Search budgeting tools

53 tools

YNAB

Envelope and zero-based budgeting ·

Zero-based budgeting app where you assign every dollar to a category before you spend it, then adjust as the month goes.

  • Connects to bank accounts
  • Mobile app

EveryDollar

Envelope and zero-based budgeting · by Ramsey Solutions

Zero-based monthly budget app from Ramsey Solutions, with a free manual version and a paid version that links bank accounts.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Connects to bank accounts
  • Mobile app

Goodbudget

Envelope and zero-based budgeting · by Dayspring Partners

Digital envelope budgeting app you fill by hand, with a free version and household sharing, and no bank login needed.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Mobile app

Honeydue

Envelope and zero-based budgeting ·

Budgeting app for couples that shows shared and separate accounts, bill reminders and spending limits in one place.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Connects to bank accounts
  • Mobile app

Monarch Money

All-in-one money apps ·

Money app that brings accounts, budgets, recurring bills and goals into one dashboard you can share with a partner.

  • Connects to bank accounts
  • Mobile app
  • Uses AI to sort or explain your money

Copilot Money

All-in-one money apps · by Copilot

Apple-focused money app that sorts spending with machine learning, tracks budgets and recurring charges, and reviews new transactions.

  • Connects to bank accounts
  • Mobile app
  • Uses AI to sort or explain your money

Quicken Simplifi

All-in-one money apps · by Quicken

Quicken's web and mobile app for a spending plan, bill tracking, savings goals and a running view of what you can still spend.

  • Connects to bank accounts
  • Mobile app

Quicken Classic

All-in-one money apps · by Quicken

Long-running desktop personal finance software for detailed budgets, bill tracking and reports across many accounts.

  • Connects to bank accounts

PocketGuard

All-in-one money apps ·

Budget app that works out how much you can spend after bills and goals, and flags recurring charges.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Connects to bank accounts
  • Mobile app

Lunch Money

All-in-one money apps ·

Web-first budgeting app with rules, multi-currency support and an API, made by a small independent team.

  • Connects to bank accounts

Emma

All-in-one money apps · by Emma Technologies

Mobile money app that groups accounts, tracks subscriptions and sets budgets, with a free tier and paid upgrades.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Connects to bank accounts
  • Mobile app

PocketSmith

All-in-one money apps ·

Budgeting and cash flow forecasting app that projects your balances forward on a calendar from planned income and bills.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Connects to bank accounts

Rocket Money

Subscriptions and bills · by Rocket Companies

App that finds recurring subscriptions, helps you cancel them, tracks budgets and offers a paid bill negotiation service.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Connects to bank accounts
  • Mobile app

Privacy.com

Subscriptions and bills ·

Virtual payment cards you can lock to one merchant, cap with a spending limit, or pause, which helps keep free trials from turning into charges.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Mobile app

doxo

Subscriptions and bills ·

Bill pay service for paying utilities, insurance, phone and other providers in one place and keeping track of due dates.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Mobile app

DoNotPay

Subscriptions and bills ·

Consumer service that offers help with canceling subscriptions, disputing charges and similar paperwork through guided forms.

Expensify

Receipts and expenses ·

Receipt scanning and expense reporting app that reads receipts from photos and builds reports for reimbursement or bookkeeping.

  • Mobile app

Dext

Receipts and expenses ·

Receipt and invoice capture for bookkeepers and small businesses that extracts the data and sends it to accounting software.

  • Mobile app

Shoeboxed

Receipts and expenses ·

Receipt scanning service where you can mail paper receipts in an envelope to be scanned, or upload them from your phone.

  • Mobile app

Zoho Expense

Receipts and expenses · by Zoho

Expense reporting app that scans receipts, tracks mileage and routes reports for approval, with a free plan for small teams.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Mobile app

Wave

Receipts and expenses · by Wave Financial

Accounting and invoicing for small businesses and freelancers, with a free starter plan and expense tracking.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Connects to bank accounts

QuickBooks

Receipts and expenses · by Intuit

Intuit's accounting software for small businesses and self-employed people, with receipt capture, mileage and expense categories.

  • Connects to bank accounts
  • Mobile app

FreshBooks

Receipts and expenses ·

Invoicing and accounting for freelancers and service businesses, with expense tracking and receipt photos.

  • Mobile app

Neat

Receipts and expenses ·

Receipt and document organizing software for small businesses that scans paperwork and keeps it searchable.

Veryfi

Receipts and expenses ·

Receipt and invoice reading technology offered as an API for developers and as apps for expense tracking.

TurboTax

Tax prep · by Intuit

Intuit's tax filing software, with a free edition for simple returns, paid tiers, AI help inside the product and options to add a tax expert.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Mobile app
  • Uses AI to sort or explain your money

H&R Block

Tax prep ·

Tax filing online, by software or through an office, with a free online version for simple returns and AI-assisted help in its online product.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Mobile app
  • Uses AI to sort or explain your money

TaxAct

Tax prep ·

Online tax filing software with a free option for simple returns and paid tiers for more forms.

  • Free plan or free version

FreeTaxUSA

Tax prep · by TaxHawk

Online tax filing with free federal returns, including many that other free tiers exclude, and a fee for state returns.

  • Free plan or free version

Cash App Taxes

Tax prep · by Block

Free federal and state tax filing inside Cash App, aimed at people with common return types.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Mobile app

TaxSlayer

Tax prep ·

Online tax filing with a simple free edition and paid tiers for self-employed people and more complex returns.

  • Free plan or free version

Keeper

Tax prep · by Keeper Tax

Tax filing and expense tracking for freelancers that scans your purchases for possible write-offs.

  • Mobile app
  • Uses AI to sort or explain your money

IRS Free File

Tax prep · by Internal Revenue Service

IRS program that lists free guided filing software from partner companies for people under an income limit, plus free fillable forms.

  • Free plan or free version

Jackson Hewitt

Tax prep ·

Tax preparation through offices and online filing, with in-person preparers available in many US locations.

Tiller

Spreadsheets and self-hosted ·

Service that feeds your bank transactions into Google Sheets or Excel every day, so you budget in a spreadsheet you own.

  • Connects to bank accounts

Actual Budget

Spreadsheets and self-hosted · by Actual Budget community

Open-source envelope budgeting app you can self-host, with local-first data and optional sync between devices.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Open source

GnuCash

Spreadsheets and self-hosted · by GnuCash project

Free, open-source desktop accounting software using double-entry bookkeeping, for households and small businesses.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Open source

HomeBank

Spreadsheets and self-hosted · by HomeBank project

Free, open-source desktop app for tracking personal accounts, budgets and spending with charts and import from bank files.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Open source

Money Manager Ex

Spreadsheets and self-hosted · by Money Manager Ex project

Free, open-source desktop money manager for accounts, budgets and reports, with no internet connection needed.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Open source

ChatGPT

AI chat for money questions · by OpenAI

OpenAI's chat assistant, used to draft budgets, explain money terms and tidy exported spending data you have removed account numbers from.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Mobile app
  • Uses AI to sort or explain your money

Claude

AI chat for money questions · by Anthropic

Anthropic's assistant, used to read long statements or plans, explain terms in plain words and draft a budget layout.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Mobile app
  • Uses AI to sort or explain your money

Gemini

AI chat for money questions · by Google

Google's assistant, which can work with your Google Sheets when you allow it, useful for budget formulas and summaries.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Mobile app
  • Uses AI to sort or explain your money

Perplexity

AI chat for money questions · by Perplexity AI

AI search engine that answers with cited sources, handy for checking how a tax rule or bank fee works.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Mobile app
  • Uses AI to sort or explain your money

Microsoft Copilot

AI chat for money questions · by Microsoft

Microsoft's AI assistant, available on the web, in Windows and in mobile apps, for questions, drafts and spreadsheet help.

  • Free plan or free version
  • Mobile app
  • Uses AI to sort or explain your money