No more moving from budget book to checking account statement, to retirement account statement. The thing I like best about Mint - and the feature that allows me to spend my time more effectively - is the way the app allows me to keep all my financial information in one place. Planning for long-term and short-term goals only added to the time it took me to organize our financial situation. While I enjoy a good budget more than the average person, the time spent moving between monthly bills, occasional expenses, and bank accounts was a time suck. I'm a writer, and if I'm not writing, I don't make money. I've always been good about getting bills paid on time, but Mint makes it nearly impossible to allow one to slip through the cracks by providing reminders when bills are due. Given how much I've spent on other budget apps, I can easily live with ads. Because Mint makes money by selling advertising, I don't have the option to remove ads, but honestly, that's okay. As someone who routinely has to go through her budget to find old subscriptions I no longer wish to pay for, I appreciate the fact that Mint does not represent one more monthly expense. Signing up gave me access to everything the app has to offer at no cost. The fact that the app saves me money is both a surprise and an added bonus.

Intuit is the company that brings us TurboTax, so if you've ever used their hardware, you understand the premium the company puts on simplicity.Īnd I was looking for something simple when I found Mint. Mint has been around since 2006 and owned by Intuit since 2009. I don't think it's perfect, but it's one of the best budgeting tools I've run across in a long time.

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