iPhone app review: RedLaser

Penny pinching? There’s an app for that.

For college students on a ramen noodle budget, but looking for something that tastes a little better than cardboard, scrounging every last cent while grocery shopping is a near life-or-death situation.

Thanks to the free iPhone, iPad and iPod touch app RedLaser, the power of comparison shopping is now available in the palm of your frugal hand.

Originally developed by eBay Inc. in 2009, RedLaser has gained a smart phone-savvy cult following over the last two years.

RedLaser boasts the tagline of “impossibly accurate barcode scanning,” and of this I am irrevocably sure.

The user-friendly app boots up quickly and is ready to begin scanning items on the go in an instant. To scan an item, the user simply holds up the device’s camera to the barcode, which is instantly scanned. Within seconds, a lengthy list of price comparisons is generated.

Whether it’s saving 50 cents on a bag of chips or $50 on a flat-screen television, RedLaser does not disappoint its users. With a 4-out-of-5 star rating in the Apple AppStore, RedLaser is a valuable app addition for any iPhone user.

Although a few cons of the app include difficulty scanning barcodes in dimly lit areas and glare hindering the app from scanning properly, the positive attributes of RedLaser greatly outweigh the app’s minor kinks.

To download RedLaser, search keyword “RedLaser” in the Apple AppStore.

Posted by Lindsay Shoemake on Nov 17 2011. Filed under Leisure, Reviews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.