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Three Money Saving Apps for Your iPhone

Apps help you save money on everything from groceries to car tires.

because I think the cost of the service mostly negates the benefits of owning one. However, once you’ve bought an iPhone it only makes sense to get the most from it - and that means finding all the apps you can to make your life easier.

With that in mind, I’ve rounded up three iPhone apps that can help you save money on buying everything from groceries to tires.

Coupon Sherpa

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Coupon Sherpa is a free app that saves you money by letting you digitally search for, save, and use coupons for a wide variety of products.  Coupon Sherpa lets you search their database of current coupons by store or by item category.  For example, if you’re in the market for new running shoes, you can search the shoe category to find which local stores have coupons available. Once you’ve located the coupon, you save it to your favorites, go to the store and pick out your shoes.  When you’re ready to pay, the cashier will either type in a special coupon code or actually scan the coupon on your phone. The Coupon Sherpa app is also available for the iTouch and was one of Apple’s employee favorites.

Yowza!

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Similar to Coupon Sherpa, Yowza! is another free app that allows you to find coupons for stores in your area. Unlike Coupon Sherpa, however, Yowza! coupons are uniquely created for Yowza! users and the company has a team that specifically finds partnerships with companies across the country in order to create new deals regularly.  The coupons you access are based on your location and the app is setup to notify you when new coupons for stores in your area are available. The selection of coupons available in the Roswell/metro Atlanta area can be hit or miss, but their merchant list is growing so it’s good to check regularly.

Save Benjis

Unlike Yowza or Coupon Sherpa, Save Benjis doesn’t save you money by offering you discounts.  Instead, Save Benjis saves you money by helping you figure out if you’re getting the best possible price on the item you want to buy. To use Save Benjis, you open the app and scan the bar code of the item you’re interested in buying.  The app will pull up a list of stores and prices for that specific product and you can compare all the prices to make sure you are getting the best one.  Theoretically, you could use this for grocery shopping as well as miscellaneous shopping but in terms of time management, this app is best for those single but potentially expensive purchases:  new tires, video games, electronics, etc.

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