Best personal expenses and finance apps for Windows Phone

Now that Windows Phone is really on the map with the support of dual-core processors and HD screens, among other goodies, and innovative handsets like the Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC 8X, Microsoft is promising a huge boost for its app ecosystem, as more and more people equip themselves with those phones.

It's time to look into the Windows Store and see what apps are available for the influx of new users to manage their personal finances from the get-go, and maybe some existing WP users can find their favorite here too.

Many popular titles that are available for the other platforms are here as well, so if you are switching, you might as well drag your data with you. There are also a few WP-specific apps, which are pretty well made, and we are rounding a few of our personal finance favorites to check out, and keep those expenses in check.

Best personal expenses apps for Windows Phone

1. My Expenses (free)

My Expenses for Windows Phone is almost too good to be free, as it offers categorized expense and income entries, budget management, time period views, and handy charts to visualize your profligacy.

When you add the ability to backup your data to SkyDrive, the Live Tile support, the mmultiple export options, and the notes and reminders option for your entries, there's hardly anything missing.

2. Toshl Finance

You know Toshl, tight? It is available on almost every major platform, so if you have been already using it, you can just log onto your account from your Windows Phone, and sync your prior info.

The apps offers a great and simple interface, and all bells and whistles for managing a budget with income and expenses. If you want to manage more than one budget, or need more export formats, you'd have to dole out for ToshlPro, though, and that's $20 annually. 

3. Expensify (free)

Best things in life are free, and, as users on other platforms know, Expensify is one of the best options to manage your expense reports, complete with receipt scanning, creating a report and emailing it for you. Road warriors will appreciate it.

4. Finance Helper (free)

All-in-one income/expenses tracker, including recurring items like bill payments, which can be displayed on a Live Tile as "due soon" or "past due", for example. In addition to loan payments calculator, you also get numerous export options and syncing with Windows 8.

5. myMoneyBook ($2.99)

With a great Modern UI interface, and all the necessary options to manage a balanced budget, including backup, myMoney Book should be on the top of every Windows Phone owner's list for a personal finance app. It has an edge in terms of versatile Live Tile display of your content, but one caveat, too - it is paid, to the tune of $2.99.