It offers comprehensive financial tools including budgeting, bill pay, investment tracker, and property and business accounting tools. Quicken is a subscription-based desktop software. It allowed people to gather all their finances in one place and quickly perform tasks that were usually done on paper. Alternatives to Quicken and Mint About Mint and Quickenįounded by Intuit in 1983, Quicken is the granddaddy of personal finance software.Property & Small Business Management - Winner: Quicken.Synching & Accessibility - Winner: Mint.