Mint.com Personal Finance
by Antonio Wells
Jun 7, 2010 3:03 PM –
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Mint.com Personal Finance is the leading online personal finance service, providing nearly 3 million users an easy and intelligent way to manage their money. With Mint, you can see all of your accounts in one place, set budgets, see where you spend, and find personalized savings – all for free.
Price: Free
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- Account Mint.com personal financial money management tools while mobile
- Enter multiple accounts account types; checking, property, vehicle, credit card, savings, investment, real estate, and credit score
- Drill down granular with expenses
Cons
- Cannot add accounts via the app, must be done online at Mont.com
Features & Ease of Use:
Mint.com Personal Finance is a great app for connecting with Mint.com, money management and expense tracking while mobile. The beauty in this app and online service is that it categorizes expenses for you and proactively offers recommendations for you to save money. So no more creating categories and applying amounts for it to add and chart your spending, simply by entering your online account information. In addition to recommending areas to save some cash, you can opt to receive notifications like balance and budget notifications.
Taking a look into the Settings menu offers Passcode security just to open the app (great for protected access to your financial information), deeper integration into the Android platform as you can enable search of Mint data for the Google search bar, view “Recent Transactions” from Live Folders, and data access via home screen widget.
See expenses at high level or drill down granular that allows entry of tags and notes. Sort expenses by categories, merchants, and dates.
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Mint Personal Finance Accounts
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Mint Personal Finance Budgets
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Mint Personal Finance Settings Menu
Usefulness:
I would think most of us could benefit personal financial management, especially tools that add ease and convenience plus a little discipline tips.
Frequently Used:
If you use Mint.com services this app could easily get occasional to frequent use.
Interface:
The user interface is very intuitive, organized and easy to operate. Mint incorporates their brand and essence into the app.