Best Budgeting Apps

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In the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the economy suffered a great slump on record. And, the need for controlling our money increased. If you want to get your finance on track, budgeting apps would be a great option. Here are 10 budgeting apps to track and manage your money. Let's find your best match!

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Cost: Free for 34 days; A monthly or annual fee for $11.99 per month or $84 per year.

Features:

  • Helping you balance your budget.
  • Setting up weekly/monthly budgets.

Special features:

  • Setting up budgets for individual projects, like gifts.
  • Giving users the option to manually add transactions to avoid linking bank accounts.

This app is for you if: You failed at getting your budget in check many times.

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EveryDollar
Finance

Cost: Free or $129 a year for a plus version.

Features:

  • Tracking your spending daily.
  • Inputting your monthly income and planning your entire month's spending ahead of time

Special features:

  • Setting up budgeting categories and then allocate your income to those categories.
  • This app is for you if: You want to save you time and improve the accuracy of your budgeting.
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Clarity Money
Finance

Cost: Free for signing up, but a fee of 33% of annual savings gained with the help of Clarity Money will be charged for using their bill negotiation service.

Features:

  • Growing savings with a Marcus High Yield Online Savings Account.
  • Seeing all your linked financial accounts in one place and receiving personalized spending suggestions.
  • Identifying unwanted subscriptions.

Special features:

  • Tracking spendings with AI-powered expense tracker.

This app is for you if: You are searching for a more accurate and comprehensive alternative for an actual banking app.

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Goodbudget
Finance

Cost: Free for signing up, alternative paid Plus plan costs $5 per month or $45 per year.

Features:

  • Budgeting that actually works by setting aside money upfront in each envelope to spend based on categories.
  • Keeping you on the same page by syncing your household budget across all your digital devices.
  • Saving for big expenses months in advance.

Special features:

  • Tried-and-true envelope system.

This app is for you if: You are trying to avoid budgeting differences within the family members.

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Personal Capital
Finance

Cost: Free for signing up, all-inclusive annual management fee of 0.89%.

Features:

  • Offering experienced financial advisors with personalized advice.
  • Offering complete savings solutions to help plan annual retirement savings, emergency fund, and debts fund.

Special features:

  • Over $13.3 billion assets under management.
  • Top 3 on RIA Channel’s List of Wealth Managers as seen in Forbes, 2019.

This app is for you if: You want objective advice from financial advisors bound by strict fiduciary standards.

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Simple
Finance

Cost: Free

Features:

  • Built-in budgeting and saving tools.
  • Mastering your money with one easy app on iPhone.

Special features:

  • No fees, no minimum balance, no overdraft fee, and no funds transfer fee.

This app is for you if: You are searching for an app that deals with financial problems with one click.

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Mvelopes
Finance

Cost: Several payoff options between $0 – $95/year.

Features:

  • Seeing their overall budget and financial picture.
  • Putting a check mark next to goals to help you see where there are budget leaks outside of your main goals and priorities.
  • Using a cash-based budget that has several different categories - an envelope for rent, an envelope for groceries, and an envelope for others.

Special features:

  • Dividing your funds in an envelope.

This app is for you if: You always overspend and want to build financial freedom by eliminating existing debt and increasing savings.

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