Saturday, February 16, 2013

Free Phone Apps that make a difference

I use Staight talk with an Android smart phone. My phone is prepaid and I still get to use these free Apps for $46 a month. We paid for the phones out of pocket. I get a new phone about every other year and keep my old one incase someone looses theirs. We found transfering numbers was easy and we can use apps to use our phone as an internet connection for my husbands laptop. Overall the services we got beat At&t for the price we were paying on a family plan. The other thing we liked was the unlimited talk, text, and data for $46 a month, so no more trying to figure out our minutes, switching family plans, and we have unlimited GPS guidance on our phones for free. We have found this to be an extremely great prepaid phone plan with no contract and you can have it set for automatic refill online.  Ok sorry, that was my rant for the day. lol. Onto Apps.

Ibotta

This is a new App I am trying. You basically use this App before shopping to choose your items you will get and they pay you a certain amount after taking a picture of your receipt and the products barcode. For couponers I would highly recommend this.
https://ibotta.com/register?friend=htZp2A

The Krazy Coupon Lady

This App will help you find deals with or without coupons. It also will tell you what coupons or codes to use. The Free App is kinda glitchy on an android, but the free is worth a try to see if you like it and then opt for the paid version. In the end this little App will pay itself off over and over again.
thekrazyCouponlady.com

Target Mobile Coupons

If you find a Target store that knows how to use them they can be very handy because you can get different coupons on your mobile than on the web.  These store coupons can be paired with manufacturers coupons and less clipping.

Harris Teeter Mobile

This store is where I live in Virginia. Another somewhat glitchy application for my android phone but worth the wait because they also have coupons that are not found in papers.

Mint.com

Best App my husband and I have ever used to budget with. Once I started raving about it I found out I have friends who use this free App that automatically updates your budget after giving it information it determines a budget for you with your previous purchases.

Coupons.com

This App is great to select Coupons and email them to yourself to print later. Just remember you have to download the printer App to print them off your computer.

Walmart

Why? Well you can check the price here before purchasing the item for more at another store. Consumer reports reported out of 38 brand name items they found Wal-mart to have 29 of those items for the lowest price, Target only had 6 of those items for the lowest price.  Why pay more? Plus there are deals we have found at Walmart online that were priced lower than in a Walmart store.  You can get free shipping from site to store at certain Walmart locations.

Cheap gas App

This App will find the cheapest gas near you even hours away from home.

Kids educational games

This can be found in the google play store. My oldest is three and already counting to the high twenties thanks to connecting dots. I also found out she knew more than I thought with shapes, spanish, and other Apps. As a parent, Aunt or uncle this comes in handy shopping with a very bored toddler and also educates them at the same time while keeping them entertained. If you have two you may find it easier to shop with one distracted so they don't plot against you together.

Lastly for the Ladies

Period Tracker

This free app can determine your cycle usually after three months and you just open it and when you start push the start button, when you end open it and push the end button.   Basically you can be detailed or juat keep it basic.  This app also gives you a guesimate period of being fertile.  Overall if you don't mark it on a calendar than this might work.

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