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If you want to use Evernote to keep track of the financial records of a business; you may want to reconsider starting a business. At least until you learn a bi

• ChuckMcM 12y ago
  One of the things I like about Evernote is that its "notebooks" databases are just sqlite DB files. You can take them apart with a variety of tools, and they are easy to back up and move around. What I don't like about QuickBooks (which I've also got) is that its data bases are rather opaque. You can copy them and back them up but the format changes more often than I like and I don't have any third party tools that can open them. That said, lots of businesses trust their business to Quickbooks (I mostly use it to track expenses so they are easy to import into TurboTax) What is it about Evernote that makes it a problem in your mind? (other than perhaps it doesn't really have any sort of ledger function like Quickbooks does)
  • typicalrunt 12y ago
    You should try Ledger [1] if you want transparent data formats and ease of use. I've been using it for years to track both personal and corporate expenses. [1] http://www.ledger-cli.org http://www.ledger-cli.org
    • ChuckMcM 12y ago
      That is really cool. Between that and a database of PDF scans of my receipts I'm good to go.