Personal finance apps for your smartphone

Personal finance apps for your smartphone can be a very useful tool for tracking your expenditure.

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When it comes to organising our finances, some of us half-heartedly update an Excel spreadsheet every few months. Then there are those who know their account balances down to the penny. If you're more the former than the latter, there are several apps (there always are) designed to help you, or perhaps your children, keep track of your money.

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Sarah is MoneyWeek's investment editor. She graduated from the University of Southampton with a BA in English and History, before going on to complete a graduate diploma in law at the College of Law in Guildford. She joined MoneyWeek in 2014 and writes on funds, personal finance, pensions and property.