I'm going to refrain from properly reviewing Liquid Ledger 2. That would require my spending more time with the program. Why won't I do that? When, five mintues out of the gate, I encounter a series of OBVIOUS bugs, why should I? This is financial management software. The user MUST be able to trust it. Despite an appealing feature set and a clean, efficient UI, I can't trust Liquid Ledger. If the right account name won't appear in a list, or a pop-up menu shows an empty account list when accounts are present, or an account view won't sort properly, or...how can I trust it to return ACCURATE financial information for my accountant, for tax purposes, or for my business? I simply can't.

It's pretty obvious from the enthusiasm that Quicken alternatives receive online that people REALLY want something better than Quicken. Unfortunately, few apps begin to measure up in terms of overall reliability and feature set. Yes, there are Quicken horror stories, but there are many, many success stories too. We forget that sometimes. My biggest gripe with Quicken is its dinosaur UI. When I see programs like Liquid Ledger, Cha-Ching, or iBank, I get a glimpse of how nice a well-designed finance app might be. And then I try it. And it's buggy. Too buggy to trust. So I stick with Quicken, as I imagine most of us do.