Penny A Day

Penny A Day is an easy-to-use app that gives you a basic insight on savings by enabling you to calculate the total amount of money you would save over the course of one or more years by putting aside a small amount every day. It shows charts and lets you export data to file.

The tool can be downloaded and installed from the Windows Store with one click, thanks to the fact that it's trusted by Microsoft. It's wrapped in a Modern UI, which means that it's optimized for devices with touch support, due to its large buttons that can be tapped as well as sliders that can be tapped and dragged. After setup, it gets integrated with your Start Screen or Menu, so you can launch it like a pinned app.

In the main window, you will notice three circular buttons on the left, corresponding to $2, $5 and $10. Clicking one will add that amount to the total, which is shown on the right side ($n a day).

Also, you can click and drag the first slider beneath the chart to set the percent level of the compound interest, and the second slider to set the number of years, ranging from 1 to 25.

By taking into account the total sum, Penny A Day instantly calculates and displays the total amount contributed, interest earned, and total amount saved.

If you want to save data to file, the utility will create a CSV report with the safe amount, annual rate, and amount contributed each year. It's also possible to reset the counters with one click to make a new calculations.

Taking everything into consideration, Penny A Day proves to be a simple and practical tool for getting an overview on daily savings. Unfortunately, no other currency is supported besides dollar.