08 Jan 2013
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Your finances can now be managed from your pocket. Everything from paying bills, tracking expenses, and creating a monthly budget. There’s an app to manage all of your personal finances. Or an entire household.
It’s time to finally take control of your finances. And the first
step is to start tracking all expenses, revenue, and investments.
Once you have a clear picture of where you stand, you’ll be able
to proactively move in the direction you want to go.
So without further ado, here are our ‘Top 10′ favorite personal
finance apps…
1. Mint.com
Used by over 10 million people, this is by far one of the most popular all-in-one finance apps.
Mint.com allows you to easily track your monthly spending and expenses on the go. Their app automatically pulls all of your financial information into one place.
Simply add your bank, checking accounts, saving accounts, credit cards, and investment accounts to get a big-picture overview of your finances.Mint will automatically pull in and categorize your transactions.
In fact, they’ll even create a budget plan for you based on historical spending and will suggest ways to help you save.
If you’re looking for one personal finance app to rule them all – then this is the one!
2. DebtTracker Pro
46% of all Americans carry a credit card balance from month to month. America has become a nation of debt.
However, since the beginning of the recession, Americans have been paying down more debt than ever before. In fact, a new study shows that individual debt is falling at the fastest rate in nearly 50 years.
If you’d like to crack down on your own debt, there are plenty of tools to help you out. One of our favorites is DebtTracker Pro.
The first step to paying off debt is tracking it. Know where you stand and create a plan to pay it off.
DebtTracker Pro allows you to do just that. Insert your loan (debt) information and from there it will help you to create, manage, and start slashing that debt.
3. PageOnce
Here’s an award-winning app used by nearly 7 million people. With PageOnce you can manage your finances all in one place. Pay all of your bills on the go. Track your spending. Monitor your credit cards. And login to your bank account all from one page.
Plus, they can send you real-time alerts and reminders so that you never miss a due-date! PageOnce will keep you continuously updated on bill due dates, late fees, and any suspicious activity.
All of your financial needs now fit in your pocket!
4. ShoeBoxed
This app is simple, unique and undeniably cool. It basically digitizes all of your receipts. No longer will you have to search through the ‘shoebox’ next time taxes are due. You simply take a photo of your receipt through your smartphone, give it a day or so to process and it will now be fully documented for future reference. ShoeBoxed is one of those simple (but genius!) apps that simplifies your life.
5. Savings Goals
Saving up for a house? A car? A wedding? Or a summer vacation? With this app, you simply enter how much you need to save and when you need it by. The app will then create a custom saving schedule for you. This makes it easy and fun to reach your goals for the year.
6. Stock Wars
Create your very own virtual stock portfolio (without the risk). If you’d like to learn more about the fast paced world of stock traders, this app will give you a run for your money (without the risk of real money ;)
Setup your portfolio and watch how your stocks perform in the real world. Track your performance against other traders. Create groups and compete with your friends.
7. SnapTax
This app was created by the same company behind TurboTax. SnapTax will calculate your refund (or how much you owe), and lets you file electronically with just one click.
If you’re filing a simple W-2 form, this app will file your taxes in just a few clicks.
8. ShopSavvy
With this app there’s no need to run around from store to store comparing prices. You can do it all from your smartphone with ShopSavvy. Find the very best price locally or online.
9. Yipit
You’ve heard about sites like Groupon and LivingSocial. Daily deals are getting BIG online! In fact there are now hundreds of daily deal sites online. Yipit aggregates all of those deal sites (800+) and allows you to search your specific city – all in one place.
You can select the exact ‘type’ of deals you’re interested in from hundreds of different daily deal sites and have them sent to you in one regular email.
This way, you can find the best deals in your area. Just make sure it doesn’t cause you to spend extra money with all the cool stuff that comes into your inbox :)
10. Coupons.com
Choose from hundreds of coupons to save on groceries, household goods, and more! With this app you can instantly access printable coupons just like the ones you find in the Sunday newspaper.
Another coupon app we really like is Coupon Sherpa. Which gives you instant access to hundreds of coupons for local stores in your area. When you locate a deal simply show the cashier and they’ll scan the savings directly from your phone.
So there you have it – the top 10 apps for managing your finances, growing your investments, saving money, and achieving your financial goals!
1 Comment
Nice list. I’ll have to check out some of these. I must say I am amazed at the popularity of coupon deal sites. When you think about it, they are an easy business model – perhaps some food for thought there too.
Will :)