Are you very tight this month and would you like to save some money? You can with an iPhone in your pocket! With these tips you can make sure you can easily save money with your iPhone, so that you have more left over for fun things.
Save money with apps
With the iPhone in your pocket and the right apps you can save money. Certainly in difficult economic times everyone wants to spend a little less money. With these apps you not only know where to find the lowest prices, but you can also see what you spent your money on. In short: save money with apps on your iPhone, in different categories.
- Know what you are spending
- Groceries
- Energy costs
- Parking and refueling
- Eating out cheaper
- Declare
# 1 Know what you’ve spent
Knowing where your money is going is the first step to save. In the App Store you will find many apps with which you can keep an eye on your budget and register your expenses. We’ve covered quite a few of these apps over the years, and you’ll find some suggestions in our personal finance apps guide. For direct insight into your accounts, there are of course the apps from the banks. They also provide more and more insight into your banking affairs. For example, you can see what will be charged soon at ING and Rabobank.
# 2 Cheaper groceries
Your iPhone can also help you run errands. With the Advertising folder app you always have an overview of all folders within reach. You can easily browse through the offers of many well-known chain stores, but also some supermarkets. You can also use Scoupy, with which you can even get an extra discount in the form of cashback. You take a photo of your receipt with your iPhone and you get a part of the purchase price back.
Albert Heijn’s app shows you the very latest Bonus offers, while the Lidl app allows you to request offers from all Lidl supermarkets. If you like to shop at the Jumbo, they also have a separate app where you can find all the offers. With the apps from Jumbo and Albert Heijn you can even order groceries and have them delivered, saving you time. And as you know: time is money. Also check out our list of iPhone supermarket apps for more useful apps.
Another good option is the Too Good to Go app. This app aims to combat food waste. Restaurants and shops affiliated with the app offer meals at a low price that would otherwise be thrown out. Participating partners are restaurants, bakeries, caterers and much more. Sometimes they offer complete meals, but often they also include ingredients such as bread or vegetables. Whatever you get, you often save a lot of pocket money.
# 3 Keep an eye on energy costs
If you want to save money on your energy costs, you can use all kinds of apps for this in combination with a smart energy meter. Oxxio’s app (link) works with all energy companies, so it doesn’t matter from which supplier you have a smart meter. This app automatically reads your meter readings, so you get better insight into your consumption. Eneco has developed the Toon, a programmable thermostat with iOS app (link). Are you with the former Nuon, then they also have an app ready for you that gives advice on your installment amount and provides insight into your consumption.
# 4 Cheaper fuel and parking
If you have a car, you can save money by refueling cheaper and parking smartly. There is one app that combines both things. With ANWB Onderweg (link) you can see where you can park cheaper and you can see the fuel prices at petrol stations nearby. In addition, you will quickly find charging stations if you have an electric car. Using the colors on a card, you can quickly see the rates for parking on the street.
There are many more iPhone parking apps that help you keep your parking costs in check. Large and well-known apps are Parkmobile and Yellowbrick. Both apps allow you to pay parking fees in many municipalities in the Netherlands, so that you no longer throw too much money into the parking meter. With Yellowbrick it is also possible to pay at Q-Park garages that you can find anywhere in the Netherlands.
# 5 Cheaper food
You don’t always just want to cook yourself. Occasionally it is also nice to eat out or order food.
If the restaurants are closed due to the corona crisis, you can still enjoy meals from renowned restaurants. Many restaurants offer their meals via delivery services, which means that you can get the same quality of home, but for a much lower price than if you were sitting at a set table. As soon as the restaurants open again you have the following tip. The Home Delivery app often used to contain mediocre pizzerias and average food, but recently there have also been really good restaurants. Support the local hospitality industry!
If you want to pay attention to the little ones, there are all kinds of restaurant apps for this, with which you can filter by price. Restaurant app The Fork lets you filter by price, for example, so that you only find the cheapest restaurants in your area.
In Google Maps and Apple Maps you can see how expensive a restaurant is by the number of euro signs. With the app Het Laatste Tafeltje you can eat at a discount at restaurants that want a bit more audience.
# 6 Record expenses
If you are chaotic, you often forget to record the kilometers driven, accidentally throw away receipts and forget about costs that you could have declared on behalf of your company. You can, of course, note expenses in the Notes app, but it is easier to use a separate expense app. With Klippa (link) and Moneybird (link) you can scan your receipts. Dutch is also Declaree (link), an app with which you can quickly record declarations. An accountant can then easily find the expenses via the accompanying website. There is the Gekko app especially for self-employed people and small entrepreneurs. With Gekko Coupons you can easily and quickly take photos of your receipts.
Also check out our list of the best apps for freshmen for iPhone. In it you will find apps to learn to cook with, find a roommate, keep track of joint expenses and find friends.
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