounts - about 150 current and historic ones and over 50 securties holdings, and transactions in 5 currencies, so I use some flags in the account descriptions to indicate (CLOSED) accounts and (CURRENCY) for the foreign holdings I have...

    Now, that's step one - view ALL my data..thats probably enough to for me - but perhaps NEXT is going to be some way to enter new transactions on the road - probably just simple cash spending stuff to start with.. and get them BACK INTO quicken to avoid duplicate entry.... since recent versions of Quicken don't allow QIF import I might have to make an OFX exporter???? Not even looked into that bit yet might be too complex for me...!!

    Do you guys think there is any market for such an app (pretty small user base I guess) - I wrote it for my own benefit and fun learning XCode - not commercial reasons... but if there is a few bucks to be made - why not??? Any comments? How much would you be willing to pay for such an app?

    Anyone XCode developers want to continue work with me on it? Anyone want to test it with their data??? It's not on the app store yet... nor will be any time soon I think??!!


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