Emma vs Quicken

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12

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Emma and Quicken both struggle to get much airtime from AI assistants, with overall scores of just 2 out of 100 apiece. Quicken edges ahead on raw mentions, named in 6 of 75 answers versus Emma's 3 of 75, and it shows up more often as an alternative to Monarch Money, named in 2 of 3 answers there. Emma's best showings are single mentions for mobile experience, automatic spend tracking, and working outside the US. Head to head, Quicken was named more often in 5 questions, Emma in 3, and the two tied in 17. Neither app was named for finding and cancelling unwanted subscriptions.

Head to head

metric	Emma	Quicken
score	2	2
questions won	3	5

By assistant

Emma

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	0	0% of answers
Claude	5	15% of answers	#7.3
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	0	0% of answers

Quicken

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	2	5% of answers	#4.0
Claude	3	5% of answers	#4.0
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	0	0% of answers

Where they differ

Only Emma gets named for

What's the best budgeting app that works outside the US?
Which budgeting app has the best mobile experience?
What's the best app to track spending automatically from my bank accounts?

Only Quicken gets named for

What are the best alternatives to Monarch Money?
Which budgeting app is best now that Mint has shut down?
What's the best app to track net worth and investments alongside a budget?
What are the best alternatives to Quicken Simplifi?
What are the best alternatives to Copilot Money?

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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full Budgeting apps leaderboard