Minty Fresh

November 26, 2009 by Andy
Filed under: Cool Sites, Family 

For a while now I’ve wanted a good personal finance application for our Mac. PC users often like Quicken, but Quicken for Mac apparently doesn’t work nearly as well, and I couldn’t find a good alternative. Then I discovered a free personal finance website called Mint.com.

What I wanted most was a tool to do two things: track our spending against our budget and gather all of our financial account data into one location for easy viewing. With a couple of exceptions, Mint.com does both. I can set a budget for any number of categories (pharmacy, electric bill, groceries, etc.), download my credit card transactions, and easily (often automatically) map the transaction to the category, giving me a running total for each month. If I exceed my budget for a category, the site emails me an alert message. I can rollover my budget from month to month if my spending varies. Sure, it doesn’t have all the advanced features of some programs, but it’s FREE, it’s secure, it works, and I can access it from anywhere.

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  1. Donny on Thu, 26th Nov 2009 2:56 am

    Just FYI, Yodlee MoneyCenter is a competing website that offers much of the same thing. Some people argue that one is better than the other, but I think it really just boils down to personal preference.

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    Andy reply on November 26th, 2009 3:23 am:

    Thanks, Donny. I didn’t realize Mint had any competition. I will check out MoneyCenter. Happy Thanksgiving!

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