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Made by the famous finance expert, Dave Ramsey, Every Dollar is a way of budgeting your money with his envelope method, only in a digital form.

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For Millennials, paying off their student loans is something on most of our minds. Student Loan Hero is designed to help you figure out how to pay off your loans faster. It also brings you offers for consolidating your loans to lower your monthly payments.

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Acorns takes the extra change left over from purchases made on your debit card, and puts it into a savings account. It’s sort of like putting your spare change in a mason jar. This is an easy way to save, without even really thinking about it.

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5. Quickbooks Self Employed

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7. You Need a Budget

The You Need a Budget app syncs with your bank accounts to help you budget your money, as well as save for future goals. It will tell your your average spending, as well as giving an estimate of how long it will take you to get out of debt.

8. Wally

The Wally app is free, and it helps you track your spending and create a weekly to monthly budget. It includes what you’ve spent each day of the week, and what sort of items you were purchasing. Once you see your spending laid out on this app, you can make better decisions with your money.

9. Betterment

If you ever wanted to get into investing in the stock market, but you don’t have a lot of money and time to research, Betterment might be for you. They use “robo-investor” technology alongside dividing your savings into various goals. This not only helps you save, but you have the potential to earn money on these investments.

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If you are new to diversifying your investment portfolio, you can use WealthSimple to make intelligent decisions on your behalf, and invest your money in low-cost index funds. There's a growing school of thought among finance professionals that index funds are lower risk and perform better than brokers picking individual stocks.

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