Website: cashcontrol.co.nz
What it does
Cash Control has practical and intuitive ways of looking at your expenses, breaking them down into “weekly” expenses and big-ticket items. The process of recording your income and setting future spending amounts is easy. And the budget relates to you – because you decide what income and spending categories to use.
Throughout the year you manually load what you spend on big-ticket expenses and the website has useful summary tools that warn when you’re straying too far from your spending and savings plan.
Who it suits
We think this is a great website if you’re new to budgeting. It would really suit teenagers getting their first job or people who’ve never tried budgeting – and also people who have struggled and failed with budgets.
Smart bit
What everybody liked was the way it went beyond just giving you information. It provided a practical plan for achieving your goals. For example, it recommends you take out cash to pay for regular expenses and pay for big items with automatic payments through a separate account. You’re told when and how to do this – and you get email prompts to remind you what you should be doing. There are also follow-up emails to see how you’re getting on.
Cost
Cash Control costs a dollar a week (including regular email contact with a budget coach).
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