Your iPhone becomes even more valuable when you add some money-conscious apps. Here are a few that’ll help you track and save your money.
Stock smarts.
Put Bloomberg on your iPhone 3G and you’ll always have this trusted source for financial information at your fingertips. Get accurate and timely financial news, stock quotes, price charts, market trends analysis, and more, all on the go.
Available on the App Store
Home sweet home.
After you find the house of your dreams using Home Finder Real Estate Tool, let it calculate your monthly payments based on daily interest rates it downloads from Zillow.com. If you’re looking to invest in property, tap into Property Evaluator. This app helps you make the best deal by creating performance projections, amortization tables, estimated expenses, and more.
Available on the App Store
Car costs.
Find the best gas prices near you with GasBuddy, the app that knows the cost per gallon at stations wherever you go. Whether you’re a hypermiler or simply want to stay on top of your oil changes, try Gas Cubby. And if you’re car shopping and want to know what a loan or lease will really cost, use Auto Loan/Lease Calculator. If that doesn’t help you decide, check out Auto Fuel Economics to see if the projected cost of gas changes things.
Available on the App Store
Show me the money.
Know where your money is wherever you go. Open a Mint account online and enter your banking account, investment, and credit card information. The Mint.com application will show you the balance in each account up to the minute and even break out your expenditures by category.
Available on the App Store
Money clip.
If you have a brokerage account and get instant access to it from your phone, create a web clip of the login page.
Add a web clip:
- Open the webpage and tap
. Then tap “Add to Home Screen.”
When you add a web clip, you can edit its name. If the name is too long (more than about 10 characters), it may appear abbreviated on the Home screen.
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Bargain hunt.
Find what you want at the price you want even while you’re shopping. Use the camera on your iPhone to snap a picture of an item you want to buy, then let Save Benjis scour the Internet to find prices you can compare to the one you see in the store.
Available on the App Store
You can bank on it.
Instead of going to the bank, let the bank
come to you with applications from Bank of America, Chase, and Citibank. If you’re enrolled, just tap the app to locate the nearest ATM, check balances, and even pay your bills. You can send money to anywhere from anywhere with PayPal. Just choose a recipient and an amount to be transferred, and the PayPal app makes it happen.
Available on the App Store
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Expense reports are a snap.
iXpenseIt not only charts your monthly personal expenses, it generates expense reports for work, and lets you send in your report with photo receipts attached.
Available on the App Store
