Alternatives to Money Manager Ex

A straightforward personal finance program for accounts, budgets and spending history, storing everything in an encrypted local SQLite file. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Money Manager Ex.

  • HomeBank

    Desktop personal finance app with budgets, reports and statement import.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    HomeBank is a similarly light desktop app with budgets and duplicate detection on statement import, but it has no Android or iOS companions.

  • GnuCash

    Double-entry accounting for personal and small-business finances.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    GnuCash brings full double-entry accounting with invoicing and multi-currency support, though its interface is dated and the concepts take time to learn.

  • KMyMoney

    Double-entry personal finance manager from the KDE community.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    KMyMoney switches to double-entry accounting with stronger investment and loan handling, but pulls in KDE libraries that make Windows and macOS builds heavy.

  • Skrooge

    KDE personal finance manager with split transactions and detailed reports.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinux

    Skrooge adds trackers for refundable expenses and unlimited undo, but targets only Linux and macOS with no Windows builds from the project.

  • Actual Budget

    Envelope budgeting that keeps your data on your own device and syncs between machines without a company in the middle.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSWebSelf-hosted

    Actual Budget replaces simple budgets with envelope budgeting and offers sync between devices through a server you run, plus a web app for mobile use.

  • Firefly III

    A self-hosted personal finance manager with budgets, categories, rules and a lot of reports.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxWebSelf-hosted

    Firefly III moves tracking to a self-hosted web server with rules that categorise transactions automatically, but it needs a PHP application and database to maintain.

  • Moneydance

    Desktop personal finance software for Mac, Windows and Linux with online banking and investment tracking.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    Moneydance is paid, closed-source desktop software with encrypted local data, adding transaction download, online bill payment and stronger investment tracking.

  • Quicken

    A long-running desktop personal finance manager for budgets, bills, investments and small business bookkeeping.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOS

    Quicken is paid proprietary software for Windows and macOS covering budgets, bills, investments and taxes, with no Linux version and data in a proprietary format.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Money Manager Ex as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Buckets

    A private envelope budgeting app that keeps finances on your own computer, sold for a one-time price.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    Money Manager Ex is a free GPL local finance program with budgets and an encrypted SQLite file, plus Android and iOS companions, without envelope budgeting.

  • Denaro

    An open-source desktop app for managing personal finances across several accounts on the GNOME desktop.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Money Manager Ex is a free GPL program on Windows, macOS and Linux storing data in an encrypted SQLite file, with budgets, forecasting and mobile companions.

  • ezBookkeeping

    A lightweight self-hosted personal bookkeeping web app for recording and reviewing your own finances.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Money Manager Ex is a free GPL desktop program storing records in an encrypted local SQLite file, without needing a server to maintain.

  • Fudget

    A simple monthly budgeting app with manual entry and no bank connections.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOS

    Money Manager Ex is free GPL-2.0 desktop software for Windows, macOS and Linux that stores budgets in an encrypted local SQLite file, leaving device sync to you.

  • Money Pro

    A personal finance app for tracking bills, budgets and accounts across desktop and mobile devices.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOS

    Money Manager Ex is free GPL-2.0 software keeping data in an encrypted local SQLite file, with reminders and cash flow forecasting, though device sync is left to you.

  • Moneyspire

    Desktop personal finance software for tracking accounts, bills and budgets on Mac, Windows and Linux.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Money Manager Ex is free and open source for Windows, macOS and Linux with reminders, budgets and reports, storing data in an encrypted local SQLite file.

  • My Expenses

    An open-source Android expense tracker with multiple accounts, budgets and local data storage.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    Money Manager Ex is an open-source desktop program storing data in an encrypted local SQLite file, with Android and iOS companions rather than an Android-first app.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.