The Top 5 Best Android Personal Finance Apps to Save you Money
If you’re going to shell out the cash for a smart phone and data plan, you might as well harness some helpful personal finance applications to recoup some of that money! Google’s Android platform has produced some very handy & free personal finance apps. And with news that Android’s market share has passed the iPhone, and 100,000 Android phones are activated daily, there are certainly more strong apps on the way. For the time being, here’s a look at the best android personal finance apps.
Mint.com
By far the most heavily used personal finance smartphone app is the Mint.com mobile app. Also available for iPhones, this free-to-use application syncs with your mint.com account. With real time access to all of your financial account information in one place, it can prove very useful for on-the-spot budgeting decision making, date of purchase lookup, and alerts to pay your bills on time.
Gas Finder
Simply start the App, and Gas Finder will geo-locate you and sync up with a database that will spit out the gas prices of local gas stations. Select the one you like and use your phone as a GPS to be directed to the station. This app is especially handy when you don’t know where the next gas station is when traveling and trying to decide whether you should get off on this exit, or wait for the next.
ShopSavvy
ShopSavvy was the first bar code scanning app for the Android, and remains the most popular app to this day. You basically hold up a bar code, scan it, and then a list of local and online prices are used for comparison to find out whether or not you are getting a good deal. According to ShopSavvy developer Big in Japan, their app is used by more than 5.5 million users around the world providing access to more than 20,000 retailers and 20,0oo,000 products.
OurGroceries
This is no ordinary grocery list. You can sync lists with other users so that if, lets say, your husband or wife remembers while at work that you are out of Bell’s Oberon beer, they can add it to the list and it will auto-sync with your shared list (thus avoiding multiple trips to the store). But one of the best money-saving features is that you can save your list for different stores. I highlighted making unique lists for each store you visit as one of the 4 keys to saving money on food and groceries without sacrifice. This app can help you do just that.
Google Finance
From personal finance news, to real-time stock quotes, to personal portfolio tracking, the Google Finance Android App brings the best of Google Finance to your phone. It’s a one stop shop.
Honorable Mention:
KeyRing App:
This app lets you scan all of the bar codes on those rewards cards for the retailers you frequent, shows them on the screen, and the cashier can scan it off your phone. Reduce keychain clutter!
Mileage App:
This almost made my top 5. It allows you to track what you pay for gas, what kind of mileage you are getting. It’s an app that can serve as a real eye opener that you need to cut down on your commuting expenses (or improve your fuel efficiency).
TipCalculator App:
Have trouble calculating those pesky tips? Don’t fear if you have this app.
Android Finance App Discussion:
- Which of these apps are you using for your Android, iPhone, or Blackberry?
- What are your favorite personal finance apps?
- What other apps would you add to this list?
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Great list. I just featured your article on RawApps. The top 5 personal finance apps!
Apps are super useful if you take the time to learn and practice.. it gets easier as you do it.
I’m not sure Mint should be No 1, as far as I’m aware it does not work outside the US. It’s a niche app.
I love Mint.com and look forward to using the Android app. I also like your articles on Mint. It probably would have been wise to at least point out that you receive regular compensation from them in your endorsement, as a matter of full disclosure. Not a big deal – it is a great app and a great website.
Google finance is one of my favourite stock tracking apps.
I love Mint’s cash flow app as well. That deserves a big time mention!
Mint.com is useless for non-US residents. What about Easy Money? Why it’s not listed here?
@MetAtroN agreed! EasyMoney is definitely the best finance app out there for Android!
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I’m using EasyMoney and from I see here, EasyMoney should be on the list too.
lol the ShopSavvy can compare prices but some of store don’t compare online prices it has to have local ad paper to compare price. such as walmart
Great post. I just recently got my first android phone (samsung galaxy 2 epic touch) and love it. I like it much better than the iphone and my previous blackberry. I really want a checkbook app to manage my finances that will sync to my wife’s phone as well, but haven’t found one yet. Mint is awesome and I use it regularly but it has a lag time that makes it unsuitable for my main finance app.
Thanks for the great list of apps though, I didn’t know about the key ring app until now.
A new app that work fast and give you more data;
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=myStocks.main
the main feature here is fully ics UI (even on gingerbread)
and Show 10 year summary of main key statics parameters, Among them EPS, BVPS, ROIC.
and even give you an estimated PRICE TARGET from leading Analyst companies.
Now we have Finance for Android!
Try this for free. Nice and flexible finance app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=phx.pmoneyline