{"id":3833,"date":"2007-12-15T18:30:27","date_gmt":"2007-12-15T17:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/5-tools-to-keep-track-of-your-christmas-spending\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:37:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:37:58","slug":"5-tools-to-keep-track-of-your-christmas-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/5-tools-to-keep-track-of-your-christmas-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"5 tools to keep track of your Christmas spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Dollar sign\" id=\"image3832\" title=\"Dollar sign\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2007\/12\/dollar-sign.png\" \/>Ok, call me Scrooge but Christmas is that time of year when I get carried away and wake up with the mother of all hangovers in January &#8211; and it&#8217;s got nothing to do with alcohol. Yes, it&#8217;s that moment when I check my bank balance and I feel like Santa has taken me for a sleigh ride. If you&#8217;re Christmas shopping on a budget or are a bit worried how much you&#8217;re spending, there are several applications out there that can help you. Here is a selection of five to put in your PC&#8217;s stocking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/budget.en.softonic.com\">Budget<\/a> &#8211; Nice simple graphics and separates credit from debit cards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/budget-advisor.en.softonic.com\">Budget Advisor<\/a> &#8211; Takes a month by month approach to spending<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rylstim-budget.en.softonic.com\">Rylstim Budget<\/a> &#8211; Categorizes spending methods and breaks down daily outgoings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/accounts-budget.en.softonic.com\">Accounts &amp; Budget<\/a> &#8211; Budget tracking with a professional feel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/acemoney.en.softonic.com\">AceMoney<\/a> &#8211; In depth analysis and budget predictions for your year and beyond<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, call me Scrooge but Christmas is that time of year when I get carried away and wake up with the mother of all hangovers in January &#8211; and it&#8217;s got nothing to do with alcohol. Yes, it&#8217;s that moment when I check my bank balance and I feel like Santa has taken me for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/5-tools-to-keep-track-of-your-christmas-spending\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;5 tools to keep track of your Christmas spending&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2009,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-3833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336586,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833\/revisions\/336586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3833"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=3833"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=3833"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=3833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}