The best apps...For retail shopping
With Point Inside, you can find your favorite stores in malls and airports.
The Coupons App employs your smartphone’s GPS to find coupons offered by nearby retailers and restaurants. You don’t need to print: Every coupon you find can be redeemed using your screen. (Android only)
BigOven lets you search through more than 170,000 recipes and then “creates shopping lists with everything you need.” (Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone)
Point Inside informs you where “your favorite stores (and the bathroom and the up escalator)” are in hundreds of malls and airports across the country. (Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)
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SnapTell scans barcodes and identifies books, CDs, DVDs, and video games from their covers to help you find the best price, whether it’s online or in a nearby store. “You can search by title, too.” (Android and iPhone)
Source: ShopSmart
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