Looking for fresh new ways to manage your money? If so, then you need look no further than your mobile device. There are a number of apps on the market tailored to your needs, whether you are interested in creating a budget, setting financial goals, or paying your bills. Track your finances with these popular spending apps:
Mint.com Personal Finance. Set up an itemized budget from this app’s simple interface and watch your spending as you go. The simple tracking bar set-up provides you with your financial standing at a glance, making it easy for you to track and monitor your budget at a moment’s notice.
TrackMySpend. In addition to a simple, easy to use interface, multi device and profile syncing, free data backup, and CSV format exporting capabilities, this awesome app can help you not only track, but append, your spending. How? By organizing your expenses into categories, you can easily separate your personal, work-related, and project-related (school, club, etc.) expenses and zone in on your spending habits. By using the goal setting and tracking feature, you can work on changing your habits and view your progress as you go.
Personal Capital. This app shares some of the most common spending app features with many of the other apps detailed here. However, what makes it special is that you can also use Personal Capital to track your investments, making it a very well-rounded choice if you must monitor investment income for budgeting purposes.
Spending Tracker. Use this free app to input and track expenses, set a budget, monitor your spending (and where it lies within your budget), assess your spending record from a weekly, monthly, or yearly perspective, organize your income and expenses into categories of your choosing, and create interactive spending reports. If you choose to upgrade to the PRO edition, you can also set up repeat transactions in your log and export your transactions log.
MoneyWiz. Priced at $4.99, this app is a bit on the expensive side, but loyal users will tell you it’s well worth shelling out the five-note. The MoneyWiz interface is very similar to any financial institution’s online banking site, only with the great advantage that you can manage multiple accounts from a single screen. That means you can transfer funds, pay your bills, and view account statements all from your mobile device, and all from one place.
As you can see, there is no shortage of awesome apps that you can use to stay in charge of your financial well being. Make use of one or more of these personal finance tools to get your spending under control and moving in the right direction.