I have received a handful of emails from readers asking for tips/suggestions on choosing the best coupon and savings apps for the Apple iPhone. I have only been an iPhone user for several months now; and sadly, I have yet to download one coupon or savings app! How sad is that?! As a result, I did some research and found what I believe are some of the most popular apps out there to help you save money (many of the apps below have mixed reviews, so try at your own risk). If you have a favorite app that is not included and/or have feedback to offer about an app listed below, please do so in the comment section!

Amazon Mobile (FREE): Are you ever in a store just about to purchase an item and then wonder whether the same item is cheaper online? The Amazon Mobile app allows iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners to very quickly search, shop, compare prices, read reviews, and make purchases on Amazon.com using a simple, yet elegant, interface.

CompareMe Shopping Utility ($1.99): How often do you find the product you want available in several different sizes and wonder which size gives you the most bang for your buck?! Well, CompareMe compares and converts prices of products with many different package sizes, volumes, and lengths.

Yard Sale Mapper (FREE): Maps yard sale, garage sale and tag sale listings from Craigslist. Users can visually scour listings, then select a listing to view more detailed information. Once a sale is found, Yard Sale Mapper gives users step by step directions to find the garage sale address.

Grocery Gadget ($4.99): Gives shoppers the ability to upload and share online shopping lists, run price comparisons and retrieve coupons.

Gas Buddy ($2.99): Find the cheapest gas stations in the US and Canada. Gas Buddy gives distance, directions and time estimates to each location.

Save Benjis+ ($2.99): Enables users to can scan product barcodes using an iPhone camera, then see internet offers for the best price on that particular product.

Red Laser (FREE): Searches for low online and local prices from hundreds of thousands of retailers and uses state-of-the-art barcode recognition that can read virtually any product barcode. Here’s what reader, Kelly, had to say about this app…
“Have you seen this barcode scanner yet? Totally awesome! I was reading a magazine last night that mentioned it, so I thought I would check it out. You can scan any item with a barcode and it automatically searches local (using your gps location) and online retailers and displays current prices for the scanned item. Totally awesome!”

Coupon Cash ($1.99): Cut your grocery bill by maximizing the coupon value. Helps you determine the best time to use a coupon by letting you know when and where the product is on sale.

Grocery IQ (FREE): Build new shopping lists quickly by simply scanning the barcode for any product and share your lists with others by using the new List Sharing feature; Find free coupons for items that you’re shopping for and print them or add them to your store loyalty card.

Coupon Manager ($2.99): Shopping tool to manage your coupons. You can add, modify or delete coupons; search coupons by coupon name; sort coupons by name and expiration date; show coupons by category that you customize.