November is here and Black Friday is only about two weeks away! It’s time to start gearing up, for those who are intending to take advantage of the most anticipated shopping event of the year, and make sure you’ve checked out these helpful (free) apps you can put onto your smartphone to save you a little time and even more money.
If you’re looking for a catch all app that covers the whole Black Friday experience, we recommend using:
Black Friday Shopping – this is a mobile shopping assistant that can help you in every step of the Black Friday process, from start to finish: The mobile shopping assistant will view ads, pin deals and track items on your wish list. It really is a multiple use product.
Looking to compare products prices and specials across multiple store? Look no further than these apps:
TGI Black Friday – this is a highly rated Black Friday comparison app. You can start by simply counting down the days until Black Friday and move on to downloading PDF ad scans, comparing deals and receiving notifications when new ads are posted.
Black Friday FatWallet – this is a companion Black Friday app to the website FatWallet. This app lets you search through more than 100 ads from well-known retailers. The app also allows you to browse for deals via a number of filters, including by store, category, brand, price or doorbusters.
ShopSavvy –ShopSavvy helps you determine which retailer lists your favorite product for the least expensive price by simply scanning a bar code or a QR code. This is an app you can use all year through, it just happens to really help out on Black Friday.
If you’re looking for a little additional bonus to your savings, you might want to consider a coupon app that can give out the best deals for the stores you’re planning on visiting:
RetailMeNot – using RetailMeNot you have the ability to search for coupons of your choice or take a look at the popular ongoing deals. Plus, with the automatic alerts feature, you can even get notified of deals going on at stores near you.
Coupon Sherpa – this app saves you the time and energy of thumbing through ads and coupons. Coupon Sherpa allows you to search for coupons via store, product or your GPS location. You can then show the in-store coupon to your cashier for immediate mobile scanning instead of printing and bringing it in.
Chippmunk – this is a coupon search engine that allows you to search by retailer or specific product to find the best deals. You can also put in your spending limit to make sure you aren’t tempted by that $500 flat screen.
Individual retailers have apps as well, if you already know that you’re heading into store X, Y, and Z check ahead of time to see if there is a specific store app that you can be using to to enhance your Black Friday experience there.
There are a ton of Black Friday deals and a ton of great apps to help you sift through them. So get out there and start saving!
