SIMPLY MONEY V2.1

Works fine on XP for me. Read the other reviews; Simply Money is sold by Simply Media that has 40 or so titles. You can get tech support at simplymedia.com, under tech support. They have posted a free updated manual (searchable; printable; free) and a Quick Start Guide.

The new version has both the Quick Start Guide and the Manual on the CD.

So if you want to do checks and things like that, this is perfect. If you want intergalactic, do Quicken or MM.


Not New but Pretty Good   September 27, 2000
Jamie Brown (Juneau, Alaska United States)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful

First I'll vent. What I received is not Simply Money 2.1, it is version 2.0b repackaged, which I have already had for several years. Further the publisher identified is not Victory Multimedia but Simply Media according to the packaging. The simplymedia.com web site indicated on the case doesn't appear to even exist. I have not tested the fax # stamped on the CD.

I have used Simply Money for 8 years and am generally pleased with the product. I was hoping to find the much needed bug fixes, including some annoying Y2K issues, fixed in this "new" release.

However if you seeking an alternate to the expensive and bloated Quicken or MS Money, this could be it. The reporting is more extensive and versatile than Quicken. It is easy to setup and use. The stored data are reliable. When windows goes south, I've never lost more than a couple of transactions.

The down side is: this product suffers neglect. Its had too many owners who do nothing. The online banking features are probably long since obsolete, but I don't use them. It is not a bad product and probably could compete with the "big boys" if someone would fix it and bring it up-to-date, a relatively modest effort.

Bottomline: Great value, full featured, quite useable, but needs some fixes and modernizing. It is not a new version , so don't get burned like me.


Simply Money Y2K Fix   December 23, 2000
Don Taylor (Newcastle Australia)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I have been a user of the Simply Money for six years. I agree with other comments already made. The programme is easy to use but needs updating as some of the functions such as transferring between accounts shows the year as 1900 instead of 2000. If this could be fixed I would have no hesitation in recommending it to new computer users because of its simplicity. I have not been able to establish who has the ownership of the programme. Incidently the version being offered is suitable for windows 98.


Unresolvable Bugs   May 6, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

Unfortunately Simply Money has unresolvable bugs that render it useless. One bug causes an invalid record to appear at the beginning of the checkbook register. Simply Money will then display an error and close whenever you attempt to use the Balance function or scroll up to the top most entry in the register.

Before year 2000 the way to fix this issue was to export the finance group to a Simply Money file format (.MXF) and then import it back in. Unfortunately, if you are tracking investments and have transactions in the year 2000 the import will fail because Simply Money cannot handle '00' as a year for importing investment information. Since you cannot import the file to fix the checkbook register, you cannot fix the invalid transaction in the register and the Balance function is rendered unusable.

Additionally, some dates default to the wrong century in the entry windows so you have to be watchful to ensure the proper date is recorded.

These bugs will never be fixed because development ceased on this product several years ago

Stay away from this product.