Just enter an amount into the field and compare how the worth of this amount changed between two year dates, from the year 1800 till 2008.

Features:

• Calculate the inflation of a dollar from 1800 up to 2008.
• Compare how the worth of a particular amount changed between two year dates.
• Based on Consumer Price Index.

Check out The Inflation Calculator @ www.westegg.com/inflation/

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The map itself is easy to grasp and visually appealing. The larger the rectangle of the stock, the larger the market cap. If the rectangle is green the stock price is up, if it is red it is down and dark represents neutrality.

If you place your cursor over any rectangle a company name and related information will pop up. The ‘N’ next to a company means that there is recent news. To learn more about a specific company click it’s rectangle and a vertical menu will appear. This menu will lead you to further information about the company including news updates, financial data and historical graphs. The map automatically updates every 15 minutes.

Features:

• Get a visual idea of the stock market status.
• Customize map by a time period and include highlights.
• Latest news, financial data and historical graphs for any company can be also viewed.
• Search for a particular stock.
• Hide the control panel if preferred.
• The map automatically updates every 15 minutes.
• Read detailed instructions here.
• Free, and no sign up.
• Similar tools: WeSeed, SaneBull, CakeFinancial, Stocks.us and also see related article “5 Free Website Stock Tickers for Financial Geeks“.

Check out Map-Of-The-Markett @ www.smartmoney.com/map-of-the-market (by Alex Ainsberg)

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It also creates rich graphs and reports for a comprehensive analysis of your books. Other features include integration with the popular invoicing tool FreshBooks, advice on how to save tax, credit card and Paypal data import, and the ability to invite your bookkeeper to use the account.

Watch demo videos below to learn more:

Features:

• Free online bookkeeping for businesses.
• Currently for US customers only.
• Track income, expenses, profits and taxes.
• See reports and analyze performance.
• Import data from your credit card, FreshBooks and Paypal accounts.
• Similar tool: BionicBooks.

Check out Outright @ www.outright.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Invoice Journal : Free Invoicing Service
• CurdBee: Easy Billing & Invoicing Web Application
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• BillingBoss: Free Web Based Invoicing Site

The rating takes into account more than 200 factors such as total plan cost, company generosity, investment menu quality… etc. You can also see how plans of other companies in the industry match up, who is managing the plan, the average account balance, service providers and top investment holdings.

All presented data is aggregated from variety of sources such as government agencies, plan prospectuses and donor companies. The site provides a clean interface to view all the data. You can also contribute your own findings and leave comments on any company profile.

Features:

• Understand, compare and evaluate your 401k plan.
• Search for evaluation reports by company name.
• Rating takes into account more than 200 various factors.
• The data is aggregated from reliable sources (government agencies, plan prospectuses and donor companies).
• The report is nicely presented on clean and easy to understand interface.
• Contribute your own findings and leave comments on any company profile.
• Free to use, sign up is needed for some features.

Check out BrightScope @ www.brightscope.com

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• What A Lovely Name: Baby Name Finder

Users may search by bank name or simply select the account type and then refine results by zip-code, rates, distance, balance, health and other features. Clicking on a particular bank listing brings up more detailed info. Users may also add banks to their watch list and get email alerts whenever the bank rates change.

Additionally you can read related articles that provide useful information on finance and banking.

Features:

• Compare banks services and products.
• Search by bank name or browse by account type.
• Refine results by zip-code, rates, distance, balance, health and other features.
• Set and get alerts for rate and balance changes.
• Read related articles on finance and banking.
• Free and simple to use.
• Similar websites: MyBankTracker and Find A Better Bank.

Check out BankFox @ www.bankfox.com

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• WalletWatcher: Track your Budget and Spendings
• Quicken Beam: Check Bank Balance & Get Payment Alerts on Mobile
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To make things easier, the stock market is divided into mini-markets like Construction Stock Market, Energy, Entertainment, Food and so on. Click on a mini-market tab to find related companies in that industry. Alternatively, search to find companies based on what you know and like (chocolate, coffee shops, cars etc).

You can also research companies, read market news, view what other members are buying, read investing tips from experts and watch the value of your portfolio.

Watch video intro below:

Features:

• Free virtual investing site to learn trading on the stock market for free.
• Get virtual cash ($10,000), buy company stocks and build portfolio.
• Find companies to invest in, based on what you know and like (chocoloate, coffe shops, cars etc) or browse related companies by industry (e.g. Food, Construction, Energy, Entertainment).
• Research companies, read market news, view what other members are buying and watch the value of your portfolio on the right hand side.
• Sign up to get virtual money and start building your portfolio.

Check out WeSeed @ www.weseed.com

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• Map-Of-The-Market: Visual Stock Market Map
• CakeFinancial: Social Investing
• WhatsTheCost: Free Financial Calculators
• WatchKnow: 1000s of Educational Videos

Just browse through charts and compare your own financial situation on debt, spending habits  and other metrics against national averages and view other fun facts.

“How the average U.S. consumer spends their paycheck”

Features:

• Interesting and fun economic facts
• View complicated economic stats on easy-to-understand charts and graphs
• Provided by CreditLoan.com

Check out VisualEconomics @ www.visualeconomics.com

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• ManyEyes: Visualize Statistics & Interesting Facts
• ChartsBin: Check out Interesting Charts Online
• ChartGo: App For Graphing & Charting Online
• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder

Some of their calculators:

- Snowball calculator:  shows the most efficient order in which to pay down your debts to minimize your overall interest payments.

- “Buy It Or Not” calculator: tell you whether you should buy an item based on how much you need it, its investment worth and your current cash flow.

Features:

• Online financial calculators to better manage your finances.
• Reduce your spendings and get rid of debt faster by calculating the true long term costs of various financial products (mortgages, loans, credit cars) and costly habits (smoking, drinking).
• Similar sites: Loan Repayment Calculator, MaraCal and Mookal.

Check out WhatsTheCost @ www.whatsthecost.com

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• IRS Withholding Calculator: Calculte Your Income Taxes
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To do your calculations simply go to the site, select what you want to calculate (mortgage or refinance), enter all the figures and click on the calculate.

Screenshot of Mortgage calculator

Screenshot of Refinance calculator:

Features:

• Two in one calculator for mortgage and refinance payments.
• Clean design and easy to use interface.
• Results are easy to understand, additional graphs and tables also included.
• No sign up or email needed to use the calculator.
• Similar tool: MaraCal.

Check out MooKal @ www.mookal.com

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• Free Online Loan Repayment Calc
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• MaraCal : Online Mortgage Calculator
• IRS Withholding Calculator: Calculte Your Income Taxes
• Interior Paint Calculator

All the entered information if fully anonymous. No personal data is stored and is discarded after you exit the program.

It’s a very extensive calculator, so make sure you have your latest tax returns at hand. Proceed by selecting from multiple options and filling out the information according to your personal circumstances.

Once you are done, you will get a page that summarizes your input information and the results, which you can print out for later use

Features:

• Calculate your net pay after income taxes
• Online calculator provided by IRS (Internal Revenue Service). US citizens only
• No registration, all the data is anonymous and is discarded after you exit the application

Check out IRS Withholding Calculator @ www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96196,00.html

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In addition to having a live stock market monitor that provides live quotes, real-time news and investment tools, SaneBull has ready-to-integrate widgets for everything from US market indexes to foreign exchange rates to gold futures. Just copy the html code and paste it into your website or blog. If you think that’s too much work, SaneBull has plugins for iPhone, Facebook, WordPress and Mac.

Main features:

• Provides widgets and plugins for real-time monitoring of financial markets.
• Easy to use interface with latest news and investment tools.
• Integrate widgets into your website with a few steps.
• Widgets for US and international financial markets.
• Plugins for Wordpress, iPhone, Mac OS X, Vista and Facebook.
• Live news updates from all over the world.

Check out SaneBull @ www.sanebull.com (by Tehseen Baweja from RechargeYourMind.com)

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• Stocks.us : Live Stock Market News
• Map-Of-The-Market: Visual Stock Market Map
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Site compares different banks and tells you which accounts and credit cars offer a better deal based on their interest rates and whether you should switch.

Your spending is automatically categorized by your spending expenses. You can see how much you spend on each item and how much you could save by cutting down on each item over in the long term.

Based on your current financial health, you are given a score from 0 to 10, which helps you plan your future purchases and set long-term financial goals. You can see where you will be in 6 months or 6 years from now based on choices you make today.

Features:

• Personal budget management and planning.
• Import and organize all your accounts (credit cards, retirement, savings, investment) in one place and get a quick overview of your financial situation at a glance.
• Get personalized advice on how much to save, where to invest and how to reduce your spending.
• Plan your future purchases and set long-term financial goals.
• Site has partnered with over 8000 banks and financial institutions, which lets you instantly import all your accounts along with balances and transaction histories.
• Free, sign up to get started.
• Similar website: BudgetTracker, Rudder, Texthog and several more.

Check out Thrive @ www.justthrive.com

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In addition to bank reviews and ratings the site also offers financial tools like APY calculator and APR loan calculator. You also get to see the top credit card deals, rewards, risk free no penalty CD rates, low interest credit card offers and much more.

As you can see, the site has an excellent design and a clean user interface. I’m no finance wizard but I can definitely say that during this period of financial turmoil, this site could be a great help to many US citizens who would want to find new deals on loans, cards, check out on banks’ performance and consolidate their finance portfolios.

Check out MyBankTracker @www.mybanktracker.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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Anyone can search for money saving tips and browse them by category such as finance, eco, heath, tech, shopping, kids & family, car & transit, food, vacation, at home, at work and misk. There is also a popular tips section where top voted tips are listed.

Registering on the site enable users to add their own tips and vote tips submitted by others.

Some important features:

• Collection of user contributed money saving suggestions.
• Tips can be searched or browsed  by categories.
• Voting on tips (registered users only)
• The site keeps track of the number of votes and tips users contribute.
• Free and easy to use.

For more info watch video below:

Check out TipJar @ www.google.com/tipjar (by Ankur Jain from www.LearnQTP.com)

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CurdBee allows you to create professional invoices with your logo and company details on it, send your invoices to clients and collect payments through Google checkout or Paypal. You can maintain detailed information on your clients and store information about all your products/services.

Features:

• Online billing and invoicing tool.
• Create professional looking invoices with your company’s logo.
• See and change status of your invoices.
• Send invoices and collect payments in multiple currencies.
• Maintain list and details of all your clients.
• See all the invoices associated with a particular client.
• Store information about all your products/services as items.
• Insert items directly into your invoice.
• Accept payments using Google checkout or paypal.
• Similar websites: Invoice Journal and InvoicePlace.

Check out CurdBee @ www.curdbee.com (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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Here is how it works:

Lenders browse through the profiles of borrowers and select a borrower they want to lend to. You don’t have to lend the full amount the borrower is seeking, instead, you can lend just a portion of it. You can decide whom to lend to based on their requirements, their history, their origin e.t.c. Once you have decided how much you want to lend, just pay that money to Kiva through your paypal or credit card and Kiva passes it along to the borrower. The borrower then pay you back over time. Kiva works like any other loan, but it puts the power in your hand to lend to somebody who really need the money and gives you the ability to change some body’s life.

Features:

• Lend money to poor people.
• Lend the full amount or a portion of what they need.
• See complete profile and requirements of the borrower before you lend.
• Help your family & friends change lives too by giving them a Kiva gift certificate.
• Support Kiva by buying their cafepress products like mugs.
• Each borrower is first screened by a field partner of Kiva to make sure they have the ability to pay.

Visit Kiva @ www.kiva.org (Contributed By Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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• WalletWatcher: Track your Budget and Spendings

There is no need to go to 10-12 different websites each day to check your account balances, monthly statements and bills. Just consolidate all your information on Rudder once and then keep track of all from a single place for free.

Rudder is similar to online services like Mint but it is a much simpler interface and functionality and moreover, it also shows you how much money you have in total or in each account. Rudder uses the same data services as 4 out of 5 top US banks so security is top notch.

Here are some of the main features of Rudder:

• Easy personal finance tracking and management.
• Keep track of all your credit cards and bank accounts at one platform.
• Get reminders for your bills in your inbox.
• Always know how much you have left to spend.
• Avoid late fees and overdraft fees.
• See a forecast of your future cash flow.
• One of the most secure data services, they never store your passwords.
• For more similar tools go to MakeUseOf finance section.

Check out Rudder @ Rudder.com (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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BionicBooks also has a user community where they can share tips, ask questions and find people in the same situation.

Features

• Free free online accounting for small businesses and startups.
• Secure and ideal for startups and small businesses.
• Nice user interface with tabs.
• All aspects of online accounting software are explained non-technically.
• Lets you keep track of  VAT and  multilevel sales taxes.
• Allows you to maintain your accounts with an up to date balance sheet and profit and loss statements.

Check out BionicBooks @ www.bionicbooks.com (Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Streetread basically aggregates the latest headlines from over 20 of the leading finance sites on the web and the various stocks based on your preference.

The interface is simple, fast and easy to understand. Registration is not mandatory, however doing that would give you more customization options.

Clicking on a news headline opens the article within its interface and there are no annoying pop ups. Also you could easily get the information about a stock and the latest news related to it doing the rounds.

Check out Streetread @ www.streetread.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• Stocks.us : Live Stock Market News
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Once you have signed up for an account, find and select your bank and add your account details by following instructions. Now you can begin adding reminders alerts, payment due alerts and so on.

Features:

• Check your bank account balance from mobile phone.
• Keep track of your daily spendings and transactions.
• Setup and receive text message reminders and payment due alerts.
• Manage your Quicken Beam account from your PC or mobile phone.
• Available only to US users.
• iPhone optimized.
• See all features and how to instructions here.

Quicken Beam is a 100% free service, however please keep in mind that your mobile provider may charge you for standard text messaging fees (unless your service plan includes unlimited text messaging).

Get Quicken Beam @ quickenbeam.intuit.com

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Account Overview

Once you have logged in to your account you will see 5 different sections: My Bank Accounts, My Budget , My Bills, My Calendar and Transaction Registry.

My Bank Accounts: Manage credit cards and bank accounts.

My Budget: Organize all your monthly expenses and keep track of their totals. The page is categorized by categories i.e. Auto and further divided into sub-categories like gasoline, insurance, etc.



My Bills: Manage monthly bills from one place and track which bills have been paid and which are still due. The alerts can be delivered to the email or mobile phone.



My Calendar: Save appointments, track upcoming bills, get reminder alerts before the payment due dates, and more. All recurrent bills will be automatically added to the calendar.

Transaction Registry: Keep track of monthly transactions.

Customize BudgetTracker

BudgetTracker provides plenty of options when it comes to customizing the interface. First of all, it allows you to choose the colors and layout of the site. For instance, some of the options include adding glass effects to menus, rounded corners, different schemes, and text font settings (size and family).

Users also have an option to switch between ‘advanced’ and ’simple’ menus. You can do so with a single click. While the advanced menu has a lot more features, the simple one is less overwhelming and maybe a better choice for simple budgeting.

Simple Menu:

Advanced Menu:

You can also clean-up the stuff you see on the screen. The setting page gives you plenty of choices when it comes to what should stay and what not.

Fees

The site offers both free and paid accounts. The free account has some limitations but still provides enough features for general usage. The current fee on the site is free for basic usage and $2.95/mo or $24.95/year for unlimited usage.

That’s pretty much it, make sure to check BudgetTracker out. If you have any other questions, see their FAQ section.

Go to BudgetTracker @ www.budgettracker.com

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If you feel poor simply because you can’t afford a bigger house or that fancy car you always wanted then give it a try. It’ll make you feel better. If you’re reading this blog there is a good chance you’re a lot better off than you might think. Just enter your annual income into the provided field and hit ’show me the money’ button. See the screenshot below.

Go to Global Rich List @ www.globalrichlist.com

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As you can see above, you will be also presented with a pie chart comparing your original loan amount to the accumulated interest amount.

Talking about loans, you might also be interested in Maracal, an online mortgage calculator. It does an excellent job at breaking down the repayment plan for your home mortgage loan.

Check out Loan Repaymnet Calculator @ www.loanexplorer.co.uk/loan-repayment-calculator

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Features:

• Manage your budget and track spending habits online.
• Set budgets for different areas and find out where your money goes.
• Assign transactions to different categories (Shopping, Going out etc.)
• Get detailed spending reports including all of your monthly transactions.
• Set monthly or yearly reminders for direct debit and bill payments.
• Mobile access: Add transactions and lookup remaining budget from your mobile phone.

Visit WalletWatcher @ [ www.walletwatcher.com ]

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‘Find A Better Bank’ Features

• Compare all banks located within certain distance from your zipcode.
• Option to include / exclude : Branchless/Internet banks, student accounts, accounts for people over 50.
• Compare banks by features: Interest on balances, Overdraft Protection, Online Bill Pay Service, 24-hour telephone banking, etc.
• Compare banks by fees: Monthly Service Fee, Non-Bank ATM Surcharge, Insufficient Funds Fee, Overdraft Protection Transfer Fee, Check processing fee, Foreign ATM Withdrawal Fee, Quicken or MS Money set-up fee etc.
• Estimate yearly bank fees.
• Currently tracks about 50 top US banks and a handful of smaller regional banks. More banks being added every week.
• For additional details about how FBB works see its FAQ section.

Note (from FindABetterBank) : “We make money through advertisements and fees collected from participating banks and credit unions. Our partners have no influence over the content presented about their accounts.”

Check out Find A Better Bank @ www.findabetterbank.com

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“Our mission at Cake is to remove the mystery around investing and help you to perform better. We were founded upon the belief that having access to real people and real portfolios is better than relying on a single underperforming and expensive professional.”

Cake Features

• Automatically track your performance across all of your online brokerage accounts.
• Performance Rankings: See where you stand in comparison to other members.
• Buzz: most popular users, top performers, most popular journal posts, most watched stocks, most selling, and more.
• Search CakeFinancial by company name, symbol or screen name.
• Add people to your network and get alerted when they make trades.
• Your net worth, portfolio sizes or the cost basis of positions always remain anonymous.
• Wondering if CakeFinancial is secure? Read more on security and privacy measures here.
• For more details go to CakeFinancial FAQ page.

Go to CakeFinancial [www.cakefinancial.com]

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Mint.com: “Constantly working to find you savings: Mint typically finds users $1,000 in savings opportunities in their first session – minutes after registering.”

Feature Overview

• 100% automated and easy-to-use: You can be up and running in less than 5 minutes.
• Stay up-to-date on all of your bank accounts and credit cards: Mint supports over 3,500 US banks and credit card companies.
• Financial Health feature: compares your cash and debt so you know at-a-glance how you are doing financially.
• Automatically categorize you spendings. You don’t need to save (or do) anything, Mint can identify the nature of each expense on its own.
• Visualize you spendings by category (i.e. Shopping, Groceries), cash vs. debt, Current monthly saving vs. mint-recommended monthly savings, etc.
• Label transactions (eg. split with friends, reimbursed by company, etc)
• Set custom Alerts & Notifications (via email or SMS) for: low balances in any checking/savings account, credit card bill due dates, high/unusual spendings (i.e. Shopping, Dining, Gas), ATM fees and bank charges, etc.
• Custom financial advise and tips: Mint analyzes your data and finds deals that will save you money (see image above).
• Secure and Anonymous: Mint.com uses bank-level data security and SSL 128-bit encryption.
• Mint EDU: Finance and Budgeting Tips (A Young Professional’s Car Buying Guide, My Dumbest Investment)

User Testimonial: “I just want to say Mint is AMAZING. I haven’t had a financial program that could sync ALL of my accounts without a hitch. You guys have something great here.”

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• Billmonk
• Xpenser: Mobile Expense Tracker
• WalletWatcher: Track your Budget and Spendings
• Scred : Track Shared Expenses
• DimeTracker: Budget and Expense Tracking

- Update rate: information is updated every 15 minutes.
- Stocks.us tracks all stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq 100, and S&P 500.

Go to Stocks.us www.stock.us (update: no longer online)

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• WeSeed: Learn The Stock Market For Free Online
• Streetread: Excellent Finance News And Resource Aggregator
• SaneBull: Add Financial Market Tracking Widget to your Site or Desktop
• ReadFresh: Online Startpage To Monitor Sites For Updates
• Map-Of-The-Market: Visual Stock Market Map

Billeo Features

• Organize and pay bills right from the browser toolbar (Firefox, Internet Explorer).
• Schedule reminders for upcoming bills.
• View reports and visualize your spending habits (graphs).
• Compare your utility (or other) bills with others in your area.
• Store a copy of all receipts and payment confirmations.
• Billeo Password Assistant: Secure password manager and form auto-filler.
• Billeo Shopping Assistant: Auto-fill billing, name, and address details. Store and Manage online payment receipts.
• Want to learn more? Check out Billeo FAQ page OR go to demo tour section.

Note from CNET Billeo Review: Though the information is stored on your computer with AES 128-bit encryption, some personal information is transferred to the publisher of this application. Novices to advanced users looking for an autofilling tool with all-in-one bill-pay reminders may find this freeware useful.

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• WhatsTheCost: Free Financial Calculators
• WeSeed: Learn The Stock Market For Free Online
• WalletWatcher: Track your Budget and Spendings
• Thrive: Organize Your Budget & Plan Ahead
• The Inflation Calculator: See Value Of US Dollar Over Time

Features:

• Easily track shared expenses (shared bills)
• Easily settle debts through obopay
• Track other items that you have and have lent out (books, movies, etc.)
• Catalog your items (export into myspace profile) and browse through cataloged items of your freinds
• Export list of your friends from Facebook into your Billmonk account
• Freely log expenses and shared bills to Billmonk via sms
• Flexible notification system (you choose settings on which actions should Billmonk notify you)

Visit: Billmonk

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• Mint: Automated Budgeting and Expense Tracking Tool
• Xpenser: Mobile Expense Tracker
• WalletWatcher: Track your Budget and Spendings
• Scred : Track Shared Expenses
• DimeTracker: Budget and Expense Tracking