Have you ever heard the saying, “Nothing in life is free?” Well I think I heard that saying about a million times from my mother growing up.
Managing money is hard, especially in college. Between tuition payments, money for books each semester and living expenses, staying afloat is difficult. That is not even the half of what we college students have to budget for.
Even after we cross our T’s and dot our I’s on all of the checks we need to write each month, there is hardly any money left over to spend on the things we actually want to spend money on… like going out… sorry Mom and Dad. It is a never-ending battle just to even stay afloat.
Thankfully though, apps are here to save us. According to an article on tomsguide.com, the following apps can help you manage your budget.
1. Spendbook
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For the small price of $1.99, Spendbook is an easy-to-use expense and budgeting app. It allows every user to track their spending in relation to the income they enter into the app. You can even add a transaction in seconds. Users can even breakdown their spending into categories and subcategories.
2. Mvelopes
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Mvelopes combines the envelope method of budgeting with easy access of the digital age. Users can link up to four online banking accounts to their profiles, and create a budget based on their individual goals for spending and saving. Mvelopes allows you to access and adjust your budget on the go.
3. Home Budget with Sync
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Home Budget is a budget management app that has near Family Sharing capabilities that allows users to sync income and expenses between multiple devices. Charts and other infographics, which allows users to see where they might need to cut back on and easily track spending habits.
4. Wally
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At no cost to you, Wally can set a savings target based on each user's income and spending budgets. Another benefit is that the app allows you to record how much you spend, and where and with who. Available on iOS, Wally is now available for Android users.
5. Level Money
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Level Money is another free and user-friendly app that helps you manage your budget on iOS and Android. You can even sync your bank and credit card accounts directly to the app. It tracks each individual day, each week and even each month. This app estimates your income after accounts have been linked, and then allows you to set a percentage of that income as savings. After that, Level Money tells you how much money you are able to spend each day.
