How many times have you found yourself searching online or even visiting multiple stores to get the best prices on the many items you purchase for your household from week to week? You might go to one store for great prices on produce, another to purchase the cheapest generic canned items, and yet a third store to get pet food at the greatest discount. In short, you could be putting a lot of extra effort into saving a few measly bucks. And why should you? Shouldn’t retailers be competing for your business rather than making you work to buy their goods? This is the question that NetPlenish co-founders Dave Compton and Steve Markowitz asked themselves, and the result is a mobile app that allows users to find the best prices on the brands they buy every day.

This isn’t the first price-comparison app to hit the market. Many people have been using RedLaser (or similar apps) for the last few years. Previous entries to this shopping-app category have mainly included barcode scanners, though, which allow users to scan the barcode on any item (or enter the name of the item manually) to search for lower prices at nearby establishments. And while this is certainly a handy program for the average shopper, the problem is that it still requires users to run hither and yon to collect products at the best possible prices.

NetPlenish, in a way, seeks to remove this element of effort from the equation. The app will save you both money and time by allowing you to order a bevy of products online (although you may initially scan items from your weekly shopping lists to easily recall them later). While you might not be too keen to have perishable items like meats, dairy products, and frozen goods shipped to your house, there are plenty of non-perishable goods that you can order online, securing the best prices and front-door delivery in the process.

Although you will have to pay a little extra for shipping, large orders may result in reduced or even free shipping (although it depends on the retailer). And the best part is, you don’t even have to go from site to site to compare prices; the app does it for you (making up for shipping by saving you on fuel). All you have to do is set searches for the items you want to buy, create shopping carts, and check out (the app will even store your credit card information to make ordering items as quick and painless as possible). Of course, it won’t do your couponing for you (and sites like FreeStuffandSamples.com are definitely not featured). But it can save you tons of time and money, which is sure to please plenty of consumers.

What’s interesting to note is that while this app has obvious appeal to consumers, there are also plenty of retailers ready to jump on board. They want consumers to know when they are offering the lowest prices to make sure increased sales, and NetPlenish can help them get that information to the public. So far, several big names have signed on, including OfficeMax, PetSmart, Sears, Sephora, and Target (among others). And with more retailers being added every day, you may soon be able to use this handy app to secure the best prices on nearly everything you purchase. So download this freebie from the iTunes Store or Android Marketplace post-haste and get started with saving.

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