Top apps to nab the best sales bargains

Google Shopper

Price: Free

This is Google's one-stop-shop for your phone shopping experience. With information on millions of products Google Shopper can find the product you're interested in buying via barcode scan, voice description, text search or taking a picture of the cover art.

It will then bring up the best prices from the Google shopping database and also provide details on local sales and deals. The picture-led design lends itself very nicely to the Note II's amply sized screen too.

PriceGrabber

Price: Free

Think you've found a bargain but want to make sure? The PriceGrabber mobile android app puts the price comparison powers of the PriceGrabber website at your fingertips, letting you quickly compare prices on millions of products from thousands of online merchants. With product reviews, a barcode scanner for price comparison on the fly and even a gift suggester, you should never be short of a post-Christmas bargain with this app.

Groupon

Price: Free

This month's unsold Christmas stock is often next month's deals website's offerings. Groupon provides a daily deal or discount available in your local city straight to your phone, and you can customise the deals you receive to fit your preferences. The app lets you buy and redeem vouchers, share deals with your friends and saves you the bother of printing out vouchers at with the app installed they are available to be shown to the retailer using your phone.

LivingSocial

Price: Free

Another city discount deals app worth checking out for post-Christmas bargains is the one from LivingSocial. Like Groupon, it provides daily deals linked to your local city and using the 'Instant' facility it will use the Note II's GPS to tell you about LivingSocial deals close to you if you are visiting another city.

Online Shopping UK

Price: Free

Wouldn't it be nice if you could compare prices in most well known retail outlets both on the high street and online in one place? Welcome to Online Shopping UK where prices from everyone from Marks & Spencer and Argos to Play and Amazon can be seen and compared all within the one app. With Online Shopping UK you can make sure your favourite retailer isn't ripping you off in the sales with one quick easy lookup.