Remember the days of sitting around the table with your parents, the Sunday paper and a pair of scissors filing away any coupons that might be useful? Well guess what? Couponing is coming back with a vengeance! Only now, instead of spending an afternoon clipping and filing, you can simply load up your mobile device and start saving with a few taps of the screen. No more paper cuts, creased coupons or ink-stained hands!

Yowza!!

With exclusive offers from local retailers, Yowza!! features coupons that you will not find anywhere else. Searching for coupons is simple using store names or location-based browsing. Full store details are available within the app so that you can call the store and ensure that the item you are looking for is available. From restaurants to designer clothes, Yowza!! has a little something to offer any couponer.

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The Coupons App

The Coupons App offers up-to-date information on any coupons in your area. Each day, you load up the app and a full review to the day’s coupon offerings is available. You can sort coupon offerings by a variety of categories to find anything that you might need quickly. A unique feature of this coupon app is local gas price tracking. With the price of gas these days, knowing where to stop for the cheapest gas on your shopping adventures could rack up savings fast.

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SnipSnap

SnipSnap makes coupon clipping social. Instead of carrying your clipped coupons around in a pouch, you can snap a picture and store it to your phone. The app keeps track of expiration dates and locations for you to ensure that you never waste a coupon opportunity again. SnipSnap’s social features allow you to share coupons with friends and browse coupons discovered by others in your area for additional savings as well. Best of all, it looks much cooler than a fanny pack.

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RetailMeNot

RetailMeNot is a social savings database. Whether you are shopping in-store or online, the app offers valuable coupons and promotional codes that are cultivated by site users. With a few taps, you can access the list of offers for a given site or store and see real-time reports by other users on whether the deal worked for them or not. Everything is sorted by store or category to make finding offers fast and simple.

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Ibotta

Ibotta is a new way of looking at coupons. Though it does offer plenty of opportunities to click a coupon and save a few bucks, it is based around savings opportunities. You open the app while you are in a store and it provides a list of offers and actions available. By taking a picture with products, sharing your location on social media or performing other small tasks, you can earn additional rewards in addition to your coupon savings. After you have saved up enough bonus earnings, you can cash out through PayPal or donate it to a favorite charity.

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Verdict

Coupon apps are a popular way to save money using your mobile device. With a few apps, you can quit clipping and saving coupons and start tapping your way to savings.

These five apps are the best coupon apps for Android or iOS.

Do you have a favorite coupon app? Have you tried any of these? If so, what did you think? Leave a comment in the section below!