As the nation begins to bounce back from the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, consumers are beginning to focus on 
personal finance once again. Of course, today’s technology allows consumers to do more with personal finance than those coming out of the Great Depression. To help you get on track, I’m sharing my list of 6 personal finance apps for the iPad and iPhone.
Mint.com – Quicken recently took over Mint and although there isn’t currently an iPad specific app for the site, the iPhone app works perfectly.
Bank of Mom – Keep track of your children’s commission with this app.
Calculator XL – Okay so this isn’t specific to personal finance but the iPad doesn’t have a built-in calculator like the iPhone. I found this calculator to do everything that I need it to do and it was free!
Quicken Online Mobile – This is good for customers of Quicken online. Again it hasn’t been updated for the iPad but the iPhone app works just fine.
Spend Lite – Personal Budgeting – This is another free app that enables you to enter your budget and keep a running track of your spending. However, this tool is perfect for Dave Ramsey envelope system followers. You can use each budget to correspond with an envelope and easily keep track of your cash on your phone or iPad.
Grocery iQ – This is an awesome app but you’ll need an iPhone with a camera to get the most out of it. With this app you can create grocery lists, scan the barcode of items that you use frequently and add them to your own custom lists, add a price list so that you know what you typically pay for an item, and much more. You may be asking how this is related to personal finance, though. Simple – smart grocery shopping is an important part of budgeting and saving money. Instead of creating an old-fashioned print price list, you can keep everything in this handy dandy app!
If you have an iPhone or an iPad, what is your favorite personal finance app?
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I have accumulated so many apps now, I’m really focusing on reducing the number of apps. For the last month, I’ve been using a product called LifeTopix that does a really great job of that. It combines multiple areas like shopping, tasks & projects, travel, accounts and bill payments, etc. into a single, universal app. The thing that makes it so useful and helpful is that relevant information in the different topics is automatically shared, so I don’t have to enter it multiple times in multiple apps.
Thanks Alexis, I will look into that. I’m with you, done with the app overload and trying to just keep the creme de la creme. Multi-tasking apps are a great way to cull the app overload.
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