“i’m a huge fan of apps that can help us
with our money now that could be ones to
help you track your spending
it could be ones to help you make some
money it could be ones to help you put
some of your cash into savings all of
them are fantastic and there are some
great innovations
available to you and i’ve covered a lot
of these before what i’ve not spoken
about here on the channel and what i’m
going to do today
are money saving apps the ones that will
help you get the best deal the ones that
will get you
a discount the ones that might get you
something for free all these things that
mean that you’re going to part with less
cash and hopefully get whatever it is
you need for the best
possible price i’m andy webb thank you
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right i’ve got my phone here i’ll whack
it up on the screen so you can see
exactly what’s going on with these apps
there are 19 different apps here that
i’m going to take you through i won’t
spend a huge amount of time on all of
them i’ll take you through a bit by bit
otherwise
it would be the longest video ever but
let’s start off with some of the ones
which i think the key to money saving if
you want to find
something at the lowest possible price
you need to shop around and if you’re
out and about
one of the easiest ways to do that is
use an app like this idealo or price buy
they’re the top two here
you can use them on desktop as well if
you’re at home but they think they’re
great for being out and about
you search for the item you want or you
can browse through this will look at
this one
apple airpods pro popular item uh it
tells you some of the top prices right
now but hit show all and then you’ll see
them
at lots and lots and lots of different
retailers go back and you’ve got this
price history function which is
fantastic so you get a sense of
is the price you’re paying right now a
good price compared to how much it’s
normally selling at
there’s different bits that you can
search through there similarly one that
one i mentioned
price buy does it’s a very very similar
thing uh you can search for the stuff
uh airpods pro again you’ve got little
graph up here showing you that
uh history of the different prices
there’s more features if you did this
on the desktop you can sort of go in at
different retailers and see the history
there
but ultimately this is a great way to
help you find
the lowest possible price for whatever
it is that you want to buy
so absolutely i would look at those you
can also with both of these things you
can set price alerts if there’s
something you want and it does come down
in value
set the price alert and you can get an
email or a notification to say hey it’s
now available
at this price so again you’re waiting
for that low price but you don’t have to
do that just with your normal
purchases that you’re going to make your
home furnishings your tech whatever it
might be
you can do it in other places you can
again compare different prices with apps
just watch is one of my favorites i’m a
huge film fan i like to try
and you know catch up with stuff i know
we haven’t had so many cinema releases
and therefore rental releases uh over
the last year
but it’s a great way of just looking
stuff so let’s say uh let’s look at
tenet okay which came out
uh or to rent at the start of 2021
and you pick it up and what it shows you
uh here it gives a moment to sort of
populate
but you can look for the best prices
standard definition the best price in hd
the price price
in 4k if you wanted and in fact often
you can see that there’s no difference
in price between some of these things so
you may as well
you know go for the hd one or whatever
it might be don’t know why the pictures
aren’t popping through maybe it’s
because i’m streaming it on here at the
same time
but that one is a great way to find
there we go it’s popped through now
great way to help you find the lowest
price if you’re going to rent a movie
it’s also really handy as well to see
for older films which streaming services
they’re on
but that’s not really money saving
that’s just an extra feature that it’s
got in there
um similarly atm locator now if you
i know we don’t use cash much at all
especially over the last year
but if you do need money there’s nothing
more frustrating is there than having to
pay
whatever it is 199 perhaps more to get
money out particular ones in the little
office and stuff
so this one from link the atm finder
helps you sort of zoom in on any kind of
area let’s go to
uh where are we now let’s have a look at
leads scroll in here search for atms
and it pops up with this kind of
selection you see a few different
options here
a green atm means it’s free you can get
your money out for free
a purple atm means there’s a charge you
click on it here it tells you one pound
89. it’ll also tell you and there’s none
obviously in that area but it also tells
you if there’s a post office because
post offices are a great place now where
you can go to and take money out if
there’s no atm around you
or no bank branch so again this one is a
great way to save you a bit of cash
helps you find the cheapest atm near you
similarly petrol prices right we know
that petrol prices vary
from four quarts to four core so you can
have a look so let’s put in a random
postcard let’s just choose some sort of
london postcode here
whack that in see what pops up oh here
we go it’s telling me that i can go to
asda as the cheapest price that’s
the best blue green another aster as
they’re a little bit more expensive just
goes to show that prices can change
uh morris and sainsbury’s keep scrolling
and there’s an so and you see the
difference in your price
and it may well be again don’t go out of
your way to try and save yourself
a penny on the lead to the fuel it’s not
going to make that much difference
but if you have a couple on your journey
that you’re making
spend 30 seconds looking at that and
find out where you’re going to top up
and get the lowest price
not just petrol you could also find the
lowest price for your parking
uh happy parking this is a great one as
well uh random locator here edinburgh
when i went there on
a trip a while ago on holiday pop up it
pops and it shows you
color codes are different prices for
different car parks you can look for the
cheapest ones
near you the near like there’s a free
one take me there bit far out of town
but it won’t cost me anything
again if you’re looking for somewhere
you want to particularly in town centers
find some cheap or free parking
happy parking is a great one to have um
now that’s kind of finding the best
price very quickly i’m not going to go
into detail on these because you know
how these work
if you have found something going back
to that id low in price by
looking around searching for stuff if
you found something at a low price
let’s see if you can get it for less if
you can discount some money off that
by applying a voucher code voucher codes
and voucher cloud are a couple of really
good ones that i have on my phone
now remember i’m not talking about
cashback sites which operate in the same
way
the difference with cashback is you are
given that money after your purchase and
it’s not always guaranteed although i’m
a huge fan of it and you absolutely
should do it i’ve got a whole video you
might want to check out if you’re new to
cashback
it can make you a huge amount of money
over the year using a voucher code
getting that discount taking off your
purchase
before you spend it you have absolutely
guaranteed save that money
so it’s well worth i think having some
of these available on your phone for
when you’re out and about and you see
something and go right
that’s a great one here’s a little code
i can add in obviously if you’re on a
desktop you’ve got a few more options i
would just google
for the voucher code because more
options might come up right let’s move
on to
some food money saving apps now again
i’ve spoken before in a previous video
about loyalty cards and loyalty schemes
they’re fantastic the supermarket you go
to if it’s got one you should sign up to
it
but again you’re earning points you’re
making points if you actually want to
save some money get money off
the stuff that you’re going to buy a
couple of ones worth getting if you shop
these places are co-op and lidl
co-op every single week has new vouchers
that are added which
if you add them to your card it will
then take it off the bill if you buy
those products now these are
very specific here uh milk cheese i mean
it’s quite broad isn’t it you know a lot
of people buy milk and cheese anyway
a lot of people buy fresh fruit so it’s
quite nice quite often i’ve seen on this
like one pound off your shop
so it’s well worth looking at that add
them to your card
and then when you swipe it you’ll be
taken off at the till
the little one has these as well lots of
vouchers that go on there of particular
products but also there are going to be
at times special ones like this one here
um i’ve got some where they go five
pounds off a 25 pound spin
again these change these don’t they’re
not there all the time but they’re well
worth taking advantage of
and in fact what’s quite good about the
little one is it has a little tab here
for partner
offers now you can ignore some of these
or you might be able to get a better
deal
elsewhere but for example a good one
here six months free tidal at the moment
through that app that’s how you can get
that music streaming
for free for six months which is a
really really good offer there’s also a
way to save money on cinema tickets i
know they’re not open but movie rentals
as well
through this without having to sign up
to any other scheme it’s absolutely free
you sign up here and there’s money off
those when you can go
so that’s a really good one as well now
this next two are too good to go in oleo
they’re really good about food waste so
i mean i doubt about you i hate food
waste
generally there’s very little that we do
ever throw away and often that’s kind of
like no
fruit and veg where it’s kind of that
although the date’s good something’s
gone dodgy with it but we try to use
everything up and don’t throw things
away
same with goods we know kind of where
the best before date is
the use by date is so we don’t get a
situation where anything’s
not needed but that’s not always the
case and not just personal stuff as well
there are
obviously organizations out there cafes
restaurants supermarkets where they
might have food left over that hasn’t
gone and they don’t want to go to waste
so these two apps will give them
let you get access to these things from
other people’s stuff they get rid of or
shops and cafes getting rid of
either for free or for a very low price
so let’s look at two good to go first of
all
and now this one is pretty hit and miss
depending where you live obviously in a
larger area
you’re going to have more options i’ve
randomly chosen a place in kent here
and this gives you an idea of some of
the things that are going on
so um we could there’s one left here
costa coffee in dartford
um there’s a limited number when they’re
gone they’re gone but for three pounds i
could get 10 pounds worth of
leftovers which they you go and collect
at the end of the day
so if it’s cost to coffee it’s likely to
be what wraps and pastries and things
like that isn’t it
you get it you reserve it and then let
you know you’ve got it and you have to
make sure you’re there to collect it
and sometimes it’s big change like that
sometimes it’s going to be
places you’ve never heard of like what
the hell is that magic box from pastinos
but again it’s giving you stuff which
normally cost a lot more money
at a lower price obviously the date
is going to be very soon so that day or
the next day but again it can save you
some cash on some of these essentials
and you can see that although it’s very
popular
morrison’s is often on there as well
again ten pounds worth of food
for three pounds you know it could be a
range of fruit veg bakery cakes and
maybe even cheese
um all items would be past the best
before date but we’re perfectly good
to eat so some really good ways there to
save some money i’d say
oleo is really similar but this is more
likely to be people giving stuff away
themselves so there’s the things they’ve
got left over so again
random sort of location looking at this
here a lady called beth she’s put on
some micro
fried rice and some sweetness our sauce
she doesn’t want that anymore if you
want it you get in touch with her and
she arranges it for you to collect it
for free you don’t have to pay anything
at all it’s to get rid of
that waste here’s someone called alice
she’s got biscuits for cheese
in date she doesn’t want them anymore so
it’s well worth having a look at this
it is gonna be hit or miss i must say if
you’re in a smaller area where there
aren’t people sign up to it
you’ve got less of a chance of nabbing
something but likewise if there’s less
people on there if something does get
listed then you’ve got a stronger
opportunity you’re more likely to be
able to nab it before they do
great thing about one mainly food is
also a non-food section
so again someone’s giving away a
pineapple mug here and a glade airspray
if they rock your boat if you want those
you can get them for free rather than
buying them yourself you are saving
some money so definitely check out those
too too good to go
and oleo olio they’re both really good
now on a similar kind of
way in terms of that kind of ecological
uh aspects but also money saving this
one called refill
now the downside for this one right now
is we’re not really going out and about
also it’s cold when i’m recording this
but in the summer this
is a fantastic way to help you refill
your water bottle
for free so it’s a hot day you’re out
and about maybe in the past you’d pop
into boots or the supermarket and you’d
buy a bottle of water
one is expensive two you know it’s again
single-use plastic isn’t great
here find a refill station it pops open
the app
you can choose where you want to be with
this uh
let’s have a look let’s put in uh we’ll
give it let’s say london right
i know london is huge uh but let’s see
what pops up return
search it through it finds the area that
you’re talking about
uh let’s go there westfield
uh again click on that and it’s telling
me that in the way in this area here
there are three different places i can
go to if i want to
uh there’s a railway station there uh
there’s a costa coffee there
and there’s also another railway station
if you want to there’s a reef you can
either ask at the counter lots of pubs
restaurants gyms
cafes all sorts of places you can go in
refill your
water bottle up without spending
anything really really great app i love
this one saves you money but also it’s
great for the environment
right racing through these i told you
there’s a lot of apps i don’t want to be
too long all of these
uh this next bundle the final bundle
they’re ones which
i kind of think are really really good
maybe a bit limited right now while
we’re having restricted but when things
are out download them now make sure
you’ve got them because when things get
back to normal
and these can save you some decent cash
hotel tonight
this is a great one for last minute
stays so if you are thinking
i need to be at a hotel um i haven’t
booked an advance sometimes that can
make them very expensive
but obviously you know check on the
booking site see what’s available but
this one
will have deals for places which have
rooms they just want to get rid of them
today
again looking at particularly low prices
again around london because of when i’m
recording this right now which you’re in
a lockdown so people aren’t going about
you’re not able to really go anywhere
and but you can obviously see some good
hotels potentially quite expensive
hotels
with a bit of a discount now i’m not
saying as i said you’ll get the lowest
possible price for a stay
you might be able to find a cheaper
hotel which isn’t listed on here if you
go through the normal
kind of search results and comparison
sites but if you want to find somewhere
nice you might get it a lot less so
that’s a really great one
similarly we can’t go out and about we
can’t go out for for drinks and meals
um but dusk and embargo can be really
good um because they will offer
generally
different locations they work slightly
differently mainly they are london-based
although i think dusk also has
an option in uh around manchester as
well and there are all sorts of bars
that will give you a free drink
do you i think you only get one free
drink a night i can’t remember exactly
now whether it’s
on the app or whether that’s per
location but again potentially i think
you could do
a bit of a crawl go from one bar to the
next getting a free drink
in each one and if you and your friends
have all got the same app with the same
freebie
then it’s a really really cheap night
out you’re saving money and often
after that free drink there might be
other specials and discounts as well so
that’s really good so that’s dusk
and the other one embargo has a similar
thing again it’s not working right now
because things aren’t open
but they’ve also got an opportunity for
you to collect loyalty cards and stamps
at the different restaurants and bars
which if you’ve been there maybe checked
in seven times eight times
you’ll then get a free beat next time
that you go now the last two to talk
about
i don’t actually have the accounts with
them so i can’t show you the apps and
themselves
but you know them already probably
meerkat meals taste card
great ways to save money on your food
and your drink when you’re out and about
taste cards you can get all sorts of
free trials for this i generally list
those best offers
over on the blog so if you want to get a
three month free trial four months for a
pound whatever it might be
time that application when you get it
for
let’s say the summer holidays when you
like to be out eating out more often or
whatever it might be
50 off loads of meals there’s also
discounts on things like cinema tickets
movie rentals and stuff as well
during lockdown you can still use it you
can get a 50 off at pizza hut if you
want to so it’s a good way of saving
some cash on takeaways meerkat meals
very very very similar proposition
you can only get it if you take out an
insurance policy
via compare the market but there are all
sorts of loopholes and ways around that
you can get it for one pound two pounds
maybe by taking out a day travel
insurance policy
and then you get access to it for the
full 12 months again money off
your meals but also two for one cinema
tickets as well so good way to save
some cash so lots of different apps
there 19 different apps which
hopefully will save you some money take
you through them all one by one again
obviously you can click back
to watch uh the bits about those each
time but there’s idea low and price buy
which are great price comparison
apps just watch also as a price
comparison but for movie rentals
atm locator will help you find the
cheapest and the free atms in your area
petrol prices will help you find the
cheapest petrol prices as you’d suggest
appy parking helps you find the cheapest
parking spaces you can compare
the expensive and the cheap maybe even
somewhere free to park up
voucher codes and voucher cloud just two
of the top main
voucher code apps which are worth
getting to bring the price down even
further
uh the two supermarket ones which
actually give you an immediate discount
on some purchases generally via coupons
that you then add to your loyalty card
that scan at the teal are co-op and lidl
plus
again go to the app great way to find
out what’s there and add them straight
away
some free food or some cheap food that
would be going away going to
waste too good to go and oleo they’re
great for that
and then we have refill which is a way
to help you find uh free water refills
in your area can save some money stop
you having to buy
some fresh water in single-use plastic
bottles
and then we’ve got hotel tonight to find
last minute hotel deals around the uk
embargo and dust get you free and cheap
drinks on a night out when we’re allowed
to do that again
finally taste card and meerkat meals
meerkat movies
they’re both there to help you get
discounts on your food and drink when
you’re eating out and also
on things like cinema tickets there we
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