Best Finance and Budgeting Apps
1. Acorns
The acorns in this mobile investment app are pieces of spare change that can sprout into fruitful finances. Use it to link your debit or credit card; Acorns will round each transaction you make up to the next dollar amount and deposit the change into your index fund of choice. Acorns will even automatically balance and manage your portfolio for you.
2. CNBC
Ignorance means being broke, not blissful, when you’re not informed of the latest business and financial news. Downloading the CNBC app on your smartphone (it has iOS and Android compatibility) means quick access to breaking finance info, streaming programming, interactive stock market watch lists and more.
3. Mint
The Mint app offers easy and convenient organization of your bank accounts, credit cards and other finances, emailing you when bills are upcoming or if you’re approaching your credit limit. The app also recognizes when you’ve transferred funds, closed an account or opened a new one.
4. RetailMeNot
Never pay full price for anything ever again with mobile access to thousands of searchable promo codes, discounts and coupons — you can also check out which deals are currently trending and bookmark your favored retail locations throughRetailMeNot.com.
5. Yahoo! Finance
Beat the market and feel like you’re standing on the Wall Street trading floor with Yahoo! Finance’s mobile app, which tracks, follows and updates your stocks to build your investing savvy. Build a list of your top picks, sync them up and follow minute-by-minute updates on the performance of your portfolio. Access to investment and trading news is just as quick.
6. LearnVest
iPhone and iPad owners who want a user-friendly personal finance mobile portal can download the app version of the popular LearnVest website. You’ll get the articles and content LearnVest is known for, but also interactive features like programs to organize and maximize your funds, track your assets, see your debt and net worth, and work toward savings goals.
