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Freshly Squeezed Software is the biggest POS company I have ever come across and we're talking 15 years of dealing with computer company's. But that's just my experience. The homepage is no longer up btw.

Completely unacceptable for an app priced at $40. I'm becoming more and more dissapointed with Mac financial apps every day. I'm beginning to pick up books to learn how to program and perhaps make something better than what is out there right now.

I had problems importing .qif files, it just crashes

I didn't like 1.0, or the way the Cha-Ching people treated their early adopters, and now there's Numbers.app... I switched immediately. Anyone want to buy my Cha-Ching license for 15 dollars?

@hiram: I want, mail me at: bullaballoo at yahoo dot fr

Not impressed yet with the latest version. It did import some of my Quicken data, after a couple of attempts, one of which crashed the app with subsequent loss of data. having got several years of transactions into it, it just became almost too slow to use.

The payment to and from uses your address book, so unless you have all the people you buy from (the supermarket?) in there you will be frustrated no end by the autocomplete.

Importing from quicken puts payee into title and deleting a withdrawal transfer from one account leaves the deposit transfer in the other account, thus screwing your balances.

I still can't seriously use this.

If only they took as much time making the program stable as they too designing the interface. I would LIKE to use this program (because it's well designed visually and simple) but I'll never buy it unless the MAJOR flaws are worked out.

I run Microsoft Money via Paralles Desktop. Is this thing better?

This program is total crap. Unstable, lacking some VERY basic features. Transfers between accounts? Nope.
A running total balance column? Nope.
Here's a money management tip: save $40 right now by leaving Cha-Ching alone.

Cha-Ching does allow transfers between accounts.

Cons: No running total, this is annoying. Lack of reporting graphs. While this is partially offset by smart folders, it still needs more reporting options.
It also doesn't have auto matching with downloaded files, or rules to allow you to modify the transaction names or tags automatically.
I don't consider not having auto downloading from bank websites a con because most non-Quicken applications don't have it. I wouldn't expect a 1.x or even low 2.x version to incorporate this.
Pro's: Cha-Ching's tag implementation is much more versatile than categories, and with smart folders is very powerful, and to me is it's greatest feature.
Looks and useability, simple and easy to use, a lot of the kinks in the earlier versions have been smoothed out.

All in all, I use this because of it's tagging capability. It's a 1.x application right now, and this shows in some areas. However, what it does, it does do, it does very well. If you can work around some of it's 1.x shortcomings until they are dealt with in later versions, you'll find a very useful personal finance application, with very powerful search and grouping features.

I suggest everyone try it. It's not for everyone!

That said: I absolutely love the tagging/smart folders approach to managing money. It's the money management tool for the Web 2.0 generation.

It's a fun, smart, and usable app. I am currently managing 3 credit cards, 1 savings account and 2 checking accounts with this thing.

disclaimer: it does take a little bit of time to wrap your head around how it works, it's similar enough to a checkbook that you can dive right in but its different enough that you are going to want to poke around and get creative with it.

I got this as part of the last MacHeist bundle so I gave it a try... thumbs down. Very counter intuitive, lacking in features, no even simple "get started" guide. Pretty much crap. Tried out IBank which I am now LOVING.

I was an early adopter as well and expected a slightly quicker development pace as the app has potential. I have two licenses for Cha Ching that I am looking to sell (one early license and another license as a MacHeist purchase - both will qualify for v. 2.0). I am not running Leopard, so I will not be able to use 2.0 when it comes out, plus I am a starving student with no money to keep track of.

Looking to sell both of my licenses. $10 for the first person to respond, $15 for the second person to respond - both good deals.

Respond here with your email or email me: crentistthedentist@gmail.com

I'm selling my license as well - send your offers to ch-ch@alpenjodel.de.

I'm a big fan of mint.com, and found it hard to transition to a non-web-based app. But, when I'm offline, something has to be used, and that something is Cha-Ching. It does most of what I want and looks pretty (honestly, the look of an app is 70% of why I support it). I too got this from MacHeist! & I'm not selling my license! (:

If anyone's looking for a license, I'd be happy to exchange my one (MH) to a book from betterworld (~$10). /sacrat+nospam@gmail.com/
I've never managed to use the application anyway.

Awesome saver. I use it as wallpaper.

This is not freeware

This app is great. It's so easy to use, you just make an entry on each pane and then run a report or graph. I tried lots of money apps (Cha-Ching, Money, Moneybank, iBank, iBudget) and this one does everything I need perfectly. I used this to forecast my spending and help me pay down my cc's faster and it works VERY well. It even tells me when I will be short on cash so I can foresee the need to adjust my spending habbits. The interface is still being improved upon and has come a ways since I first discovered it. The developer listens to his users as well and is incredibly accomodating.

I used it for about 15 minutes and then promptly whipped out my credit card and purchased. It's exactly what I have been looking for. So simple to use, and does (smartly) what the big complicated programs just can't manage to do without confusing the heck out of you.