![]() ![]() (I had previously told them I didn't require any extra cost type frills, as I enter everything manually). Rather than alert me to that, they were happy to trap me into something that I didn't want or need. I fully believe at the time I made my initial query to IGG support, they knew that the v.8 was upcoming. Needless to say I am not happy with what I consider to be a bait/switch type tactic. You'd think at some point during my 30 day trial with v.7 that they would have sent a heads-up to purchase the software while I can. I'd hate to see you go to another software package, but you may want to look into your other options. If you are not interested in Banktivity 8 because of the subscription, unfortunately I don't have any options for you with Banktivity. ![]() There is not a one-time purchase option with Banktivity 8. This is the reply I got:īanktivity 8 is subscription based. (there's always a but in these stories!), it turns out that the new v.8 software is subscription only (absolutely no mention of that by them before I downloaded that version!), and there's no way to keep the v.7 I had been using. ![]() They suggested I download that software, which I did.īut. I contacted support again, and was told that there is a new version, Banktivity 8, hence v.7 being no longer for sale. With 5 days left on that trial, I went to purchase the v.7 software, and it returned a 'Item is not available for sale' message. All went well, had a 30 day trial with Banktivity 7, was pretty happy with it too. With that, they instructed me to use the 30 trial period for Banktivity 7 (what I ultimately wanted) on the new Mac, and import that newer data file. I did that, and moved that data file over to my new Mac. I contacted IGG support, and they instructed me to download Banktivity 5 (which worked on my old Mac), and use the 30 day trial period to 'update' my iBank 4 data file to a (I presume) newer format to use with Banktivity 7. With the purchase of a new MacBook it was no longer supported with Catalina. I had been a long-time iBank 4 user, since 2012. On a positive note, I love their embedded folder navigation & total design! (although they switched the paradigm half way down for navigating other items.īe very wary - evaluate all alternatives first.Sorry to reopen an old thread, but I thought I'd relate my recent Banktivity experience here for posterity. These are free elsewhere - even to download separately and import. I had to change a card number due to fraud and the feature is not available that I was using Now, they have taken away the free downloads completely. lacking obvious filters.Īnd, the hangups! It eats CPU & RAM, not multi-threaded for updates, you wait every few minutes while it searches for new transactions. Search/selection criteria, specifically time period is different in every case where you use it, Registers, Reports, Smart Folders, etc. Their 'smart' folders show transactions based on filters at the split level, but add the total of the transaction, not split - they told me that made sense. They have things like a hard coded running balance that shows up as incoherent depending on your register sort - the balance is for date order only.Ĭhanging the account on a transaction split asks if you want to orphan the record in the old account - every time - they told me that made sense. I have had a lot of problems and while it is aesthetically pleasing, the design execution lacks consistency and accounting sense. Ibank promised good things and got good reviews and I was moving to a Mac. I had been looking to replace Quicken - every release shuffled features and added keystrokes with no additional benefit. I switched to ibank, now banktivity, a year & a half ago from Quicken. ![]()
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