Six Apps That Help You Track And Stick To A Budget

The Verge highlights a number of different tools that facilitate budgeting and financial cash flow tracking, including:

1. The old stalwart Mint.com
2. You Need A Budget: it captures spending information and makes it easy to categorize it (from savings to everyday expenses or various monthly bills) 
3. Digit: it focuses on automating savings tied to specific short-to-intermediate-term goals, and tracking savings progress along the way,
4. Buxfer: a personal accounting software
5. Credit Karma: it doesn’t actually track a spending budget, but is good for credit score monitoring and identify theft monitoring.
6. Build your own spreadsheet using Google Sheets, or Microsoft’s new Money In Excel tool