For years I've used Prospects to manage my finances, but since the developer has abandoned it I was forced to find a new financial application. After testing out about a dozen different ones (see Finance, Money, MoneyDance, MoneyGuru, MoneyManager Ex, MoneyWell, Squirrel, Finance2Go, iFinance and a few others), I decided to buy iCompta.

The Good:
- Very easy to use and enter transactions
- Lots of reports
- Does a great job importing QIF files
- Looks fantastic and acts very Mac-like
- Has a companion app for the iPad/iPhone which syncs very easily
- Great price (especially with 25% discount) for the program and app. I paid under $30 for both while may other finance programs are $50 or more for just the Mac version
- Stable. I haven't had iCompta crash or needed a Force Quit yet


The Bad:
- No home page view that gives you a net worth view of your accounts
- Can't move the transaction detail pane to the right side which makes it a pain (pun intended) for left-handed users
- The animations are a bit slow for the reports

The Ugly:
- Doesn't hand stock investments very well. there is no way to input # of shares or automatically download updated pricing.
- Not a lot of documentation. For a program that has this many features, you'd expect a comprehensive manual or help file. Instead you're redirected to a webpage with only basic instructions on how to use the program.

Not free anymore.. but then again.. developers are animals who need to eat as well ;-)

Like other reviewers I've been through several alternatives (giving up on iBank along the way for the same reasons), and am now using iCompta along with Moneywell for their varieties of output and insight. (I imported everything from a Moneywell QIF then spent some time manually sorting out categories & transaction info).

What I'm mostly getting out of iCompta is good multicurrency & overall chart view when selecting various accounts and imo great historical reportage over various time frames. There's a fine filtering system too for more detailed readouts. This has helped set up budgets for future time frames, which also read out well and quite flexibly.

It has its oddities - only basic default menus, meaning you have to be ready to mouse through all the icons dotted around the window, & limited preferences, but overall it responds very well & quickly to my large amount of input (incl 4 years of daily cashflow along with a couple dozen account records over 7 years).

Good reception from Cyril, the developer, who replies that folders or binders will appear in v.4. It also has been syncing very easily with the iPhone version.

What I find really astounding about iCompta is that it's free. I donated 20 euros and still feel slightly guilty compared to what other programs are charging. Anyway, it's a deal. Don't overlook it just because it's nominally free.

Unable to import OFX or QIF files. When I click on Import Button and select format for importing and then pick file to import, nothing appears in the account. Cannot use iCompta if it cannot import downloaded bank statements.

This program seems to lack a way to enter a check #. While it otherwise seems to be a pleasure to use, the lack of this feature renders this unusable as a primary financial program.