Steady Sprout

Budgeting doesn't have to be scary. Steady Sprout makes it friendly, one paycheck at a time. Sprout asks a few easy questions about your pay, bills and cards, then gives every dollar of your paycheck a job: bills, savings, extra toward debt, retirement and spending money. Each day, Today shows how much you can spend until payday. GROW A GARDEN Stay within your spending money and Sprout grows from a seed to a blooming tree. Keep it up and new friends hatch: Pip, Fern and Clover. Off days only pause growth, so nothing is ever lost. GOT EXTRA MONEY? Log a bonus, tax refund or gift and Sprout splits it for you: some to pay down debt, some to your emergency fund and some just for you. Your treat money stays put until you use it. INVESTING BASICS Keep track of a Roth IRA, a brokerage account and your 401(k) at work, with a friendly video that explains how investing works. LEARN A LITTLE EACH…