{"id":4277,"date":"2013-09-23T18:03:06","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T18:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/?p=4277"},"modified":"2019-06-27T15:54:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T22:54:34","slug":"apps-for-budgeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/blog\/apps-for-budgeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Apps for Budgeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As more and more of us embrace the technological with a variety of hand-held devices, the ease of creating a portable budget is increasing.\u00a0 For the diligent budgeter gone is the need to store paper receipts to be sifted through when calculating your expenditures.\u00a0 In its place is an assortment of mobile applications that can shortcut many of the highly manual steps that take so much time and result in many people just not bothering.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking to jump on the budget bandwagon we\u2019ve outlined the basics of three different apps to get you started:<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/app\/budgee-budgeting-made-simple\/id291309196?mt=8\">Budgee<\/a> <\/b>If you\u2019re new to apps (or budgeting) Budgee is a great place to start.\u00a0 It\u2019s budgeting made simple and the software is uncomplicated and intuitive.\u00a0 Create new categories, budgets and keep track as you go.\u00a0 You can also export your budget data to email with Budgee.<\/p>\n<p>The down-side:\u00a0 Because Budgee is so simple there are no functions to track savings or reminders \u2013 but for those who only need the basics it can be an ideal app option.<\/p>\n<p>Cost: Free.\u00a0 Only available for Apple device users at this time .<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/best-budget-free-control-your\/id492359166?mt=8\">Best Budget<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>The free version of this app is easy to use and allows you to create multiple flexible budgets.\u00a0 You can set both income and expenses to be recurring and check into each transaction and budgets\u2019 history.\u00a0 There is an option to create reminders to help you manage payments and reports that can be exported in a variety of formats.<\/p>\n<p>The down-side:\u00a0 Using the free version means that there are ads throughout the app, although this doesn\u2019t seem to hinder the ability to use it.<\/p>\n<p>Cost: Free or $0.99 \u00a0to buy the more powerful, ad-free version.\u00a0 Available for apple devices only.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mint.com\/canada\/\"><b>Mint.com<\/b><\/a> Probably the best-known (and award winning) budgeting app, Mint is now ready for Canada.\u00a0 With Mint you can see your financial accounts (they support all major Canadian banks), personalize savings and set different budgets.\u00a0 Mint will automatically update your information, categorize transactions for you and you can set up email alerts to help you avoid fees and flag any overspending.<\/p>\n<p>Cost:\u00a0 Free.\u00a0 Available online or on mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p>The down-side:\u00a0 The app can take quite a lot of time to set up and if you intend to use it fully some people are hesitant to provide all their personal banking information, although Mint assures its users it is secure and uses the same encryption and physical security as banks.<\/p>\n<p>If you feel like your budget normally hovers over your shoulder, take control (even on the move).\u00a0 A functioning budget is a key part of healthy finances and can do wonders for a good night sleep!<\/p>\n<p><i>Not sure what a licensed Trustee can do to help you? \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/downloads\/\">Contact us<\/a> for a free, no-commitment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sands-trustee.com\/free-debt-consultation\/\">consultation<\/a> to review your options.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As more and more of us embrace the technological with a variety of hand-held devices, the ease of creating a portable budget is increasing.\u00a0 For the diligent budgeter gone is the need to store paper receipts to be sifted through when calculating your expenditures.\u00a0 In its place is an assortment of mobile applications that can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[261],"tags":[38,39,44,93,37,35,54],"class_list":["post-4277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-debt-free-living","tag-bankruptcy-bc","tag-bankruptcy-trustees","tag-budgeting","tag-budgeting-apps","tag-consumer-proposals","tag-sands-associates","tag-savings"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v26.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apps for Budgeting - Sands &amp; 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