At long last, Mint, the popular online personal finance manager and tracker, has released an Android app. This release was part of a large feature rollout on Mint. Mint (now part of Intuit [NASDAQ:INTU]) can now download data directly from 16,000 financial institutions in the US, which it terms as “nearly all US banks”. They have also added cash and check transaction support to the main service.

Mint’s new Android App (fresh off the mint/mint fresh!) includes all of the features that you would find in the main service. You will get all the trends and the alerts that you are used to but you will not get the “ways to save” suggestions that point you towards more cost-effective accounting.

This being a personal accounting app, it has provisions in place to allow you to lock up this app separately with a password. It is not a compulsory thing however and you can use it unlocked as well. There are also provisions to remotely disable the app through the main site. There’s a delay in execution once you have ordered the lock out and once it is done, the app does not self-destruct (sorry spy-movie fans) or wipe — it simple logs the user out. So if your phone thief has access to your Mint username and password, that person can simply log back in. Not a very useful feature to have, in my opinion.

According to the the Washing Post’s review of the app, it seems like it requires a newer Android to run properly. It apparently crashed every time on an older Android 1.5 device. Ran fine on the Droid Incredible apparently. To me, the app look as it is merely a reflection of the main site and offers nothing extra. That is not a bad thing but does show lack of emphasize on the app.

It is available for free from the Marketplace and is called “Mint.com Personal Finance”. Try it out and let us know what you think.

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