When comparing Ledgerist vs HomeBank, the Slant community recommends HomeBank for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform budgeting apps?” HomeBank is ranked 8th while Ledgerist is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose HomeBank is:
HomeBank uses an easier input interface as well as offers a bunch of different transaction filters and reporting tools.
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Pros
Pro Multiple Accounts
Ledgerist allows you to manage multiple accounts at the same time. This way you can keep track of your checking account and credit card and any other accounts within the same app.
Pro Organize transactions
Ledgerist can sort and organize your transactions by naming them or adding notes. You can then use this to find out where and how much of your money is being spent.
Pro Easy to learn how to use with user friendly features
HomeBank uses an easier input interface as well as offers a bunch of different transaction filters and reporting tools.
Pro Easy to install on Linux, no matter the distro
HomeBank offers prebuilt packages for many of the major Linux distributions meaning users do not have to wait for their distros repo to add or update the app and can just install or update when they like.
Cons
Con No Automation
Ledgerist won't automatically update your transactions. You must manually update it each time you make a transaction.
Con No Account Integration
Ledgerist does not allow you to import accounts. This means you will not have any data from before you started updating the app.
Con Does not have full import compatability
HomeBank does not fully support importing exports from other banking software.
Con Setup time takes a while
Setup, especially when there are multiple accounts takes a while to get done.