If you need an assistant to know where your money is going and how to save more of your income, I pulled together some apps that help you manage your cash and save on everyday products.
Mint.com free budgeting apps automatically tracks all your accounts and credit cards in one place. allows you to see the big picture of where your money is and where its going.
Award Wallet: helps track all your frequent flyers miles, hotel points, and credit card reward. Essential app if you travel a lot for business or use multiple reward programs.
Retail Me Not: Retail coupon app that quickly pulls up coupons or coupon codes from most major retail that can be used in store or online. simple to use app with easy search option, also featured daily hot deals.
Gas Buddy: use satellite to find the closet gas station with low gas price, earn points overtime you report gas price.
Grocery iQ: We’ve all been guilty of it at one time or another: walking into a grocery store without any real list or plan– and then making numerous impulse purchases. The Grocery iQ app, available on iOS and Android, helps you to avoid those wasteful purchases by helping you build your grocery list. You can also scan barcodes, locate nearby stores, and surf for coupons. This app is a must-have for those who need to get their grocery spending under control.
Ibotta: It sounds almost too good to be true: an app that allows you to earn money for shopping. But that’s just what Ibotta does! Available for iOS and Android, this app adds pending cash to your account based on your completion of various tasks (like watching a video). You can access your cash after you make a purchase from one of Ibotta’s 50 retail partners.
You Need a Budget (YNAB): This budget assistant app is available for iPhone, iPad, and Android. Whether you feel like you’re drowning in debt or simply like to stick to a budget, this app is for you. You’ll be amazed to see how you can get ahead financially without an increase in salary. Your personal budget assistant helps you to become aware of how you’re spending so that you naturally spend less money. Don’t get stuck living paycheck to paycheck– You Need a Budget today!
Groupon: If you’re looking for big savings, this app is for you. Groupon, which is available on iOS, Android, and Windows, offers discounts on everything from retail stores to restaurants to hotels. These aren’t small bargains, either; Groupon routinely offers as much as 50-90 percent off! Want to find the deals closest to you? The app offers the ability to search by location.
Bill Tracker: Never miss a bill payment again with this great app from SnapTap. Passcode-protected Bill Tracker allows you to keep all due dates and amount totals in one place and even gives you notifications for impending payments. Due dates are highlighted on the calendar for quick views.
Shop Kick: Over six million people are already using Shop kick to browse products, find inspiration, and discover great deals at stores like Target, Macy’s, Best Buy, and more. Users are able to earn points by making purchases, inviting friends to join, and even by just walking into the stores. Then, the points can be transformed into gift cards at partnering stores. The icing on the cake is the slick new design—a shopper’s dream!
SnipSnap: like Retail me not, SnipSnap is a mobile coupon haven however, this one also let you take pictures of printed coupons rom many retailers and turn them into digital mobile ready ones. You can also browse the online directory and see the coupons that friends have “snipped”.
Living social, similar to groupon, you can use this app to gain hand- held access to all of Living Social deals, search for amazing deals in your own city and get alerts on fun events, save on hotels and travels and many other things. also the deals are great for gifts. The added bonus, if you share a discount you received on your social media accounts and three of your friends purchase the same deal, you’ll get yours free of charge.
Saving star: Saving star is a digital coupon app for thousand of grocery stores and drugs stores that is liked to your individual store loyalty cards, you have to have loyalty cards to get rewards. You choose the digital coupons you want to use and the rewards is applied to your loyalty card and when you reach $5 in saving, you can earn cash.
Amazon Local: Save up to 75% in your city. Use this app to find amazon- level deals on the go. What’s great about amazon local is that you can search deals on the go. With amazon Local you can search for deals and buy them instantly right from your phone. You are also able to specific preference or favorites so that the application knows what offering you are most interest in purchasing like the other discount apps I mention there is no need to print out coupons or voucher.
Hotel tonight: This international app allows you to find incredibly low price on last minute hotel bookings amazingly, you can arrange same day bookings until 2 a.m and for multiple nights this service is a life savor for everything from unexpected layovers to spontaneous vacation. Hotel tonight is constantly adding new location and has stellar 24/7 support to keep their customer happy.