A lot of Americans were tracking their financial info with this software. Quicken starts his career since early 90’s. On the opposite, Mint is more light-weight iOS / Android app. Quicken was designed to be installed on various PC versions (on Windows) or Mac to get the most of its features, but you can use it as an app too. Quicken seems to be quite similar to Mint, but it has some difference – it is most suitable to track your long-term spendings, and your investments (as we know one of Mint’s cons is its lack of features in this area).

But if you want to track your investments – better use something more specific. Overall, Mint is really great for budgeting – it is its main feature. Quite often you can wait too long to synchronize with your bank and in some case it fails With these alerts, you can pay your bills in time.

You can clearly see where you spend your funds.

Overall it is good for planning and your budget tracking but as many people notice – their investment features are way too simplistic and you may want to use some more specific app for this purpose. The main purpose of this app is tracking your budget: all your purchases go into specific sub-categories that you created. Plus it tracks your net worth and investment details. This app aggregates all your financial info: bank account, credit score, bills reminder. It already has over 15 mln users and you can easily install it and sign up for free. Mint is the most popular budgeting and financial tracking app. They have similar features, but it is up to you to choose which one suits your budget and has better UX design. In this post I try to observe two most popular iOS and Android financial apps, Mint and Quicken, which can help to plan your budget and won’t become a hobo or bankrupt (spoiler: with Quicken’s annual price you will). Personally, I always struggle to realize where all my money goes at the end of the day.

Quicken for mac vs mint