Robert Griffin, President – Developer Real Solutions Software
I’m proud to release version 1.0 of MintToReport. I have been using this application now for a year. I wasn’t originally going to release it and just continue to use it for myself. It really was just an exercise in report generation for other applications that I write. But after seeing how many people that use Mint.com kept asking the same question that I have asked in the past. Where are the printable reports on Mint.com? Well, to make it simple, there is no reporting built into Mint.com.
Mint.com is owned by Intuit. As a registered user of both Quicken and Quickbooks (both owned by Intuit) and as a developer I can understand why they don’t offer printable reports for free on Mint.com. The reporting that Intuit has built into these 2 products is excellent. MintToReport in no way is to replace the reporting built into these 2 great programs, but it was designed to just add printable reports for the Mint.com data.
While I still use QuickBooks for my business, I have, to be honest .. the older I get the lazier I get. I would rather spend my time doing just about anything else than sit in front of a PC balancing my bank statements. I never liked the online integration Intuit built into Quicken since the first time I used this feature it messed up all of my accounts. So I started using Mint.com for its simplicity.
Simple is fine, but I am still kinda old school when it comes to my account data. I need printable reports, not just for myself but also my accountant (and ex-wife when we argue about what I have and haven’t paid). Thus, MintToReport just made sense.
Anyhow, please take the time and download the Trial Version. It is a full working version. It just doesn’t allow the actually printing of reports. Even if MintToReport doesn’t look like it is going to work for you, please email me at robert@minttoreport.realsolutionssoftware.com and let me know what I could do to improve the application. It is always hard to create an application for yourself and then release it to the public. While it works for me I never know what others might be looking for in a reporting application.
Thanks
Robert D Griffin.