However, the only thing that started to bother me (besides my spending habits) was the fact that I never seemed to have that magical coupon code at checkout. This was when I started diving into the world of coupon and money-saving apps. It didn’t take long for me to wonder why I hadn’t been using them all along.

Our testing criteria consisted of a combination of factors, including how easy it was to navigate, find coupons and apply them, how many coupons were active and usable, how other users liked the apps via customer reviews, and how much you could expect to save when using these apps.

Unlike the majority of the apps on this list, this app takes discounts a step farther and gives access to coupons and deals for goods and activities in your area. For instance, Groupon has coupons and deals on gym passes and dance lessons in addition to coupons and deals on goods like clothing and electronics.

One of the best things about Honey is its simplistic and well-designed approach to coupon hunting and ultimately money-saving opportunities. This app offers coupons to over 40,000+ stores that you can apply directly at checkout when shopping online. Better yet, once you activate the coupon, it automatically applies the discount to your cart. Because of this, we found that it was one of the easiest and most effective apps that were tested.

Another great feature that Honey has is the stats that it gives you for each of the brands that it features. These stats allow you to track prices, get sales notifications and give you coupon success rates that are updated every 24 hours along with the average savings typical for the brand. This allows you to compare deals between stores to find the best deals on what you are shopping for.

Overall, we found that savings typically floated between 5-20%, making this app a great choice if you are looking to save on a wide variety of stores. For instance, during our research, we found that the average coupon savings for Ulta, a beauty store, was around 4% and had two different coupons available to choose from.

In addition to this, Honey offers Honey Gold. The Honey Gold is awarded to you after using coupons from Honey. When you get 1000 Gold points, you can redeem them for gift cards from popular brands like Target, Nike, or Sephora.

Another thing that we love about Honey is that it gives you a great mix of large and small brands. In fact, Honey is one of the only apps to have a section specifically dedicated to small businesses.

We recommend this app if you are looking for an easy, effective, and fast way to find deals when shopping at your favorite brands. While some of the savings aren’t as large as some of the other apps on the list, we found that it more than made up for it with its ease of use and variety when it came to available stores and coupon types. 

Another great feature of RetailMeNot is that it has different types of coupons available. More specifically, it offers cashback deals, in-store coupons, and online coupons. We love this because it gives you more options and flexibility for saving money while shopping.

User reviews were extremely positive for this app. The overwhelming majority of users say that this app is very user-friendly, and they have found that they have saved money since downloading it. However, one of the major complaints that this app has is its lack of customer service. Some users have stated that RetailMeNot doesn’t have a lot of customer service, which may cause some problems if you need assistance while using their app.

This app states that you can save up to 40% on everyday purchases that range from individual products to nationwide stores like Nordstrom Rack, and throughout our research, we found this to be relatively true.

Unlike some of the other apps on the list, Slickdeals runs off of crowd-sourced deals. This means that other users find deals that they post to the app for other users to redeem (think of it like a huge community of coupon sharing). Because of this, there are some pros and cons when it comes to crowd-sourced couponing.

For instance, some coupons may not work, and others may be easier to redeem than others. However, Slickdeals has an answer for this. In order to make sure that coupons are useful, users can vote the coupon up or down (good or bad), which means you can quickly find reliable and working coupons instead of sifting through thousands of options that may or may not work.

Another reason we love the app is its easy-to-use navigation. Slickdeals allows you to search for coupons and deals by store. This makes it super easy to find a coupon for the stores you shop at quickly.

While we did find some coupons that saved you up to 50% off on your purchase throughout our research, there was a large range of savings available. This may be primarily due to it being a user-generated site, which increases variability in the coupons that are uploaded.

That being said, finding deals and the coupons themselves wasn’t difficult at all. The only difficulty came when trying to apply some of the coupons. While some were extremely easy to apply, others took a little more time to figure out. While we don’t necessarily think this is a reason not to try the app, it was a bit of a snag throughout using Slickdeals.

According to user reviews, Slickdeals is a great app for saving hundreds, and in some users’ cases, thousands of dollars. Users have reported large savings as well as a simple and user-friendly layout which makes it easy to navigate and find deals. Additionally, users have also stated that there is a great community of people that use this app if you would like to bounce ideas off of or find additional ways of saving through your fellow couponers.

Overall, if you are looking for a wide range of savings and coupons across thousands of stores, Slickdeals is a great option. From saving a few dollars off single products to almost 50% off on purchases, the opportunity for savings is vast. 

With mixed user reviews, we found that some of the coupons weren’t verified, so you may run into some coupons or discounts that aren’t valid, which can be frustrating. Despite this, we recommend checking out this app if you’re looking to save money.

The app itself is easy to navigate and very user-friendly, even if you are new to discount apps. The Coupons.com app allows you to shop by category such as baby, personal beauty, brand, or product name, making it quick and easy to find deals on the things you need.

More specifically, this app filters coupons in a couple of different ways. You can search via category or filter coupons based on in-store shopping or online-exclusive coupons. While it wasn’t super difficult to learn how to navigate, this app had a slightly higher learning curve than some of the choices on this list, and we do wish that there was a more robust browsing section.