I have been using Reckon Personal Plus for at least the last 30 odd years for keeping track of my finances. Last time I upgraded was 2018 when I moved everything to a new laptop.
Now I am upgrading to a new computer, and note that the cost of the software is now $220 and is only for a 12 month licence. I have not spoken to them as yet about transferring the 2018 version to the new computer. Everytime you move your software to a new computer you have to get a new code from them. I suspect it won't suit them to allow me to do this any more as they want to sell licences.
Can anyone suggest an alternative option, especially one where I could move all my current stuff over. Being a proprietry system it is almost impossible to convert their files to another format, e.g. csv file.
I would like to keep all my history as it enables me to find out when I purchased things, and I can create various reports on spending over different time periods etc.
Just using something like Excel to record all my spending etc, is a last resort option due to the fact that I am not skilled enough to produce reports or interrogate the data.
My accounting is simple, bank accounts, credit cards, spending etc. No shares, property, or other investments.
I would stress that this is not life or death for me, it is a "like to have" thing as I find it useful. If I have to make do with Excel, then so be it, but I feel certain there could be something out there that would work for me.
Money Dance ? $110 for lifetime with one upgrade; not sure if it has the all the functionality you need but it does all the base reports.
It wont automatically import from your bank account, not sure if that's a requirement ?
If reckon does QIF it should be easy to move; if not there's some older guidance on it : https://infinitekind.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200975473…