Compare Everywhere
Compare Everywhere is a barcode-scanning app lets you price-check items by scanning the barcode to find out whether it can be bought more cheaply elsewhere before you part with your hard-earned cash. And, while it's a nice idea in theory, it is however early days for this vision of a connected future to truly work.
The issues are two-fold: one that the scanning results are often hit and miss, depending on the type of item you're scanning. And two that the 'Everywhere' of the title does not mean 'everywhere in the world' it means 'everywhere in the US'. Results, therefore, appear in dollars and 'local stores' means Walmart or, if you're lucky, a .com shopping site which may offer international shipping. So this app can be handy, certainly, but more so if you're looking to buy a book in the US, say, than tea-bags in the UK...
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