{"id":1210581,"date":"2022-09-25T11:15:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T11:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/25\/how-to-save-money-on-the-apps-you-use\/"},"modified":"2022-09-25T11:15:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T11:15:48","slug":"how-to-save-money-on-the-apps-you-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/25\/how-to-save-money-on-the-apps-you-use\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Save Money on the Apps You Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"lead-in-text-callout\">You can easily<\/span> find yourself spending a substantial amount of money on the apps you use every day\u2014whether through up-front payments or monthly or yearly subscriptions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">It always pays to shop smart, and that\u2019s as true for mobile apps as it is for anything else. While we can\u2019t make everything free of charge, we can give you a few tips to save money. You may be surprised by how often apps and mobile games go on sale, and there are ways of watching out for those price drops. There are also tricks to trim your app subscriptions\u2014you might even save enough to be able to afford a few new apps.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Track Prices<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iKAnWF bhyIoG asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-brOcMc hFfCYJ caption AssetEmbedCaption-eYEpeY qwmNM asset-embed__caption\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-UABmB BaseText-fETRLB CaptionText-cNZZli hkSZSE bHMCym faGSa-d caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>There are apps to help you track the prices of apps.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-UABmB BaseText-fETRLB CaptionCredit-cSxGsC hkSZSE bmsBkF iOEyAO caption__credit\">AppSales via David Nield<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">If you have your eye on an app but don\u2019t want to pay full price for it, a price tracker like AppSliced can be very helpful. It alerts you to games and apps in the Apple App Store that have been marked down or even made free, and you can see what\u2019s popular with other users, as well as tracking specific apps. It\u2019s a free service and simple to use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Over on Android, the AppSales app does a similar job for you. You can quickly get lists of apps that are available for a reduced price or are now available for free, and you can track up to 200 apps to watch out for price drops. The app links neatly with the Google Play Store and is free to use\u2014though you can pay a small monthly fee to remove ads and get extended price history records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">There is a basic wishlist feature available on Android in the Play Store app, but it doesn\u2019t do anything fancy, like alerting you to price drops. It can help you remember to check in on app deals though. On any app listing, tap the three dots (top right), then <strong>Add to wishlist<\/strong>. To find your wishlist in the Play Store app, tap your profile picture and pick <strong>Library<\/strong>, then <strong>Wishlist<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>App Subscriptions<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iKAnWF bhyIoG asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-foMCXx bomDaa asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kHmjLe gbVKFf responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-eWcsO lgxMZN asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jJpQhK jEPxaV AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-eWcsO lgxMZN asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot of Apple Arcade page on the App Store\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dmuwLx fydubv responsive-image__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/How-to-Spend-Less-Money-on-Smartphone-Apps-02-arcade.jpg\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-brOcMc hFfCYJ caption AssetEmbedCaption-eYEpeY qwmNM asset-embed__caption\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-UABmB BaseText-fETRLB CaptionText-cNZZli hkSZSE bHMCym faGSa-d caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>You can sign up for Apple Arcade through the App Store.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-UABmB BaseText-fETRLB CaptionCredit-cSxGsC hkSZSE bmsBkF iOEyAO caption__credit\">Apple via David Nield<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Both Google and Apple offer monthly subscription services that get you access to hundreds of titles for one flat monthly fee\u2014and if you buy a lot of apps and games, it can save you some money. It\u2019s also worth mentioning Apple One, which bundles subscriptions to Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade, iCloud Plus, Apple News Plus, and Apple Fitness Plus for a reduced price.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can easily find yourself spending a substantial amount of money on the apps you use every day\u2014whether through up-front payments or monthly or yearly subscriptions. It always pays to shop smart, and that\u2019s as true for mobile apps as it is for anything else. While we can\u2019t make everything free of charge, we can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1210582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1210581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1210581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1210581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1210581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1210581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1210581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}