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Quicken vs. QuickBooks

Both Quicken and QuickBooks are accounting software developed by Intuit. The purpose of both are same too some extent, However, there are many differences between these two accounting software. The main difference between Quicken and QuickBooks is that Quicken is designed for individuals that is why it is called a personal finance management tools. QuickBooks is little advanced and is designed for small and medium-sized businesses.

Key Differences

Quicken can’t be used to manage payroll and sales.
QuickBooks is integrate with MS Office.
Janet White
Jul 31, 2015
Quicken offer checkbook accounting that is not available by QuickBooks.
Janet White
Jul 31, 2015
Quicken is available for Windows, Mac and online. QuickBooks is available for Windows worldwide and for Mac it is available for US only.
Samantha Walker
Jul 31, 2015
Quicken has many version such as Quicken Starter, Quicken Deluxe, Quicken Rental Property Manager, Quicken Premier, and Quicken Home & business as well as Quicken for Mac. QuickBooks has limited version that are QuickBooks Pro, QuickBooks Premier, and QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions.
Samantha Walker
Jul 31, 2015
Quicken is for individual and personal finance management while QuickBooks is suitable for small and medium sized businesses.
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Quicken can be used for college planning and managing household inventory that are lacking in QuickBooks.
The versions of Quicken are less expensive than QuickBooks.
Samantha Walker
Jul 31, 2015
QuickBooks is used for business planning as well while Quicken doesn’t offer business planning, however, it provide the facility of creating budget, reports and graphs.
By using Quicken, user can track investments that is not available in QuickBooks.
Samantha Walker
Jul 31, 2015

Quicken and QuickBooks Definitions

Quicken

To make more rapid
Stress quickens the pulse.

Quicken

To cause (a body or soul, for example) to become alive; vitalize.
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Quicken

To excite and stimulate; stir
Such stories quicken the imagination.

Quicken

To become more rapid.

Quicken

To come or return to life, as a soul.

Quicken

To become excited or stimulated
Our interest in the project has quickened.

Quicken

To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.

Quicken

Senses relating to life or states of activity.
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Quicken

(transitive)

Quicken

(intransitive)

Quicken

Senses relating to speed.

Quicken

(transitive)

Quicken

(intransitive) To become quicker or faster.
My heartbeat quickened when I heard him approach.

Quicken

To apply quicksilver (mercury) to (something); to combine (something) with quicksilver; to quicksilver.

Quicken

In full quicken tree: the European rowan, rowan, or mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia).

Quicken

Synonym of couch grass(“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also , the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.

Quicken

To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.
The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead.
Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize.

Quicken

To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed.

Quicken

To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.

Quicken

To come to life; to become alive; to become vivified or enlivened; hence, to exhibit signs of life; to move, as the fetus in the womb.
The heart is the first part that quickens, and the last that dies.
And keener lightnings quicken in her eye.
When the pale and bloodless east beganTo quicken to the sun.

Quicken

To move with rapidity or activity; to become accelerated; as, his pulse quickened.

Quicken

Move faster;
The car accelerated

Quicken

Make keen or more acute;
Whet my appetite

Quicken

Give life or energy to;
The cold water invigorated him

Quicken

Show signs of life;
The fetus quickened

Quicken

Give new life or energy to;
A hot soup will revive me
This will renovate my spirits
This treatment repaired my health

What is Quicken?

Quicken is a personal finance management software for individuals and households developed by Intuit. Various version of Quicken mostly run on Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Its previous version was ran on DOS. There are various versions of Quicken for Windows that are Quicken Starter, Quicken Deluxe, Quicken Rental Property Manager, Quicken Premier, and Quicken Home & business as well as Quicken for Mac. By using this software, individual can organize their money. See all you money in one place and easily connect to banks and create a realistic budget. Synchronize data between devices, check balances, manage accounts and track purchases and many more anytime, anywhere.

What is QuickBooks?

QuickBooks is an accounting software pack for small and medium-sized businesses developed by Intuit. It offers on-premise accounting applications as well as cloud based versions that accept business payments, manage pay bills and payroll functions. It can be used by independent contractor, professional & field services, appointment based businesses, retail business, eCommerce business, and non for profit organizations. You can also connect QuickBooks to apps that you are using already including SafetyNet, receipt bank, PayPal, Shopify, and many more. Use QuickBooks and stay in sync with your bank, track your expenses, send professional invoices, pay your employees, manage and pay bills, free mobile apps, access for up to five users, automatic backups and many more.

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