If you work as a freelancer or a contractor, we recommend FreeAgent. Plus Quicken integrates with financial institutions and will give you an overview, or in-depth accounting of your expenses, investment portfolios, and account balances. You won't be bogged down by tools you don't need, but will still have access to budget sheets. There are tools for tracking expenses, and if you take a picture of your receipts, QuickBooks will save them in the appropriate files, plus pull information from the receipts and auto-populate expense tracking sheets, budgets, and tax forms.įor personal accounting purposes, you can find everything you need in Quicken Deluxe for Mac. It has tools for both business and personal expense tracking, integrates with tax software and services, and formats payroll so you can either pay it yourself or send it onto a payroll service. The best accounting software is QuickBooks.