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Budget! Lite (Expense Tracker) app review: a simple yet powerful way to keep track of your budget and expenses

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Introduction

If you’re looking for a quick and easy way of tracking your budget and expenses on a day-to-day basis then be sure to check out this handy iPhone and iPad app that enables you to set up all manner of records to reign in your spending habits and help you manage your money a little more effectively.

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There are countless financial tracker apps in the Finance category of the App Store, and at the low end of the price range they offer more or less the same level of functionality, so it really comes down to how everything has been presented as far as I’m concerned.

I would probably class Budget! Lite as a middle-of-the-road development in terms of the features that are on offer; there are probably better budget apps out there but you could also do a whole lot worse, so I’d recommend it to those of you who just want a simple recordkeeping tool.

Budget! Lite (Expense Tracker)

Free

Keep Your Finances Neat and Tidy

Budget! Lite (Expense Tracker) has been developed to act as a simple yet powerful tool that you can use on a daily basis to keep track of your budget and expenses and ensure your spending habits don’t spiral out of control.

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This is also very well suited to those of you who want to control your spending so that you can start saving up some money, and you can record all of your expenses while also sorting them into 10 different categories to keep everything nice and ordered.

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See Your Available Budget In a Visual Format

One little quirk of this app that I really like is the Battery Charge feature. This tells how much money you have left to spend in a very useful visual format so you can just take a quick look and know where you are financially.

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Before making a final decision I’d recommend looking at the Pros & Cons section so that you know exactly what to expect, but other than that I’d say go for it!

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Budget! Lite (Expense Tracker)

Free

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Enjoy a simple yet powerful way to keep track of your budget and expenses
  • Sort your expenses into separate categories to keep things neat and tidy
  • The handy Battery Charge feature tells how much money you have left to spend
  • Set up new budgets or amend your existing one with ease
  • Keep your records safe and secure with passcode protection
  • Create a handy digital backup copy of your records by emailing them to yourself
  • Localized to work with any worldwide currency

Cons

  • Overall, I don’t have any major issues with this app; however, one user has remarked with the following: “Using the words "all," "total," and "everything" is highly deceptive. And saying "No limit to number of expenses" and then saying "lite version is fully functional but is limited to 20 entries" is COMPLETELY CONTRADICTORY. And with a minimum month being 29 days, how would anyone under the age of 13 have less than 20 entries?! THIS SHOULDN'T EVEN GET ANY STARS. Try the Mint app instead; you're better off.”

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Final Words

Budget! Lite (Expense Tracker) for iPhone and iPad makes a very decent addition to the Finance category of the App Store and hey, it’s free!

Budget! Lite (Expense Tracker)

Free
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MarkBangs

Mark is an opinionated writer who loves to review apps. In 2012, he started reviewing Apple apps on a regular basis and wonders how he survived up to that point without these apps.