BargainBin

Allow me to set the scene: you’re browsing the App Store and you see this great new app that you just have to have. You sit there, thinking about it for a second and realize that it’s totally worth the $3.99 (or however much it happens to be). Purchased.

Tomorrow comes around. That game you just bought? It’s free now.

If you’ve found that that happens to you pretty often, BargainBin might be just the application you need. In short, BargainBin lets you set up a watch list and notifies you when an application drops in price.

The Application

Upon opening BargainBin, you are greeted with a brief explanation of how to use it. Once you get past that, you are taken to your Watch List. By tapping the plus button, you can add any application from the App Store to it, set the price you want to pay, and you’re done. When that application reaches your target price, you get a nice little push notification letting you know about the price drop.

BargainBin is also great for finding those diamonds in the rough. BargainBin can be configured to notify you when popular (or even any) applications drop in price. You can even browse BargainBin just like the App Store with the ability to browse by category, read descriptions, view screenshots, see price drops, and purchase the application (by linking you to the App Store).

As far as BargainBin’s interface goes, it actually looks pretty nice. Everything is right where you’d expect it to be and nothing is overly complicated.

The whole concept behind BargainBin is saving you money, so what better way than to make BargainBin completely free? That’s right, BargainBin won’t cost you a penny and it doesn’t look like the developers plan on changing that; so pick it up and start saving yourself some money.

Current Status: Highly Recommended

Reviewed at: v3.0.1
Reviewed on Firmware: 3.0
Download size: 2.0MB
Released on: 5th Aug 2009
Retails for: Free

Compatible with: iPod touch Gen 1 & 2 / iPhone Classic / iPhone 3G / iPhone 3GS