Mobile price comparison apps compared

December 12, 2012 by Wilson Chua

Singapore startups Save22 and PricePinz are facing formidable competition in the mobile price comparison space. How do they stack up? To help you decide, here’s a quick summary about the features and reception of the price comparison apps in the wild.

	Save22	PricePinz	PriceCheck (Amazon)	Redlaser (eBay)	ShopSavvy	Google Shopper

Android:
User ratings	4.6	NA	4.5	4.3	4.2	4.1
User installs	1k-5k	NA	0.5M-1M	1M-5M	10M-50M	5M-10M
iTunes:
Rating	4+	4+	4+	4+	4+	NA
Global	●	●	◑	●	●	◑
Inputs:
Barcode	●	●	○	●	●	●
Voice	○	○	○	●	○	●
QRcode	○	●	○	●	●	○
Photo Scan	○	○	○	●	○	○
Price Trend	○	○	●	○	○	○
Price Protection	○	○	●	○	○	○
Buy Directly	○	○	●	●	●	○
Social	●	●	◑	●	●	○
Cost (USD)	0	0	0	2	0	0
Deals	●	●	○	●	●	●

Quick elaboration on two of the variables:

Price Protection: If the prices fall within 30 days from date of shipment, the company will refund the difference as long as you give them notice.

Social: The app’s ability to leverage social networks to promote the product/service.

Edited by Terence Lee

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Filed under MobileTags: Google Shopper, price comparison, PriceCheck, PricePinz, redlaser, save22, Shopsavvy, Singapore

About The Author

Wilson Chua - Guest Contributing Writer

Wilson L. Chua manages several businesses in Singapore and Philippines providing Call Center services, Data Center Management and IT solutions consultancy. He got the NUS-SCS Gold Medal award for graduating at the top of the batch from NUS Masters in computing. He is a certified Microsoft MCSE+I, MCDBA, MCT, CompTIA security+, Cisco CCNA and CCDA, PMI Project Management Professional and ITIL certified professional.

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