OK. Not every app will be free, but they could also be at a discounted price. Still, it’s better than paying full price for an iPhone app if you don’t want to do so. Just keep reading.

I have tried out a few of the apps that let you mark them to watch for when they drop in price like AppSniper and AppMiner, but they only work if you go into them constantly. Don’t pay those types of iPhone apps anymore! I’ve found that waiting for a specific Twitter users to tweet a promo code and then try to race to copy it and paste it into the Redeem box in iTunes is a losing battle. I don’t know how many times I’ve tried to score a promo code that way only to see that the promo code has already been used. ARGH! That is very aggravating! Forget both of those useless and futile ways!

Go to AppShopper.com, register on the site, and start browsing for apps! When you find an app that you want, but don’t want to pay the full price for it, look for the two checkboxes underneath the price of the app; Own It and Want It. Simply put a check in the Want It box. Then just wait for the app developer to lower the price of the app and you’ll get an email in your Inbox saying that the price of the app was lowered. HOW EASY IS THAT? When you do get that email, follow one of the two links in your email (one takes you to the app’s page on AppShopper.com and the other will take you directly to the app’s iTune page), click on Buy Now button, and you’re whisked over to the app’s page in iTunes to actually buy the app (like said previously, the second link will take you directly to the iTune page). Make sure that the app’s price in iTunes shows the change. A few times I’ve caught iTunes still having the full price. Sometimes AppShopper.com isn’t up to date with iTunes. The app developer can make sudden changes or do so by mistake. So be sure to check the price in iTunes before you buy the app!

Also, check the Own It box for apps that you have. You can view all the apps that you own, as long as you check the Own It box, from the orange My Apps tab at the top of the site. You can also click on the purple Wish List tab and browse the list of apps that you’ve marked that you want. If you find an app that you bought that’s on your Wish List, just check the Bought It checkbox and the app is automatically moved to your My Apps list. SO EASY! A good thing to do, if you can, is to visit the site on a regular basis and see all of the apps that are out there. You can browse all of the apps, only the apps that have been updated with a new version, only apps that have price changes, or just the new apps.

I’ve found that AppShopper.com is a great asset to any iPhone app addict! You can even use the site from Mobile Safari on your iPhone! How great is that?

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