expense control apps

Here are the best expense tracking app to create and track a trip budget for your next vacation:

Tripcoin. 

As you head off on your next adventure, don't let the lack of a good internet connection prevent you from staying up-to-date on your expense tracking and budgeting. 

Tripcoin works with or without an internet connection, so you can rely on it in even the most remote areas. 

Use it to get a snapshot of all your expenses for the day, see how your actual spending compares with your budget and spot which spending categories are eating up your budget the fastest. 

You can also set up custom categories and custom payment methods to smooth out transactions while you're on the road.

Tripcoin supports more than 200 currencies and converts between them automatically using current market exchange rates, which the app downloads daily, or using custom ones you set. 

Tripcoin is free and available for iOS.

Trabee Pocket. 

You can label your budget for different trips and destinations with Trabee Pocket and switch between currencies with ease. 

One of the great features of this app is the ability to categorize your purchases as cash or credit, so you know how much you are spending on plastic. 

This can be especially helpful if you're using a travel rewards credit card or another credit card that you plan on paying off later. 

When you get home, pull up a report of all credit card purchases, so you can pay off the balance on time. 

Trabee Pocket is free and available for both iOS and Android.

Splitwise. 

All the apps profiled here do a great job of storing receipts and tracking expenses for solo travelers. 

But what if you're traveling with a group and need to split up the cost? That's where Splitwise comes in. 

Add your travel colleagues to the app, set up a trip and let the app track who owes whom. 

At the end of the trip, settling up is easy – just use PayPal or Venmo accounts, accessible via the app, to transfer funds. 

Splitwise is robust enough to tackle tough bill-splitting situations, such as shared housing, and an optional iPhone add-on app called Plates makes splitting the bill at the restaurant easy, too. 

Unfortunately, Splitwise does not handle currency exchange rates as the other apps included here do. 

If you can tolerate that absence, the app is a good addition to your digital financial arsenal. 

Splitwise is free and available for Android, iOS and on the web.