Want More Money In Your Wallet? Check Out These Awesome Apps!
1. Thanx (for iPhone and Android)
Becoming a regular at your neighborhood burrito place can feel like a major accomplishment. It can also save you some cash. Thanx is a mobile app that connects with your credit card and keeps track of purchases you make at specific retailers. Once you reach certain thresholds, you get cash back that can be used toward future purchases at your fave spot.
According to Forbes, American women spend an average of $14 every time they buy lunch, but using a $5-off coupon just once a week means $260 in annual savings.
2. Gas Buddy (for iPhone and Android)
Why pay top dollar for gas when you can get it cheaper just a mile down the road? GasBuddy monitors the gas prices at stations around the country and reports back on where the cheapest gas is in your area. Use it to fill your tank now, and check out GasBuddy’s website for a look at what gas prices are across the country.
The average gallon of gas costs roughly $3.84, and the average American spends about $2,000 per year on gas. If GasBuddy can save you about 5 cents per gallon, that’s roughly $26 back in your pocket this year.
3. Coupon Sherpa (for iPhone and Android)
Do you want to carry coupons out on your shopping trip? No, of course not — you are not your grandmother. Coupon Sherpa is a collection of in-store and local coupons for everywhere, from restaurants to retail stores. You can browse available coupons by location, and use them right from the app — no printing required!
The average woman spends about $1700 annually on clothes (and perhaps some of us spend a bit more). If you used a 15% off coupon on Coupon Sherpa a few of those times, you’d easily save over a 100 bucks.
4. PayPal (for iPhone and Android)
PayPal lets you pay for restaurant meals with your phone (greatly easing bill-splitting headaches among friends), and it also offers discounts at a number of places just for paying your tab. Log into your account on your phone, and then hit the Local tab to see where you can use PayPal in your area and what discounts might be available.
Paying with this app instead of cash can help you avoid those pesky ATM fees which. We counted, and we got hit with six fees last month — which at $2.50 a pop is $15 a month or $180 per year.
5. Checkout 51 (for iPhone and Android)
Checkout 51 is also kind of like a coupon app — in reverse. Rather than clip coupons, you can score all the discounts by simply making a purchase in-store and then uploading a photo of your receipt once you’re done. If it matches one of the categories they’ve got a discount for, you get money back.
Assuming you bought everything on their list this week (ranging from Aleve to strawberries), you’d save $57.
Source: Refinery29
Article by: Alissa Fairchild > Twitter