Program setup was a little quirky. It would not accept a sub-category with an ampersand symbol in the name. That aside it worked as expected until I tried to enter a transaction with items in two categories. There was no way to do it. I googled for a soulution and found a HomeBank forum. Entries in the forum confirmed that this feature was missing. What’s worse is that the program’s chief developer doesn’t feel that this is very important and hasn’t put a priority on implementing it. Somebody should inform this chap that without this feature the program is USELESS for budgeting. HomeBank has been deleted from my computer.

I am testing another money manager that goes by the name of Money Manager Ex (MMEX). I’ve not used it long enough to form an opinion, but I have confirmed that it will split a transaction. If I decide that it’s a keeper, I’ll write an article on it.