Perhaps you’ve heard of the Cakewalk software which similarly took its name from an old dancing tradition where people would walk around in a circle, and at the end, the winner got to eat the cake. The name Moneydance stems from an old tradition (as software names often do). Because this Moneydance review wouldn’t be complete without at least mentioning how in the world this word came to be. Since we’ve gotten Quickbooks out of the way, let’s talk more about our featured software, Moneydance. We feel it is necessary to mention Quickbooks because it is, essentially, the super-professional iteration of Quicken-even released by the same company as Quicken-and so Quickbooks is something you need to be aware of when considering various financial accounting and management software. Moneydance is a little-known piece of accounting software attempting valiantly to take on the big guys in the industry, like Quicken, Quickbooks (not located in this report), Mint, and YNAB.
