Monday, 19 Oct 2009
My friends at TMobile recently loaned me a G1 phone. So over the last week or so, I’ve tried out a variety of personal finance apps.
The first app I tested was Budget Droid. This one is definitely a winner to me. It takes a while to initially set up with all your categories and amounts but is smooth sailing after that. You enter each expenditure and the program shows you what you’ve spent so far as well as how much you have left to spend. For the most part, this is a bare bones apps. However, I like the fact that you can export your transactions as a .csv file to use in Excel or other programs.
Next up is Loot. Loot functions similarly to a checkbook register. However, it allows for multiple accounts, which is a definite perk. The ability to ‘tag’ transactions is another definite benefit. You can easily track spending categories such as groceries vs dining out.
Another neat app is the Visa mobile app. However, this is only available to Chase Visa cardholders. The app allows users receive notifications about their account activity as well as receive offers from participating merchants.
While TouchTip isn’t truly a personal finance app, it’s definitely the most useful. It quickly and easily calculates what the tip on a meal should be. In addition, it has the ability to calculate what each person’s share is if dining in a group. No more wasting time arguing over the bill with friends 
Do you have a G1 phone? If so, what are the personal finance apps that you recommend?
October 20th, 2009 at 10:25 AM
I have a G1 but was not using any PF apps on it because I already use Mint and Quicken online as well as Google docs for my budgeting. I will have to look into those apps that you mentioned now.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:40 PM
I use Tap Money Tracker. It is a great app and I really love it but it has only one major weakness, no ability to import into the app and no ability to purge database.
It takes a while to know how to effectively categorize your incomes and expenses and by the time you are good to go, you have so many entries in the app its not logical to edit them in the phone to conform to your new categorizations so using the export facility provided, you export and format them on your PC, but how do you get the new formated entries back into your phone????…. That is the problem and I have been searching for an app that can solve that problem, but it has to be as good as Tap or better.
January 18th, 2010 at 9:14 AM
Sticking with iphone.
April 18th, 2011 at 6:06 AM
EasyMoney is my favourite finance app so far. I like the detailedness of the reports from account to category to sub category. The bill reminder is an added bonus.