I don’t know about you, but I use my debit card for pretty much everything and also pay all my bills online using online banking. The last book of checks I went through lasted me over a year and outside of a couple other things, the only checks I ever write are for bowling and my stock club. Because I rarely use my checkbook I don’t record any of my transactions in the check register so I never know how much money I have left in my account. Yeah, I can always go online and check my balance there, but that only shows transactions that have cleared so there could be more coming in that I’ve forgotten about.
I’ve tried using the Windows based financial software like Quicken and Microsoft Money, but you can only get to them if you’re at home in front of your computer and they are so bloated with features that I don’t want or need that I just find them way too cumbersome to use. I want something simple that operates just like the paper register in my checkbook but is also available when I’m not at home. So, I decided to write a web based online checkbook register application so that wherever I have an Internet connection, I can logon and see how much money I have (or don’t have) and enter my latest transactions.
I've been using it for a while now, and I think it's stable enough that I thought I would make it available to anyone else who would like to try it. So, if you're passing by here and this is something you think you'd like to use, please feel free to go over to the site and check it out. You can find it at http://www.mychkbook.com. It's absolutely free of charge. If you do create an account and start using this application, I would love to hear some feedback from you.