Best budget app options on the market 2017 

2017 was yet another year filled with new apps that were promising to help you manage your money as not every app on the market was worth downloading and learning to use. But for those which were delivering on their promise and were worth moving your finances to mobile were some of the best budget app options on the market for 2017. 

• Mint 

An app that was best for managing your money hands down, the free Mint app from Intuit Inc. (INTU) the name behind QuickBooks and TurboTax is an effective all-in-one resource for creating a budget, tracking your spending and getting smart about your money.  

You can connect all your bank and credit card accounts, as well as all your monthly bills, so all your finances are in one convenient place no more logging in to multiple sites. 

Mint lets you know when bills are due, what you owe and what you can pay. The app can also send you payment reminders so you can avoid late fees. Based on your spending habits, Mint even gives you specific advice to gain more control over your budget. The free credit score is a nice bonus, too. 

• Stocard 

We all know that loyalty cards help you budget as they help you in saving after all, loyalty cards allow you to save quite a bit when you tally up all your cash backs. Through Stocard the new spending tracker app that works well with your loyalty cards by helping you make payments with your smartphone.  

You can carry less in your wallet, as it’s minus the inconvenience of carrying around all your loyalty cards. While enjoying spending power as Stocard works with a bar-code scanner that allows you to scan your cards and they will then upload automatically on to the interface. You can also manually upload any cards that aren’t listed in the options menu by typing in the card’s number.