A health savings account is one of the most powerful tools in personal finance, but most people treat it as a separate account, logging into a different portal to check their HSA balance while their budgeting app tracks everything else.

The better approach is connecting your HSA to the same financial dashboard you use for checking, savings, investments, and credit cards. When your healthcare spending shows up alongside everything else, you can plan contributions more strategically, catch reimbursable expenses before they disappear into a pile of receipts, and see how your HSA investment portfolio fits into your broader net worth.

Quicken Simplifi earns the top spot for HSA users in 2026. With connections to over 14,000 financial institutions — including major HSA custodians — and a forward-looking Spending Plan that shows where your money is going before it’s gone, Simplifi gives you the kind of whole-picture visibility that changes how you think about healthcare spending. Below, you’ll find the best budgeting apps for HSA users alongside the best HSA custodians to pair with them.


At a glance

AppBest forPricePlatforms
Quicken SimplifiBest overallFrom $3.99/mo¹Web, iOS, Android
Quicken Business & PersonalSelf-employed HSA holdersFrom $4.99/mo¹Web, iOS, Android
Empower Personal DashboardFree tracking with investment visibilityFreeWeb, iOS, Android
Tiller MoneySpreadsheet-based HSA tracking$99/yearGoogle Sheets, Excel
PocketSmithLong-range cash flow forecastingSee pocketsmith.comWeb, iOS, Android
CopilotApple ecosystem usersFrom $7.92/mo²iPhone, iPad, Mac, Web

¹ Promotional pricing, billed annually.
² Billed annually ($95/year); $13/month billed monthly.


What to look for in budgeting software that works with your HSA

Broad institution coverage. Your HSA custodian needs to be in the app’s network. The most capable apps connect to tens of thousands of institutions, so your HSA can appear in the same dashboard as your checking and investment accounts. Thinner networks mean more manual work and more gaps in your financial picture.

Transaction tracking for medical spending. HSA accounts generate a specific category of spending that most people want to track separately from groceries, utilities, and subscriptions. Look for apps that support custom categories, so you can organize copays, prescriptions, dental bills, and other healthcare costs in a way that makes sense for your situation.

Cash flow forecasting. HSA contributions are predictable; medical expenses often aren’t. Budgeting software with meaningful cash flow tools helps you model the gap between what you expect to contribute and what you might need.

Investment visibility. If you invest your HSA, you need a budgeting app that shows those returns alongside the rest of your portfolio. An HSA that’s growing through index fund investments looks very different than one sitting in a cash sweep account. Your net worth tracker should reflect that difference.


The best budgeting apps for HSA users in 2026

Quicken Simplifi — best overall

Quicken Simplifi is the strongest all-around choice for HSA users who want a single dashboard that brings every financial account into one view. It connects to over 14,000 financial institutions through multiple aggregation partners, which means the major HSA custodians are already in its network. Once connected, your HSA balance and transactions appear right alongside your other accounts — no separate login, no manual entry.

What makes Simplifi particularly well-suited to HSA planning is its forward-looking toolset. The Spending Plan doesn’t just show what you’ve already spent; it tracks committed spending and shows where your money is going. Projected Cash Flows extends that view up to a year ahead, so you can see how a large upcoming medical bill, a contribution transfer, or an HSA investment move will land in the context of your broader budget. Savings Goals let you set aside money for planned healthcare expenses, and the Investments view tracks time-weighted return (TWR) and internal rate of return (IRR) across all connected accounts — including any HSA investment portfolio. The Retirement Planner works with up to 15 customizable variables for modeling long-term scenarios.

Simplifi has earned consistent recognition from independent reviewers. Named Best App for Planners by CNBC Select for three consecutive years (2024, 2025, and 2026), Best Overall by PC Magazine in 2024 and 2025, Personal Finance App of the Year by the 2026 FinTech Breakthrough Awards, Best Financial Services by Time in 2026, and Best for a Comprehensive Overview of Your Finances by GoBankingRates in 2024 and 2025.

Price: From $3.99/month (promotional pricing, billed annually). No free trial.

Best for: Anyone who wants one dashboard for all their financial accounts — including HSA — with planning tools built for what’s ahead, not just what’s already happened.


Quicken Business & Personal — best for self-employed HSA holders

For freelancers, contractors, and small business owners, the HSA decision doesn’t happen in isolation from business income, health insurance selection, and tax planning. Quicken Business & Personal is built to handle all of it in one place.

It includes everything in Simplifi — the same 14,000+ institution network, Spending Plan, Projected Cash Flows, Savings Goals, Retirement Planner, and investment tracking — and adds a complete business accounting layer on top. Manage up to 10 businesses, generate profit and loss statements, cash flow reports, and balance sheets, and organize financial data for Schedules C, E, and F. Invoicing integrates with Stripe directly from the app.

For self-employed HSA contributors, having business income, health insurance premiums, and HSA contributions tracked in the same app eliminates the juggling act that usually requires multiple tools. Consult a tax professional for advice specific to your situation, but the financial picture you can build with Business & Personal is substantially more complete than any personal-only budgeting tool.

Price: From $4.99/month (promotional pricing, billed annually). No free trial.

Best for: Self-employed professionals and small business owners who need business accounting and personal finance — including HSA tracking — in a single app.


Empower — best free option

The Empower Personal Dashboard is one of the most complete free financial tools available, and it’s a strong option for HSA users who want broad account visibility without a subscription. The dashboard is free to use — there’s no cost to connect accounts, run the budgeting tools, or track net worth.

Empower connects to all major financial account types: IRAs, 401(k) plans, brokerage accounts, mortgages, loans, savings accounts, checking accounts, credit cards, and more. An HSA account at a major custodian connects the same way as any savings account. Once linked, your HSA balance factors into your net worth alongside everything else.

The tool suite includes portfolio analysis (asset allocation), retirement planning, budgeting and cash flow tracking, a net worth dashboard, savings planning, and debt paydown tools. For HSA users who are primarily interested in seeing how their account balance fits into the complete financial picture — rather than needing deep HSA-specific categorization — Empower’s free dashboard does the job well.

NerdWallet named Empower the best budget app for tracking wealth and spending in January 2026. Forbes Advisor named it the best budgeting app for tracking net worth in 2025.

Price: Free.

Best for: HSA users who want free, investment-aware tracking of their entire financial picture in one dashboard.


Tiller Money — best for spreadsheet enthusiasts

Tiller Money connects to more than 21,000 banks and financial institutions and automatically imports daily balances and transactions into Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel. If your HSA custodian supports standard bank-feed connections, your HSA transactions flow into your spreadsheet automatically alongside everything else.

The appeal for detail-oriented HSA users is total flexibility. There’s no predefined category structure or locked-in dashboard layout — you build exactly the tracking system you want. Create a dedicated HSA ledger, define expense categories that match IRS-qualified expense definitions precisely, build formulas that calculate your reimbursable balance, and design reports that no off-the-shelf app would offer.

Spreadsheet fluency is the prerequisite. Tiller is an excellent tool for people who think in rows and columns, and not the right fit for people who want a ready-made dashboard. For HSA users who already manage their finances in a spreadsheet and want to automate the data import instead of doing it manually, Tiller is the cleanest solution available.

A 30-day free trial is included.

Price: $99/year after the free trial.

Best for: Spreadsheet-native users who want full control over how they track, categorize, and report on HSA transactions alongside their complete financial picture.


PocketSmith — best for long-range financial forecasting

PocketSmith’s standout feature is a cash flow calendar that projects daily account balances up to 30 years into the future. For HSA planning — where contribution decisions made today affect your ability to cover healthcare costs in retirement — that kind of long-range visibility is genuinely useful in a way that most budgeting apps can’t match.

More than 375,000 people use PocketSmith to manage their finances. US users connect to over 10,000 American financial institutions through Yodlee, one of the most established bank-feed providers available. If your HSA custodian supports Yodlee connectivity, transactions and balances can flow into your PocketSmith calendar automatically. Custom dashboards let you isolate exactly the accounts and projections you need — useful for building a dedicated view of your HSA balance trajectory alongside other savings and planned expenses.

PocketSmith is a particularly good fit for people who think in scenarios: what does your financial position look like if you max out your HSA this year? What if you invest half the balance starting next quarter? The calendar-based forecast makes those trade-offs visible in a way that standard monthly budgets don’t.

A 14-day money-back guarantee applies to all paid plans.

Price: See pocketsmith.com/plans for current pricing.

Best for: HSA savers focused on long-range planning who want to model future healthcare expenses and contribution strategies across multi-decade financial projections.


Copilot — best for Apple users

Copilot is a personal finance app built exclusively for the Apple ecosystem — iPhone, iPad, Mac, and web. It connects to financial institutions through Plaid and MX, two of the most widely used aggregators in the US, and applies AI-powered transaction categorization to sort spending automatically. Medical expenses from an HSA debit card are typically recognized and grouped without manual tagging.

The app’s interface is polished and tightly integrated with Apple’s design patterns, with a transaction review experience that makes categorizing spending feel less like a chore.

Copilot won’t be the right fit if you use Android or prefer web-first tools, but for Apple users who want a clean, smart budgeting experience with minimal manual work, it’s a strong option.

Price: $7.92/month billed annually ($95/year), or $13/month billed monthly.

Best for: iPhone and Mac users who want a polished, AI-assisted budgeting experience with automatic categorization for HSA and medical expenses.


Bottom line

Can I connect my HSA account to Quicken Simplifi?

Simplifi connects to over 14,000 financial institutions through multiple aggregation partners. If your HSA custodian supports standard bank-feed connections — which most major providers do — it will appear in your Simplifi dashboard alongside your other accounts. You can view your HSA balance and track transactions from the same place you manage your checking, savings, and investments.