As someone that sticks to a hard budget every month for groceries, gas and other expenses, I can really appreciate shopping calculators. I even remember carrying a calculator through the store a few times to make sure I didn’t drift over my allotted monies for the week. Fortunately, in today’s world there really is an App for that, and Shoppers Calculator by BlueChris is one of these Apps, and it is amazingly great at what it does.
The interface screen is as good as they get. You have the item list to the top left and your total to the top right. You have the entering system at the bottom. To use the App, you simply enter the cost of the item you added to your shopping cart. If you want to keep track of the individual items like I did in my list, tap the “add label” button to enter a name for the product. Press the up or down arrows to change the quantity of items and the plus sign to add them to your list.
Once you see your list start to build, you can access individual items again for editing by simply tapping the item. This will create a gray highlight over the item you selected. From there, you can change quantities or pricing or even add a discount.
The discount screen in Shoppers Calculator is pretty simple to use and offers even more choices as with an in App Purchase. Just select the item, apply the discount and watch the magic happen.
The settings for Shoppers Calculator allow for location based sales tax, adjustment of the special value button, and orientation lock. The special value button setting is great if you shop at stores that end their prices in .98 or .95 instead of .99. Makes quick entries even faster with this adjustment.
Once you are done with your shopping run, Shoppers Calculator will let you email over the list to your computer for storage and printing for that monthly budget. As far as shopping calculators go, Shoppers Calculator by BlueChris nails it. While it doesn’t have all the features built in to the free mode, you can certainly build a more complex system with those additional features that can come with an In App Purchase. For just $.99 each, you can snag the discount calculator and the sales tax finder add-ons for Shoppers Calculator. This makes it one of the most complete shopping calculators out there, even when you aren’t sure what the tax rate is where you are shopping.
Overall, Shoppers Calculator gets my vote if you are one of those budget conscious people that keeps track of every penny. The 17MB install size is small enough to keep on a daily driver and the App is useful enough for those watching their spending to be a must have. So, if you are on a monthly grocery budget, head over to the store and download Shoppers Calculator today!
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