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Quicken is the top selling personal finance software on the market, and QuickBooks is the number one small business accounting software package, according to Intuit, the maker of both products. Both Quicken and QuickBooks offer a Mac version. Assess your needs and decide which package best fits your situation before you purchase.
Quicken Essentials for Mac
Quicken Essentials for Mac is designed to help you track and organize your personal financial data. It is best for simple households that do not need to track small business information, investments or other complicated financial arrangements. While Intuit offers more advanced versions of Quicken designed to handle rental income and other personal income, they are only available for the PC. If you take a salary from your business as an employee, Quicken Essentials for Mac is a good choice for tracking your personal finances. It is not a viable option for keeping track of your business.
QuickBooks for Mac
QuickBooks for Mac 2013 is intended to track small business finances. Like Quicken, it helps you track income and expenses. The difference is in how it tracks those line items and the reports it generates. QuickBooks for Mac 2013 helps you create professional invoices, tracks sales and generates year-end reports to make tax filings simple. QuickBooks for Mac 2013 is the most basic version of QuickBooks. If you need enterprise-level functionality, you will have to use a PC version.
Mobile Apps
Both Quicken and QuickBooks have companion mobile apps available for iOS and Android devices. They are not meant to be a replacement for the Mac desktop versions of Quicken or QuickBooks, but they give you the ability to enter transactions and view basic reports when you are away from your computer.
System Requirements
Quicken Essentials for Mac requires OS X version 10.6.6 or newer and 1GB of hard drive space.
QuickBooks 2013 for Mac requires Mac OS X version 10.7 or newer running on a Core 2 Duo or higher processor and 250MB of hard drive space.
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