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Why do you think I should use the Google Finance App? How it will help me in my small business?

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Question added by Lana Oudeh , PR Coordinator , Al Ghanem
Date Posted: 2018/05/22
RODEL OPINIO
by RODEL OPINIO , Inventory Clerk , FEU Tech

Here are the top 8 financial apps designed to help you to run your small business or manage personal finances as a freelancer.

IRS2Go

IRS2Go by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is perfect for those who dread tax season. It easily deals with tax reports by tracking returns, checking the refund status, making payments, and allows you to locate free tax preparation assistance. It also includes a secure payment processed through your banking account. The app uses your location to help you seek nearby Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) or Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE). IRS2Go also enables you to make phone calls to the IRS or VITA/TCE locations. One thing to note: the app isn’t able to store the Social Security number (SSN) due to security risks—it has to be entered manually. IRS2Go is available for free on iPhone and Android.

Mint: Money Manager

Mint: Money Manager helps you plan your budget and reduce expenses with accurate, automatic calculations. It can track all of your financial operations via your banking accounts and also can be set up to receive bill reminders. The beauty of this app is that it’s integrated with all major Canadian and US financial institutions and banks. Mint reminds you of upcoming bills and can automatically pay them for you (if necessary). Also, Mint suggests financial accounts with the best interest rates and can provide valuable advice on managing finances not only for your business, but also for you and your family.

As for the app’s cons, as of right now it’s only available to Americans and Canadians, and it also has no percentage-based savings goals. Mint is available for iPhone or Android for free and can be synchronized with Apple Watch.

Goodbudget

Goodbudget is a useful envelope budgeting app. It’s also been downloaded more than 1 million times and has earned the reputation of a faithful companion in preparing financial reports and analyzing expenditures. All of the transactions conducted within your business framework are synced with the cloud. Moreover, you’re granted email support and 5 years of stored transaction history. Users can apply tools like “Bill Keeper” and “Capital One Wallet” to keep up with upcoming bills and procurement processes. It’s synched with multiple devices, giving you a chance to share info with budgeting partners. The app doesn’t have a demo version, so, before choosing its paid version and installing it, it’s best to watch some videos to understand whether it meets your needs. Goodbudget is available on both the App Store and Google Play.

MoneyBook

MoneyBook by Noidentity has a simple and attractive interface. Download this app on your mobile phone you can track all the monetary operations in the form of animated statistics. MoneyBook holds profit and expenses info, makes precise calculations in the currency you need, and it supports an array of languages, including English, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Russian, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch, and Chinese. In case you lose your mobile phone, feel secure using its free cloud backup. As of the time of this article, MoneyBook is available only for iPhone users at the price of $2.99.

Simple Loan Calculator

Simple Loan Calculator by Clean Micro is a good fit for small businesses owners with loans. With this mobile app you can enter your profit value and get info on affordable loan amounts you can spend within a certain period of time. In addition, this calculator can be useful for those who deal with credit sales. The app is free and easy to use, but lacks graphs that could simplify financial information. Currently, it can be downloaded only from the App Store.

Learn: How to Invest in Stocks

Learn: how to invest in stocks by Rubicoin, Ltd. is a great tool for novice investors. It’s a free app with a user-friendly design that teaches you how to invest step by step. With this app you can enjoy 40 lessons of original content that outline the basics of investing in the stock market. If you prefer, you can listen to the audio-only versions on the go and mark what you already learned to track your progress. Download the app for both iPhone or Android.

Toshl Finance

Toshl Finance is a handy expense tracking tool for small business owners. As a budget keeper and bill organizer, the app monitors expenses under the same account, filters budgets by categories and tags, exports PDFs, Excel spreadsheets, Google Docs, and CSV reports. Other Toshl Finance features include: supports for 165 currencies (with real-time exchange rates) and cloud syncing, so you don’t have to worry about losing spending histories. Toshl Finance nicely displays the info, providing charts, expense locations maps, graphs, and notifications when you approach your budget limits, repeated expenses/income within a custom time period, photos of receipts, and more. Download it for iPhone or Android.

Venmo

Venmo is a handy app for sending and receiving money. Forbes calls it a “crown jewel” financial app, and there’s good reason why. Use a recipient’s name, @username, email or phone number to send money immediately. The app won’t allow you to forget your or your partners’ debts, as it stores all the necessary info. It’s also possible to sync Venmo with Facebook or phone contacts. Beyond that, the personal financial info is highly protected thanks to encryption. You can find Venmo on the App Store or Google Play.Each mobile app is useful in its way as it responds to certain needs and requirements. This by no means covers the full list of available apps that can be used by individuals and small businesses to plan and control budgets, expenditures, investments. Need something that’s not already out there? You can turn to mobile development experts with experience with financial app development who can create something fresh and unique by combining some features and functions of the above-mentioned apps.

Malek Mishael
by Malek Mishael , Clinic and medical equipment's performance officer , Al dar hospital

Thanks for invitation,

Know the prices of shares and the movement of circulation and the historical prices and quantities Know the latest news of the world of finance, economy and employment news in the service of the objectives of the small business

 

Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD)
by Ashraf E. Mahmoud (PhD) , University Lecturer, Freelancer Consultant and Trainer for Int'l Business & Banking TF. , FreeLancer

Thanks for invitation,

Agree with our colleagues answers, which I believe already  the covered the subject.

Rathiya Balasubramanian
by Rathiya Balasubramanian , Accounts And Finance Executive , Zengage Technologies

The Google Finance App allows you to import your portfolio, and access the current stocks in the market as well as compare them with other companies of yours respectively. This allows easy access to the market as well as a comparison can be made easily as initially, the only way was to visit the Financial Advisors or track each companies annual report and draw a conclusion. The Google Finance App is a bit handier especially for those with small investments as tracking each company is time-consuming and appointing a Financial advisor to track would not be cost-efficient.

Dewan Abu Ehsan
by Dewan Abu Ehsan , Chief Consultant , Data Management Aid

Business is grwing fast through using different apps. selection of appropriate apps based on the business type and volume of operation is important to proceed with apps you choose. It need to define the clients and customer will reach to through using the apps. 

I would suggest to find the service/product wise apps that will benefit the business and find the best strategies to provide more satisfaction to the users. 

 

Tanya Dcosta
by Tanya Dcosta , cash and treasury analyst , northern trust

The app is free You can track your entire portfolio of investments in one place Based on your investments you get regular news feeds with regards to the companies so you dont need to google search and track things seperately It has a charting feature which enables you to see and evaluate your portfolio performance over a period with just a glance Efficient for managing portfolios on a smaller scale User friendly app

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