1. Mint
Mint is great. Get Mint. Seriously. I've always been a big penny pincher, but I have cut my spending almost in half since I got this app. It allows you to connect all of your accounts and shows your saving and spending progress throughout the month. It's also an easy budget making tool and will alert you when you've gone over budget. Mint is great. Get Mint.
2. Ibotta
Ibotta is a rebate app. It's great because there are so many options, including "any brand" rebates that can used for things like produce or your favorite frozen pizza. I mostly use this app for grocery stores but there are other categories like clothing, office, and pets too. The best part is that it's really easy to use and it works on sale items and when combined with coupons. I got a quart of yogurt on Manager's Special at Kroger and then used the "any brand" yogurt rebate on Ibotta. I ended up paying about $1 for a quart of organic yogurt. That's a pretty good deal.
Even better! Sign up using using my referral code by clicking HERE and get a $10 bonus after redeeming your first rebate.
4. Do
5. Waze
3. Shopkick
This app is newest to me but it's been pretty fun so far. You won't cash out nearly as fast as Ibotta but you also don't have to buy anything to earn rewards. You get points or "kicks" by simply walking into a store. You can also get bonus kicks by scanning certain items in the store and by submitting receipts. Shopkick also includes digital coupons and sale announcements from various retailers. Start earning kicks with Shopkick by clicking HERE.
4. Do
I've mentioned this app before. Do is simply a list making app but is great when you need to make a list that you don't want to lose. It also allows you to color code your list and cross off accomplished items. It's a very satisfying feeling to cross off a to-do list.
5. Waze
I have to admit that I don't use this app very often, but it can be very helpful when you run into unexpected traffic jams. Waze uses user feedback to log traffic updates and will find you the fastest most traffic-free rout to your destination.
What's your favorite app?
3 comments:
Okay, I might have to jump in the game and get Mint...
My favorite app is called "Workflowy." It's a list of lists. I keep all my brainstorms in it, and then rearrange my ideas as I refine them. You could call it a do-list app but really it's best for storing and organizing ideas! And it's free!
Thanks for sharing, Sarah!!
Interesting list, though I'll admit I am not quite willing to let a company track every store that I go into just for a bit of cash. It's just a bit unnerving to do so.
One thing I do recommend is a barcode scanner (such as Google Goggles and I know the Amazon app used to do it) so you can check the price of an item on Amazon. I don't know about other places, but the Staples here and I think a few other places will price match with Amazon. It isn't a ton of savings, but it's probably ~10% off most moderately priced technology.
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