How To Save Money With These 5 Smartphone Apps

You love your smartphone. Right! Who doesn’t? We are all so attached to our smartphones that most of us cannot sleep before first scrolling through their Facebook or checking out their Whatsapp for new messages. When we wake up we head straight to Instagram to check out last night’s photos of the crazy events your friends went to. At the same time, we love these gadgets because they now can tell us how many calories we are consumed and can calculate how many we have burned when walking. Most importantly however, smartphones can help us save more money and make even more. To help you see how, here are a couple of apps that you could use to do this. The rule of thumb here? If it is too complicated, then just leave it; but the following are some of the simplest and easy-to-work-with apps out there that will save that extra penny or two.

1. Budgeting App – Mint.com

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If you are looking for a great budgeting app, then mint.com’s app is one that you need to get. The app helps you see how much you have spent on different things like a meal at your favorite restaurant and will help you know if you are spending too much and by how much you need to cut down. At the same time, you can setup alerts on the app on some of your credit cards. This way, it sends you texts or an email every time you reach your spending or budget limit.

2. Free Stuff Sites

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If you are looking for free stuff, free samples, competitions and stuff like that, then the above are the best apps to go for. The great thing about these apps is that you no longer have to fill your cardholder with points cards. Instead, with such an app, all you need to do is to just flash your smartphone at your favorite shop or store and instantly save on food, coffee, movies plus much more. The great thing is that you get to save so much every time and will get to enjoy the occasional freebie every once in a while because of utilizing such apps.

3. Banking Apps

Now banking apps come in handy if you want to understand or keep an eye on your spending. If you are person who trades a lot, and want to see your dividends and option premiums are flowing into your account in real-time, then such an app is what you should get. Now the bank app you choose will basically be determined by the bank you use. Find out if your bank has a mobile banking app for the better management and control of your money.

4. Gas Saving Apps – The Gas Buddy App

Gas Buddy is one of the best gas saving apps you will find anywhere. This app makes it easier to find a place to gas your car as it can scan your immediate area before showing you stations near you that offer the best deals on gas. You can also check your ‘go-to’ station to see if the drive to it will be worth the discount. The app always scans the immediate location you are in; as such, If you have traveled to another city or to a different part of town, it will always find and make available the best prices around.

5. Travelling Apps – Uber

If you are a person who raves a lot, then it would make more sense to consider using Uber as it is much cheaper than a cab. However, you need to be very careful especially during surge times. It is essential that you track everyone’s turn at paying for the Uber. If you find yourself always doing it, then you will end up paying most of the costs; which could add up to a big expense at the end of the night.

If you love your smartphone and would love it even more if it could do that extra thing by the side, then the above apps could help ease things for you and will literally save you hundreds of dollars every year. It is therefore advisable that you try them out today and see how they could be of assistance to you.