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Mint shut down in 2024. Here are the best Mint alternatives in 2026 for budgeting, net-worth tracking, and — if you want more than tracking — a forward-looking plan.

A net-worth simulator projects your wealth forward and lets you toggle decisions to see the impact. Here's how it works and why it beats a static tracker.

A clear framework for deciding whether to pay down debt or invest — comparing guaranteed returns, interest rates, and your emergency fund.

What Monte Carlo retirement forecasting is, why a single projection line is misleading, and how to read percentile ranges and sequence-of-returns risk.

How the avalanche and snowball methods actually work, why avalanche always minimizes interest, when snowball's quick wins are worth the cost, and how to see the exact dollar gap for your own debts.

Why 'rent is throwing money away' is the wrong frame, what owning really costs, why your time horizon dominates the math, and how to find your own breakeven year — no predictions, just arithmetic.