Gallery: A Stylish App That Helps You Stick to a Budget

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    Pennies is a new spare, but colorful, personal spending app, created by two British app designers.
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    The goal of Pennies is dead simple money management. No charts or digital ledger balances, just clear tool for keeping to weekly or monthly budgets. Setting up starts with four simple questions, as seen here.
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    A simple color code communicates how healthy or out-of-control spending is. Green means you're great; blue means you should slow down.
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    Red, of course, means you're about to blow your budget.
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    Right now, Pennies might work best for Type A personalities, who don’t really need it. That could change in the long term, as mobile payment apps put our phones at the center of payments.
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