App Review Tags : "finance"

If one thing became painfully clear from this week’s Budget, it’s that we’re all doomed. Badly doomed. Even more doomed than we were last week. In fact ‘doom’ is the only thing we now have an abundance of. So with belts tightened to the point of bisection and austerity the new black, thank the cut-price gods for Koopio! read more

Search for BBC News in Android Market and you’ll get reams of results, all of them unofficial. Launched on iPhone mid-last year, it’s taken the Beeb 10 months to finally get round to coding its news app for Android. In the meantime, numerous charlatans have been plying their wares using the BBC’s good name. So does the official app have what it takes? read more

We all tend to use PayPal, at the very least, for the buying and selling of items on eBay. The PayPal Mobile app attempts to make it easier to send and request payments from wherever you happen to be at the time. The app goes beyond this, though, with features that might tempt you to use PayPal for more than online auctions.

PayPal didn’t get where it is by making things overly complex, and at the heart of the mobile app you’ll find simple tools to send or request payments to and from other PayPal users. The app makes things easier by tracking recent contacts, and proves ideal for handling eBay payments while on the move. read more


The Android Marketplace isn’t short of apps that promise to help you to balance your books, help you to save money, or even prevent you from going overdrawn. EasyMoney is undoubtedly one of the best, but you will have to put in a little effort – and maintain some discipline – in order to derive the full benefit of what it can do for you. read more

Cashbook is the Swiss Army Knife of Android finance-apps, with features to track income and expenditure, and then log both business and personal expenses. Additional features, such as a mileage log, will undoubtedly prove a boon to small businesses, agents, or consultants. It’s well priced, too. read more