Comments on: Ask The Readers: Favorite Personal Finance Apps for iPhone & iPod Touch?

By: Wikinvest

Wikinvest — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:10:13 +0000

We just launched a new iPhone app called Wikinvest Portfolio Manager. It syncs directly with multiple brokerage accounts and lets you see stock quotes and market news in real time. Check it out!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app.....83497?mt=8

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:52:19 +0000

For those of you who enjoy using Mint, will you still enjoy it as much (or at all) once it has begun to take on the look and feel of Intuit’s money management software? Intuit bought out Mint. All I can say is that I closed my Mint account. Good + Free = Short Term.

By: nicole

nicole — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:50:58 +0000

Cashbook lite is a simple way to keep track of earnings and expences. Its not hard to use and you can create your own sub catergories. It wil also tell you your balance from your income and expedentures.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:35:57 +0000

To make your WiFi-enabled phone become a WiFi router, the best option I’ve found is WMWifiRouter but it costs $30. There is a free 21-day trial to see if it works first. If you use this feature a lot, I think it’s worth the money as it’s cheaper than two nights of paid hotel internet. SERO technically does not support tethering, so using a ton of data through this software could affect your plan. Light usage should be fine.

http://www.wmwifirouter.com/

Alternatives that are free but may take some tweaking:

http://forum.xda-developers.co.....p?t=538874

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/show.....stcount=43

By: ictoaln

ictoaln — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:14:26 +0000

Jonathan – Can you share with me any links on the hack to share it’s 3G connection as a WiFi Router on your HTC phone. I have an HTC phone and also on SERO AND just recently got an ipod as a gift. I have been thinking of getting internet connection via my cellphone (I already use the cellphone to tether to my laptop). Thanks in advance.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:08:14 +0000

@Kevin: Mint does indeed track net worth: Click on the Trends tab, select Net Worth on the right, and then check All Time in the upper right.

Still loving mint since joining in July!

By: Achiever

Achiever — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:05:39 +0000

Jonathan,

How can you enable HTC Touch Pro 2 to share internet connection with ipod touch?

Also can you please specify your favorite windows mobile apps you using for Touch Pro 2?

–
Achiever

By: freecia

freecia — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:53:07 +0000

Don’t forget to put a passcode on the Touch if you’ve got financial apps on there.

For me, I have a few shopping apps like eBay, etc on there to price compare. “Units” is also helpful for comparing sizes of things. Lastly, if you launch the native calc app and turn it sideways, it becomes a scientific calculator. Just in case you’re crunching some numbers or want to figure out the bill.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:22:40 +0000

The Android OS is the best-available smartphone technology by a large margin and is poised to kill the iPhone into obscurity in very little time (every carrier is on board), so don’t forget to include Android in articles like this!

I am using PersonalAssistant on the myTouch 3G.

By: Islamic Finance Blog

Islamic Finance Blog — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:22:35 +0000

I use mint and its quite useful for me. Since the day i used mint never have i regretted it.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:31:37 +0000

I seriously love my iPhone so I hope you enjoy your Touch!

As for PF apps….err….how about game recommendations instead? lol

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:36:23 +0000

It’s not an app but I enjoy getting a text message saving reminder everyday from a site called http://www.saveeveryway.com

They claim their daily reminders will help you save 6% more.

They work with all phones and also twitter.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:31:42 +0000

Hey Jonathan does using the phone as a router incur any extra charges to your sprint bill. I have the TP2 also but have never used the phone as a modem or a router yet?

By: Minority Fortune

Minority Fortune — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:19:34 +0000

Big fan of the Mint app. I’ve also become fond of the Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance apps to track my stocks.

By: carol

carol — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:42:14 +0000

What about the tMobile MyTouch?
Carol

By: Hazzard

Hazzard — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:21:05 +0000

Without a doubt, Mint is my favorite finance app. I use it all the time! That’s a pretty good hack to get the Ipod online through your cel phone! I’m impressed. I broke down and went the Iphone route about 6 months ago and haven’t regretted it one bit. My frugal side fought me all the way when I was considering it, but now that I’ve used it, I can’t imagine not having the functionality. The only way I’ll drop it is if Google does release their own phone. I’m sure it will be WAY cheaper!
Hazzard

By: Larry L, New York

Larry L, New York — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:29:09 +0000

Not directly financial but allows for telephone communication Skype on the iPod Touch. I call the iPod Touch + Verizon MiFi (or tethering) + Skype = iPhony

By: Kuzbad

Kuzbad — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:26:24 +0000

Very much agree about Evernote — it’s one of the few apps that I’ve kept using once the novelty period runs out.

I keep track of car mileage (for tax purposes and maintenance/economy purposes) in notes tagged with “gas.” I keep recipes tagged by ingredient so I can lookup all recipes that involve certain ingredients. For business purposes I take pictures of business cards — on the computer software, the text of the business card is OCRed, so you can search for “Smith” to find John Smith’s business card. Etc.

And last but definitely not least–take a picture of your car in huge parking lots. Evernote records the GPS location of your car, and on your way back you can just follow the map!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:50:05 +0000

Another fan of the USAA App here. Also pic2shop – although you need the iPhone for that one I’m sure – you use the camera to “scan” an item in a store and it pulls up all the best prices online! pretty snazzy stuff.

Also Woot, but that’s more about spending money than saving

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:17:56 +0000

I love Pocket Money to track budgets, expenses and keep my checkbook. It handles lots of types of transactions and, like any good app, scales to your needs.

My most-used and favorite app is Instapaper. It is perfect for the Touch to read articles offline. I always have something to read anywhere I am. But best of all, I can read in bed at night and not bother my spouse by using the black background option. Autoscrolling is awesome also. There is a free version, but he paid version makes it much more useful.

Also check out Evernote. The more I use it, the more I need it. On the Touch you can tag notes as Favorites and have access to them anywhere offline. Notes can be almost anything you can see on your computer, take a photo of, draw or type.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:56:57 +0000

Actually, the WiFi triangulation or whatever of iPod Touch does a really good job of locating my geographical position wherever I am… almost too good!

By: james

james — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:47:10 +0000

for me, the most useful financial app is Mint.com
If you have brokerage accounts, these apps might be useful:
E*Trade for Etrade
iStockManager for Ameritrade

Tip is quite good for calculating tips and to divide the bills

1Password Pro is good for storing all your online login/password

By: Felicia Passaro

Felicia Passaro — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:45:30 +0000

I have tried a few apps however none impressed me enough to stick with. Mint USAA probably had the longest run, but in the end I abandoned that as well.

Also, I have been reading your blog for awhile now and would really appreciate your input on a website I am helping to launch. StackMeUp.com allows users to privately compare personal information across hundreds of categories by age, gender, race, or geographic location. Please check out the Income tabs or any other area of interest and let me know what you think.

Thanks.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:24:20 +0000

Note that Jonathon bought an iPod Touch (as I did), which doesn’t have a camera or a GPS like the iPhone. So apps like RedLaser, Deposit@Mobile, etc. would be of limited use on the Touch.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:06:13 +0000

yodlee.com is way better than mint … mint won’t track your net worth over time like yodlee

mint is just day by day view of whats going on .. if u want to know if ur making any real progress and why, yodlee is where its at