The Best Personal Finance Software for Your Pocket PC or Palm PDA

Using personal finance software on the PDA (handheld computer) has many benefits, including the ability to enter transactions as they happen. Palm and Pocket PC PDA users need personal finance software that renders readable graphs and meaningful reports on their PDA and that makes data entry simple.

PDA Operating Systems

Pocket PCs and Palms refer to two different PDA operating systems. Personal finance software for Palm PDAs will not run on Pocket PCs. Be sure to buy personal finance software for the correct operating system: Palm or Pocket PC (Win CE or Windows Mobile).

Desktop Software

It is convenient to have personal finance software on the desktop computer that synchronizes data with financial software on a PDA, byt desktop software is not necessary and not all PDA users are interested in using it. While you read the suggestions below for PDA personal finance software keep in mind:

• Even if PDA personal finance software comes with or will work with desktop software such as Quicken or Microsoft Money, PDA software does not require a desktop application.


• If you decide to buy stand alone PDA software, desktop personal finance software that will synchronize with the PDA software can be added later.

Desktop Synchonization Choices

For PDA users who already have personal finance software on the desktop or laptop computer:

• Either Pocket PC or Palm PDA users who use Quicken on the desktop: Nothing other than Pocket Quicken will do, and there is a version for Pocket PC and Palm.


• Palm PDA users who also use Microsoft Money on the desktop: Ultrasoft Money has been providing seamless data synchronization with Microsoft Money for years and is a favorite software application in the Palm user community.


• Those owning a Pocket PC and using Microsoft Money on the desktop: Sbp Finance , which is very stable, fully-featured personal finance software for Pocket PCs.

For PDA users who do all personal finance tracking on a PDA with no desktop software synchronization:

• The Pocket PC fans will find Sbp Finance to be the best, most fully-featured personal finance software developed for the Pocket PC.


• Palm PDA users will like SplashMoney's ability to download transactions from financial institutions via wifi and SplashMoney's excellent graphics.