Key Takeaways:

  • Mint is a free budgeting app that provides a comprehensive overview of your finances, tracks expenses, and helps you adjust your spending in different categories.
  • PocketGuard is an easy-to-use budgeting app that shows your daily or weekly spending and allows you to set reminders and adjust your budget accordingly.
  • YNAB (You Need a Budget) is a popular app that helps you set up multiple accounts, track spending, and save money through its unique "zero-sum" budgeting method, ensuring you're only spending what you have at any given time.
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he most effective way to save money is to create a budget. It sounds obvious, but many people don't realize that they need a plan in order to get ahead.

Luckily, there are countless budgeting apps available that can help you manage your finances and set yourself up for financial success. If you're looking for an app that will track your expenses and help you save for the future, these are some of the best options on the market.

Mint

Mint is a free online budgeting app that allows you to link your bank account and credit cards. The app generates a pie chart of where your money is going and can tell you how much money you have left over after each month’s bills are paid. You can then adjust the spending in different categories, such as entertainment or food, and see how that affects your budget.

Mint also lets you set up reminders for when bills are due, so it will let you know if there’s any late fees coming up or if it looks like there will be extra cash available at the end of the month. If any changes need to be made—such as adding another category—it’s easy to do: just log back into Mint and add it!

PocketGuard

PocketGuard is a budgeting app that helps you keep track of your spending and save money. It’s free, easy to use, and can help you stay on budget.

PocketGuard will show you how much money is being spent each day or week. You can then adjust your daily or weekly budget as needed by moving sliders up or down until they match what is left in your account at the end of each day or week. You can also set up reminders so that when it gets close to time for an important bill (like rent) to be paid out again, PocketGuard will remind you about this so that it does not get forgotten!

YNAB (You Need a Budget)

YNAB (You Need a Budget) is the most popular budgeting app on the market. It’s free and makes it easy to set up multiple accounts and link your bank account to YNAB. You can also set goals for your budget, track spending, and set up recurring transactions.

YNAB has a unique "zero-sum" budgeting method that helps you save money by making sure you’re only spending as much as you have at any given time. The app helps you track what's going into your account (income), where it's going out (expenses), and how much is left over for savings or debt payments.

This process uses three columns: Spending, Income, and Account Balances (savings). When it comes time to pay bills or buy groceries, instead of just writing them down in a spreadsheet like other apps do on their own without connecting with another service provider so there are no fees involved either which makes it easier than ever before!

So, are you ready to give one of these budgeting apps a try? If so, which one?

To learn more budgeting tips and tricks, check out our class: Financial Fitness: Budgeting Basics.

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Nov 20, 2022
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