This finance app, free across platforms, doesn't just show you how much vgp-bps21a money you have in the bank; it also shows where your money goes, and helps you stick to a budget.
Mint.com, a free web service that lets users vgp-bps21 monitor the balances for their various bank and credit accounts, and also helps them create budgets, has become something of a household name in the three years since it launched: it currently boasts over 1 million users, and is adding 3,000 per day. In fact, it's already vgp-bps13/b won a four-star review from us and has made the shortlist of our favorite iPhone apps. Now available for free on the iPhone and iPad and, most vgp-bps13/q recently, on Android, it's still one of our favorite finance apps, particularly for people who want a better handle on where their money goes each vgp-bps13a/q month.
Getting Started
Setting up a Mint.com account is free, and requires little information to start. Although you don't have to right away, there is a wide selection vgp-bps13b/q of banks and institutions whose accounts you can access through Mint.com. This includes not just banks and credit card companies, but VGP-BPS13 stores that issue credit cards, such as Gap. Unlike more complicated finance apps, such as Splashmoney, you won't have to enter any VGP-BPS13A/B account numbers or routing numbers; just enter the username and password that you would use to access that account online (e.g., on CitiCards.com).
For the most part, adding accounts was quick and easy, although we encountered an error when setting up a Bank of America account. At least,VGP-BPS9 though, the error message described it as a known error and suggested we try again later, which meant we didn't waste our time VGP-BPS9/B trying in vain to add that account at that moment.
Mobile Apps
In the case of both the Android and iPhone VGP-BPS9/S apps, Mint is all about the big picture. On both apps' home screens, the first two things you'll see are red and green color-coded bars showing whether you've exceeded your budget, and also how much money you have once you take into account all of your bank accounts VGP-BPS9A/B and looming credit card bills.
While it's nice to not be overwhelmed with stats as soon as you open the app, we found VGP-BPS2A this single balance to be misleading. Our balance, for instance, didn't include the paycheck we were about to receive, and also subtracted our credit VGP-BPS2C card balance from our pool of money as if we had already paid it. Ultimately, we found it more useful to jump to the accounts page and see how much money was available in our primary checking account and how much money we had racked up on our credit card. Here, you can VGP-BPS2 see a neat list of accounts and balances, which are further divided into categories such as "Credit cards" and "Cash" (i.e., checking VGP-BPS2B accounts).
Budgeting and Goals
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Alerts
If you want to use Mint not just to glance vostro 1510 battery at your balance information, but to become a more responsible spender (or saver), you can set up alerts, which you can receive via e-mail or SMS. By default, for instance, we received an e-mail informing us that our checking account balance was low. (It wasn't, in our opinion.) There's vostro 1310 battery also an Alerts section in both the Android and iOS apps, but its information isn't always relevant. For instance, the iPhone app good battery displayed our credit card bill as an alert, even though we had long since paid it.
Verdict
While Mint.com and its free iPhone and dell battery Android apps easily and safely sync with your bank accounts, displaying account balances for each, what it really excels at is helping people become more fiscally responsible, whether that means sticking to a budget or exercising willpower while saving up for something important. While its popular competitor sony battery Pageonce (also free) shows a wider variety of information, such as social networking updates and flight stats, Mint.com remains hp battery the best choice for people who want to see not just how much money they have left but where their money has gone.
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