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Most of you must be planning to grab the early bird specials from your favourite stores. You might be busy creating your own list of Black Friday special deals. But if you are an iPhone user then some apps make it super simple for you to find out the best possible deals – in stores and online.

Other than that Thanksgiving brings lot of family gatherings in which you need to make tasty food with variety.  So as they say, “There is an app for that!”

You don’t have to walk from store to store to score the best deal of the day. Rather you can simply visit the store which has the best deal. Does it all sound good? Well then, I have created a list of 8 iPhone app you will need before Thanksgiving.BlackFriday

You can not only use them on Thanksgiving but also any time you are shopping. These apps make sure you save money on whatever you are purchasing.

So without much ado, here are my favorite FREE iPhone Apps specially selected for Thanksgiving and Black Friday:

  1. SnapTell: With SnapTell on your iPhone, you can take a picture of a Book, DVD, CD and Video game etc. Use that picture to find online prices for that product. Pretty cool when you are in store and not sure if you are getting a best deal. So now with SnapTell you can find that out. Surprisingly, it doesn’t yet work for other products.
    SnapTel
  2. NexTag: Now NexTag grabs where Snaptell leaves. NexTag lets you do comparison shopping for almost everything you get in store. Browse shopping categories from Books, Computers, Electronics, Movies, Software and everything else. Or just use the UPC code from any product you see in store to find out its online price.Nextag
  3. ShopSavvy: ShopSavvy takes it even further. No need for any manual entry or search to find the prices. Just use the app to scan the barcode of any product and get the latest prices online and in stores. Now that is something you will definitely love. Only problem I found with this app is sometimes the app fails to scan anything at all. Probably this is something which should get fixed soon.
  4. Epicurious: Epicurious helps you find recipes of the food you love. Wanna find out Turkey recipes, stuffing and other Thanksgiving sides, this is the app you will need. This app is really fun to browse as well. Mouth watering images in the app will surely make you feel hungry all the time.
    The best thing about this app is if you like a recipe then it lets you create its shopping list for the items required. Pretty cool concept…
    epicurious
  5. Allrecipes: Select Dish type – Soup, Appetizer, Breakfast, Dinner etc. Ingredient you like – Cheese, Chicken, Fish, Beef etc and how much time you have to cook. AllRecipe will give you the options you have with your selection. It’s an amazing app with cool recipe for everything based on ingredient. Therefore you can create your customized food for Thanksgiving, the way you want it.
    Or just use the Features recipe section to see if there is something you fancy.
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  6. Brightkite: Now when you have found the deal in one store, don’t just get stuck there. Find what your friends are buying and chat with them and other people nearby to find out the best deals. You may also post your best deals, pictures and other musings on Twitter and Facebook depending how you set up Brightkite profile.

  7. Zhiing: Zhiing is probably the only app which helps you share your exact location with your friends without actually writing a word. Open the app, select/enter a contact phone number and add a message if you want before sharing your location. As soon as your recipients open the message from Zhiing, they can get turn by turn directions from their location to yours. How cool is that? Try it out.
    If they happen to be an iPhone use with Zhiing, then it become even easier.
  8. WazeWaze: Now when you have found the address and you don’t have full fledged GPS like Navigon and TomTom, then you may probably use Waze, a community based GPS app.  Waze provide you turn by turn directions, traffic and road reports FREE of cost.  You will love this app if you don’t want to spend a dime but still want a GPS on your iPhone.  Really cool but sometimes you seem to not find addresses and all.  But most of the time it works in US.

Now I selected these apps based on what you will need on Thanksgiving and specially on Black Friday. So be ready for the best time of the season for shopping and have fun using these app. Have a good time with your family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

(Image Credit: Apple iTunes Store)
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