Phone apps that allow you to save money are one of the best tools that your mobile phone offers you. Whether you're using a barcode scanner to find a better deal at a nearby store or you're taking advantage of a mobile coupon, these apps reduce your daily expenses.
Here are 10 tips for properly using mobile phone apps to save money … and below you'll find 75 different money-saving apps that may be worth checking out.
10 Tips for Saving Money Using Mobile Apps
- Always try free apps first.
- Track how much you spend on apps.
- Set a limit of what you'll spend on apps per month.
- Only choose phone apps you really will use.
- Delete unused apps regularly to reduce memory storage drain.
- Don't let apps run in the background on your phone. It drains battery and costs you to recharge.
- Choose and use one good budgeting app. Budgeting is always important!
- Don't let shopping apps and coupon apps encourage you to spend money impulsively.
- Make it a habit to read money-saving tips on your apps daily.
- Double-check the information you get from apps. This is especially true when looking for cheap deals on expensive items like airfare. Always comparison shop.
75 Money-Saving Mobile Apps
- 100+ Money Saving Tips. An iPhone app providing money-saving tips to help you out.
- AirFare. An iPhone app for finding cheap flights.
- AroundMe. Reduce the cost of getting from one place to another by using this app to see what is closest to you.
- ATM Hunter. Find your own bank using this app so that you can avoid ATM fees at competitor banks.
- AudioBooks. Save money on reading by checking out these free audio books.
- Bang/Buck. An iPhone app that helps you find free and cheap beer deals in your area!
- Better Deal. Compare 2-4 packages to see which offers the best deal.
- Bloomberg app. A free iPhone app to help track stocks.
- CashFinder. The UK version of the aforementioned ATM Hunter.
- Cellfire. An iPhone app that offers mobile coupons for grocery store savings.
- Cheap Gas. This app helps you find the cheapest gas near you.
- Compare Me. An iPhone app that lets you compare two different products to see which one offers the better value.
- Consumer Reports. The app version of this helpful money-saving buying guide.
- Coupon Cabin. An iPhone app that aggregates coupons from many different sites.
- Coupon Sherpa. This app is another great one for people who want coupons on their phone.
- Currency. Save money when traveling using this iPhone app.
- Debt Rescue 911. This is a Blackberry app that provides tips for debt reduction.
- rong>Drink Specials. An iPhone app that locates drink deals near you.
- Economy Shopping Lite. A shopping app for iPhone that helps you track your shopping and savings.
- eReader. This is another way to get free reading material on your phone.
- Fring. Use this mobile VoIP app to save money on international calls from your cell phone.
- Gift Planner. An iPhone app that makes it easy to organize your gift buying and save money while doing it.
- Green Charging. A green iPhone app that reduces what you spend on energy bills for charging your phone.
- Grocery Gadget. This app organizes your grocery shopping and helps you save money on it.
- Happy Hour App. Another iPhone app for finding happy hour deals in your area.
- iBarcode. An iPhone barcode app that allows you to scan barcodes to see if the same item is available at a lower cost in a nearby store.
- iFareFinder. An iPhone app for getting the best price on flights.
- iWant. An app that helps you locate the closest location for an item you want so you reduce transportation costs getting there.
- iXpense It. An iPhone app for tracking spending and doing budgeting.
- Kids Eat Free. An iPhone app that helps you locate restaurants where kids can eat free.
- Local Reuse. This app helps you find free used items available in your area.
- Local Sale Finder. An iPhone app that locates that latest local sales.
- Meter Readings. Track your household energy and water bills so you can reduce them over time.
- miBudget. A Blackberry accounting app.
- Mileage Manager. A Blackberry app for tracking mileage to encourage reduced driving.
- Mini Mortgage Manager. An app that helps you better understand your mortgage costs.
- Mint. A popular app for tracking spending and doing budgeting.
- Mobile Allowance. An example of an app that tracks your mobile usage so you don't go over your minutes.
- MobiQpons. Get coupons on your phone using this iPhone app.
- MobyQuote. A BlackBerry app that gives you quotes on loans so you can choose the best one.
- Money for Blackberry. A popular BlackBerry app for tracking spending.
- Money Saver. An iPhone app that provides tips to help you save money.
- Mortgage Calculator Pro. Understand what you're spending on your mortgage using this app.
- My Budget Money Management. An iPhone app for tracking spending and doing budgeting.
- My Check Book. A BlackBerry app that tracks your checking account so you don't have problems with bounced checks.
- My Coupons. An Android app that find deals near your location using your phone's GPS.
- My Gas. Find the cheapest gas near you with this app.
- My Water Diary. An iPhone app for tracking and reducing water usage.
- Nosey Parker. An app for finding the nearest free parking.
- Petrol Prices Pro. A UK version of the apps that allow you to find the cheapest gas near you.
- Pic2shop. This is another barcode shopping app.
- Postabon. This is another iPhone app for finding local deals and coupons.
- Project Cost Manager. A BlackBerry app for tracking project costs; great for work-at-home entrepreneurs!
- ProOnGo Expense with Receipt Reader. A BlackBerry app for tracking spending with the help of a built-in receipt reader.
- QuikTip. Spend no more or less than appropriate when tipping using this app.
- Red Laser. A very popular choice among the barcode shopping apps.
- RepairPal. This iPhone app helps you see whether or not a mechanic's quote is fair.
- Save Benjis. Compare items on this iPhone app to see which has the best value and then get coupons for those items before you buy.
- Say Where. This apps finds the shortest distance to a location so you waste the least amount of money on gas.
- Shop Savvy. A barcode shopping app for Android phone users.
- Shopper. A grocery list organizer and money-saving app.
- Simple Budget 2. A popular BlackBerry app for people who want help with budgeting.
- Skype. Like Fring, this is a mobile VoIP option for saving money on international calls.
- Stanza. Here's another free reading material app.
- The Golden Calculator RRSP. A BlackBerry app that does retirement savings tracking for you.
- Timewerks. Freelance employees and independent contractors sometimes lose money because they don't track their time and invoice properly. Prevent that issue with this app.
- TipTap. Another tip caluclator to save money by tipping properly.
- Truphone. A money-saving mobile VoIP solution similar to Fring or Skype.
- ValPak Local Coupons. Get coupons with this app.
- VoucherCloud. Find the closest stores with the best deals using this app.
- Water Meter. Here's another water-saving app that helps you reduce what you spend on your water bills.
- WiFi Finder. Find free WiFi in the area using this app.
- WootWatch. The app version of a very popular deal-of-the-day site.
- Yard Sale Mapper. Find local yard sales with this app.
- Yowza. Another popular coupon app.
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