Shop smart, not hard – 5 price comparison apps for Android and iOS

posted by Luis D. / Feb 19, 2016, 10:25 AM

There are two kinds of people on Earth – those who pay full price, and those who never pay full price. With so many retailers and brands competing on the price front, finding the best possible deals can be genuinely stressful, especially when you're trying to get an expensive product at a fair price. Thankfully, there are apps that can assist you with all the deal searching, price matching, and code scanning involved. You can spend less time and money stressing over things to buy, and ease yourself into finding the best deals online and in-store. The five apps in this selection feature barcode scanners, deal aggregators, and online shopping tools, there's something for every shopper here. With these price comparison apps for Android and iOS devices, you'll never have to pay more than you really have to!

5 price comparison apps for Android and iOS

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ShopAdvisor

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5 price comparison apps for Android and iOS

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ShopSavvy is a one-stop app for finding the best sales from your favorite stores. It features comprehensive product and pricing information to find and compare all the best online prices, local prices, and reviews. It also lets you scan items with a barcode, use a Matrix QR Code, or search for the product or sale.

Here are some of the ways ShopSavvy helps you with shopping:

- Price Match in store! ShopSavvy can figure out if a store will price-match any item you scan in a store, and display a screen you can show your cashier at checkout.
- Enable sale alerts on any search and get notified about new deals.
- Any new sales happening from top retailers and big brands are shown in an easy-to-browse timeline of all the latest sales, updated in real time.
- Location sensing lets you know what sales and deals are going on at the store you're currently shopping in.