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Mindspend▲132
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Mar 2026 · mindspend.app
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SpendSlow▲7
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3
Pause▲347
A mental wellness habit
2024
4
PauseBuy▲12
The mindful pause before every online purchase.
Jul 2026 · pausebuy.sevencamps.com
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Savely▲262
The no bullsh*t way to save up money for a vacation 🏖
2021
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Pause 1.0▲152
A mental wellness habit
2024
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Nudge▲38
An app that stops impulse buying before it happens.
Jan 2026
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CoolDown: Mindful Spending Tracker▲2
Pause before you buy. Save more. Stress less.
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com
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Noted▲66
A mindfulness based approach to budgeting
2019
10
Peak Money▲93
Reach your saving goals faster
2019
11
Plan▲87
Finance tracker for goals, incomes, savings in one place.
2020
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Joybudget▲69
A budgeting tool for busy people - all your data is private
2019
13
Swoup▲74
Reach your financial and life goals faster
2018
14
MoneyCoach▲98
Manage money, credit cards, budget & track your spending
2023
15
Worth it▲89
Keeping track of your money, the simple way
2021
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mimble▲75
Get paid to save | The NEW layaway platform
2018
17TI
Turn impulse buys into dream investments▲14
Hi HN, I’ve always struggled with impulse buying—that late-night Amazon scroll or the "deal" that's too good to pass up. I realized I was trading long-term goals for short-term dopamine hits. The core problem is the frictionlessness of modern e-commerce. To fight back, I built Nope It. It’s not just another budgeting app. It's a PWA designed to interrupt the impulse loop at the critical moment. How it works is based on a few key psychological principles: Forced Pause (The Cooldown): Inspired by Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking, Fast and Slow," the app introduces a mandatory 24-hour cooldown on…
2025 · nopeit.app
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FloosYo▲8
Stop money leaks before they drain you
Jul 2026 · floosyo.com
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TapBudget▲3
Break impulse spending before it breaks your plans
Feb 2026 · apps.apple.com
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ThinkBefore▲7
The app that pauses your impulse buys before they happen
Jun 2026 · thinkbefore.web.app
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Pause — Mindful Shopping Recovery▲1
The free, opensource app that helps you pause before you buy
May 2026 · pauuuse.vercel.app
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Pause Habit & Urge Control▲6
Perfect app to leave any of your addiction or bad habit.
Jan 2026
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TapSpent▲2
Private, on-device expense tracking. No bank linking.
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TapJar▲4
For people that just can't save up
Feb 2026

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