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long gone are the days of clipping coupons from the weekly mailer simplify your life and savings by downloading these easy apps RetailMeNot has a newly developed smartphone app for both iphones and androids search by a specific store or by category like food or apparel if you choose to use your coupon in store you'll simply need to hand over your phone to the clerk for a quick scan of the barcode this app has the potential of saving you serious cash and the best part it's free SnipSnap is also a free app but only works on iphones scan in photos of your physical coupon so you can keep them all in one place or search other people scan coupons and snip them into your file one thing I like about this app is that it reminds you that you have a coupon for a store once you enter its vicinity it alerts you if one is about to expire now that's smart savings in San Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News