With the Christmas shopping season in full swing wallets everywhere are taking a battering. With the January sales to come pursestrings are only in for more damage. With that in mind Nokia has laid out some of the best, most useful money saving Ovi Store apps around. Read on to discover the thrifty apps for yourself.
Below you'll find apps to save money on phone calls, grab bargains, compare prices and shop sensibly. Use them wisely and you'll soon have a few extra quid where there wasn't any before. Check them out:
£Free
Size: 5.09MB
Just in case you didn't already know about Skype, it's a free service letting you make free Skype-to-Skype phone calls and IM on 3G or Wi-Fi to help to you save money on calls.
£Free
Size: 0.09MB
Barcoo turns your Nok into a barcode scanner to display useful product information at hand. It can compare prices, display nutritional information on foodstuffs and send reviews to your phone to let you know whether you're getting value for money.
£Free
0.19MB
Falling prey to impulse buying is easy. Not all of them has to cost you more than you'd ideally otherwise spend. My Shopping Buddy works out the 'cost per use' to gain the true value of your purchases. The app also features a range of handy money saving tips.
£Free
0.18MB
ezyshop is an online portal letting users grab some of the very latest bargains on big name brands.
£1.00
Size: 0.15MB
If you're having trouble, or lack the discipline to save those pennies what you need is the Savings Calculators. It calculates how much you can save using different categories for typical spend areas such as coffee, cigarettes, gas, lunch and commuting.
£1.00
Size: 0.07MB
MintMoney lets you prep and plan your personal budget and keep a close eye on your expenses, while also letting you keep up with your expenditure, even letting you create monthly and daily spend plans.