Is there a way to stay abreast of Simplifi improvements but screen out Quicken updates?

ChattMatt

I get a lot of updates on improvements and it takes a while to realize I'm wasting my time reading about Quicken. I use Simplifi.

Coach Natalie

@ChattMatt, thanks for reaching out!

Can you provide more details on what specifically you're referring to, please? Are you receiving emails, or community notifications, etc.?

Let us know!

ChattMatt

Emails with a link to a web page like this one:

From 2/12/26

Coach Natalie Started a new discussion. New Feature Alert: Quicken Assist!

We’re excited to announce that Quicken Assist is now available for 60% of Early Access on both the Web and Mobile apps! Quicken Assist is an in-product chat ex…

Check it out

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Or the one that took me here (from 2/6/26):

Home› Updates From the Product Team

Web Release 6.5.0

Coach Natalie Administrator, Moderator adminFebruary 6

Hello everyone!

Here are the issues and features we were able to tackle with the 6.5.0 Web Release, released February 4th:

• FIXED: Dashboard customization: "Cancel" should discard all changes, including "reset to defaults".
• FIXED: Split Transaction view has reduced Category field.
• FIXED: Various errors and crashes.
• FIXED: QBP: Unable to delete expense items on an invoice.
• FIXED: QBP: The Client/Project filter is incorrectly available in the Balance Sheet Report.
• FIXED: QBP: The Category field can be edited via label click on invoices, credit memos, and receipt transactions.
• UPDATED: QBP: Disabled exporting TXJ and TXF on the Taxes Report

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It doesn't help that the top of every page says Quicken. Sometimes I notice the smaller print (after opening the email) that mentions the Simplifi community. I used Quicken for my business for 18 years (sold it 13 years ago), and to my mind Quicken is . . . Quicken. And Simplifi is not. Simplifi is Simplifi. A little Simplifi brand pride and marketing tweaking in communications would be helpful if y'all could separate the two in your minds. I'm overwhelmed right now with work are caregiving for an ailing family member. To quote the title of a favorite web design book, please "Don't Make Me Think."

Coach Natalie

@ChattMatt, thanks for the additional information!

I may be misunderstanding, but both of the items you referenced—the new Quicken Assist Chat feature and the Web Release 6.5.0 release notes—are for Quicken Simplifi and were shared in the Quicken Simplifi Community; they are not for Quicken Classic.

Since you mentioned that you’re using Quicken Simplifi, these items would apply to your product and wouldn’t be related to Quicken Classic. Can you please confirm that you are indeed using Quicken Simplifi and not Quicken Classic, just so we’re on the same page?

For additional clarity, the “QBP” mentioned in the release notes stands for Quicken Business & Personal, which is Quicken Simplifi’s business product. Is the name “Quicken Simplifi” itself what’s causing the confusion here?

ChattMatt

A-yep. I guessed QBP was for Quick Books Pro or similar. Had no idea that Simplifi had a business version. That's on the marketing department, not me.

Suggestion for higher-ups in marketing/branding: you might sell more of everything if customers weren't required to parse the overlapping nomenclature. First step: stop referring to Simplifi in connection with Quicken at all. Second step: Put "S" somewhere in the acronym for the business version so your customers have a clue. So, instead of Quicken Business & Personal with no reference to Simplifi, use Simplifi Business & Personal. And "SBP" instead of "QBP."

Simplifi is a good product and getting better all the time. But things might go better for everyone if the marketing folk took a long break and came back with a fresh look at the product lineup and how they are differentiated and labeled.

Thanks for clarifying.

DryHeat

So, instead of Quicken Business & Personal with no reference to Simplifi, use Simplifi Business & Personal. And "SBP" instead of "QBP."

I agree that Quicken (the company) could do a better job of sorting out the names and relationships of these products. Here's how they are listed on the quicken.com website:

QBP is built on the same model as Quicken Simplifi, with a few additional capabilities. Appearance and operations are extremely similar across the two. The relationship would be clearer if QBP carried the Simplifi brand somehow.

For example, with Quicken Classic it's pretty clear that if you have Quicken Deluxe and you move up to Quicken Premier you keep basically the same interface and just add on some additional features. But it's not as obvious with Quicken Simplifi (often just called Simplifi) and Quicken Business & Personal.

ChrisWT314

And, QBP is way too close to QuickBooks Pro - owned by another company.

ChattMatt

True. That was my working assumption.

And in the chart above (which I would never go looking for to parse the abbreviations), there is no way on God’s green earth I would guess that Quicken Business & Personal was an upscale version of Simplifi.

In the heading, ‘Web & Mobile products,’ “Web” is synonymous with “internet” and “desktop.” The confusion isn’t helped by the other column heading, ‘Classic Desktop products.’

But wait! There’s more! ChrisWT314 just clued me in that Quicken is no longer in the Intuit family of financial software. Hadn’t been for ten years, as it turns out. Apologies, but I never got the memo. So again, the onus is on the marketing department to make it clear what you sell. When updates mention QBP, you can’t be surprised if folks think it’s Quick Books Pro.

Starter suggestion: Grab 50 people off the street, show them the chart above, and ask them to explain your product lineup.

From the user side, this is not a big deal. Simplifi is good and getting better. The world will not stop turning if I’m unclear on the concept. On the other hand, you might sell more Quicken Business and Personal if the public knew it was Simplifi tweaked with features small businesses.

DryHeat

@ChattMatt

As I said in my previous post, I agree that the current naming conventions do a lot to obscure what's related to what, or what the upgrade paths are. But I don't agree that "'Web' is synonymous with 'internet' and 'desktop.'”

"Web" and "Desktop" are different animals. In common usage:

• a "Web" application runs (largely) on a remote server and is accessed via a web browser,
• a "Desktop" application is installed on a computer and runs on that computer's operating system.

Quicken has a foot in each camp now, but it seems to me that they want to shift as many people as possible from Desktop to Web. I wouldn't be surprised if the Desktop products started disappearing over the next few years.

https://www.ramotion.com/blog/web-application-vs-desktop-application/

https://medium.com/theymakedesign/web-app-vs-desktop-app-3841e8cb3996