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hey guys welcome to tap that up the show where we uncover the hottest app so you don't have to I'm Sharon Vaknin and today I've got three Android apps that will save you a ton of money on just about anything first up is the deal map this super convenient app uses your phone's GPS to find all the nearby daily deals it grabs deals from sites like gold star home run and restaurants com so that you can view all of them at the same time view a list of all the deals see a map or search by category instead once you find a deal you want click it to get the details the fine print and the option to purchase it not only will this app save you a lot of cash on your next dinner or outing but it will also help you clear your inbox of daily e-mails from each one of these daily deal sites the deal map will save you a lot of money on services but not products you might buy at a store or online like a book so how do you get the best deals on these items check out google shopper while you're walking the aisles of a store pick up a product and casually grab your phone and use shopper to scan the barcode you'll get a list of prices from other retailers and customer reviews of the product those are things a salesperson definitely can't give you or if you're shopping online or sitting around and a product comes to mind tap speak and say the name of the item you want don't sweat the small stuff shopper will recognize the product and give you a list of prices and reviews and finally lots of internet geeks like myself can't live without our online discounts there are lots of websites that gather all the web specials but one of my favorites for discounts on electronics is slick deals and of course there's an app for that slickdeals RSS feeds gives you a simple but clear list of all the deals being posted on the website open the app to view the deals or add the handy widget to a home screen for a quick view of the latest posts dealnews which is similar to slickdeals also has an android app that is definitely worth checking out if you know of any android apps that i missed send me a link on twitter and watch out for more awesome apps on the next episode of top that up for cnet i'm share back