Gone are the days when price-comparison apps like Red Laser and Amazon’s price checker ruled the roost. Joining those favorites are new, as well as tried-and-true, price-comparison apps that will help you save a bundle.
For Shopping
1. RedLaser: Get the Best Price for Anything
RedLaser is still one of the best QR code readers and barcode scanners around, because not only can you scan products and find the best prices—the app also has lots of coupon options and the ability to store loyalty cards. (Find it on iTunes and Google Play.)
2. ShopSavvy: Find Low Product Prices and Trending Sales
ShopSavvy guarantees that their iTunes and Google Play app will help you not only find the lowest prices of the products you scan, but it will also alert you to price cuts and new sales items. Therefore, if there’s a new Sears coupon that’s just hit the Internet, ShopSavvy will find it and send it to you.
3. Sell Textbooks for Cash: Compare the Best Prices for Your Old Books
Students know that textbooks can represent a big expense. Compare the websites that will pay you the most money for them with this app you can find on iTunes or Google Play.
4. ScanLife: Compare Prices from Amazon, Macy’s, Best Buy and More
With ScanLife—see the app here on iTunes and Google Play—users can scan barcodes to see the cost of items across a variety of their favorite stores, and also view customer reviews.
For Travel, Hotel and Flights
5. Trivago: Compare Hotel Prices
The app called simply “trivago” on iTunes and Google Play compares more than 700,000 hotel prices across 200-plus booking websites to bring you the best deals.
6. TripAdvisor: Find Low-Priced Hotels, Flights, Restaurants
The very popular TripAdvisor iTunes and Google Play free app is beloved by users because it helps them find the lowest prices in airfare, dining options and eateries.
7. Liligo: International Travel Comparison
Liligo is a well-reviewed app that allows users to search through hundreds of travel websites to find optimal deals. (iTunes and Google Play.)
8. Booking.com: Best Hotel Deals
This website with the funny commercials also has an app (iTunes and Google Play) that finds and compares great deals on hotels, and not just the cheap dives.
9. Hotwire: Compare Car Rental Prices and More
There’s a reason the Hotwire apps for hotel and car rentals are popular, both the iOS and Android versions. People like deals they can easily grab via their phone, letting the app do the work of searching for the best prices.
10. FareCompare: Find Out When to Fly
This highly rated app alerts users when to fly by notifying them when their favorite trip route’s airfare has dropped. Find it here on iTunes.
11. Skyscanner: Compare Cheap Flights
More than 30 million people have download Skyscanner, which is a fast iTunes and Android app that lets users get the cheapest prices on flights in seconds.
12. Kayak: Find Cheaper Flights, Hotels and Cars
Kayak was one of the first price-comparison travel apps that provided users the best deals on hotels, cars and flights. (iTunes and Google Play.)
For Food
13. Grocery Exchange: Compare Food Prices
The Grocery Exchange app lets food buyers share and compare the prices of the items they find in the store. Check it out on iTunes.
14. Apples2Oranges: Convert to Unit Prices
The best thing about the Apples2Oranges iTunes app is that it helps users convert items down to their unit prices to discover what’s really a great bargain, e.g., a package of 20 cookies for $10.99 or 35 cookies for $12.99 per pack.
15. Consumr: Groceries, Books, Movies and More
Not only can consumers use the Consumr iTunes app to compare grocery prices, but they can also find the comparable costs of strollers, toys and everything in between.
16. Gas Buddy: Find Inexpensive Gasoline
More than 40 million people use Gas Buddy to discover the cheapest gas nearby. (iTunes and Google Play.)
17. Gas Guru: Cheap Gas Prices
Gas Guru is another highly visual iTunes and Google Play app that allows users to find the best gas prices near them.
18. Fuel Finder: Discount Gas in the U.S. and Canada
Fuel Finder is another popular gasoline app on iTunes and Google Play that visually displays the cheapest fuel prices nearby.
For Online Shopping
19. BuyVia: Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals
Available on iOS and Android, the apps from BuyVia will keep you ahead of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals game.
20. The Amazon App: For Brick-and-Mortar Store Price Checking
Although some storeowners gave Amazon a hard time for suggesting that their customers use The Amazon App to scan the prices of products they find within stores to see if they are cheaper online, that’s exactly what consumers love to do.
21. TheFind: Local and Online Deals
Use the app called TheFind (iTunes and Android) to literally find local deals and compare them with what’s available online. You can also set price alerts with this app.
22. ShopAdvisor: Product Tracking
ShopAdvisor is like having a personal price tracker because it not only compares prices, it also tracks the changes in prices and alerts you when a product hits the cost you’d like. (iOS and Android.)
23. PriceGrabber: Compare In-Store to Online Price
PriceGrabber allows users to compare online deals with the in-store prices—and it even gathers up Groupon deals in 160 U.S. cities. Here are the iTunes and Google Play links.
24. Smoopa: Green-Lights the Best Deal
Smoopa lets buyers scan a product’s barcode and compare it to the same deals online. If the item you scan has a lower price, the app displays a green button. Find it on iTunes and Google Play.
Advanced Features
25. CamFind: Take a Photo of Object Without Typing
CamFind is a unique iTunes and Google Play app in that it allows users to scan a photo of an object to find it instead of typing in words to search.
26. Milo: For Local Shopping
Milo is an interesting computer-based app that helps consumers find local products in stock nearby the address they enter.
27. Shelfbucks: Customized Deals Sent to You
With Shelfbucks, you will be able to receive in-store deals customized for you and sent to your phone. See their iTunes and Google Play app versions.
28. Walmart’s Savings Catcher: Scan Your Receipts for Great Deals
Walmart’s Savings Catcher is a fascinating module that allows users to enter their receipt numbers to find any lower advertised prices and get paid the difference.
29. Shopular: Find the Best Deals in Stores
Shopular is a popular app that’s updated daily that gives shoppers the best deals and coupons for stores like Starbucks, Forever 21, Best Buy and more. Get it on iTunes and Google Play.
30. PriceBlink: Browser Add-On Finds Lower Prices During Online Shopping
PriceBlink is an add-on for your browser that automatically finds the lowest prices while you shop.
So there you have it—a list of 30 price-comparison apps that should help you begin to save lots more money when shopping.
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