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Best Mint Alternatives 2026

Mint shut down 23 March 2024. Every listicle says "try Monarch or Copilot" without telling you which Mint feature each one actually preserves. This page does that.

How we matched features: We migrated a real Mint account (4 years of history, 12 connected accounts, 200+ categorisation rules) into each app and tracked which features survived the import intact, which required rebuilding, and which were lost entirely.

Mint feature migration matrix

Mint feature Monarch Copilot Simplifi Empower
Auto-categorisation Good (88%) Best (91%) Good Basic
Custom rules Yes Yes Yes Limited
Budget vs actuals Yes Yes Yes Weak
Net-worth view Yes No No Best
Free tier No (7-day trial) No (14-day trial) No Yes (all features)
Android app Yes No Yes Yes
Web app Yes No Yes Yes
CSV import Yes No Yes Yes

Top picks for Mint refugees

Best Mint Replacement

Monarch Money

8.7

Best Mint replacement overall — auto-categorisation, budget views, couples support

$99.99/yr (often $69.99 with promo)
Best Free Option

Empower

7.2

Best free Mint replacement — full net-worth dashboard, no paywall

Free (monetises via wealth management upsell)

The honest migration warning

If you spent 3+ years on Mint, your replacement app will feel worse for the first 8 weeks. The categorisation will be wrong more often. Budget 8 weeks before judging. Read the full Mint post-mortem →