When comparing Moneydance vs Financisto, the Slant community recommends Moneydance for most people. In the question“What are the best financial/budgeting apps?” Moneydance is ranked 7th while Financisto is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Moneydance is:
Moneydance supports a good selection of formats, even ones that Quicken no longer does.
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Pros
Pro Good selection of importable formats
Moneydance supports a good selection of formats, even ones that Quicken no longer does.
Pro Free trial version
Moneydance offers a free trial version so users can test the software before they decide to purchase.
Pro Cross platform
Moneydance is a cross platform app so for those that use multiple operating systems it will be much easier to import and export information to each OS running the same financial application.
Cons
Con Import tags all transactions on import under the same default category
Upon import of financial info, all transactions will be set to the same default category meaning the user will have to go back and change the category by hand to the correct one.
Con Costs money
Unlike most applications for Linux Moneydance does cost money, $49 to be exact. So while it is the most robust option available to Linux users, it will cost to be able to use it.