ShopSavvy

ShopSavvy
Developer(s)Rylan Barnes, Jason Hudgins and Alexander Muse, Big in Japan Inc.
Initial release2008 (2008)
Stable release
5.0.3 on Android[1]
5.0.0 on iOS[2]
1.10.0.0 on Windows Phone[3] / 31 January 2012; 12 years ago (2012-01-31)
Written inC
Operating systemAndroid, iOS, Windows Phone, Symbian
Size5.3 MB on Android
12.2 MB on iOS
1 MB on Windows Phone
0.75 MB on Nokia Symbian
Available inEnglish
TypeShopping
LicenseFree
Websiteshopsavvy.com

ShopSavvy is a mobile application for shopping that scans products and finds online and local stores providing those products. Additionally, ShopSavvy compares the prices, displays user reviews, and searches for deals and discounts on scanned items. The app was developed by Rylan Barnes, Jason Hudgins and Alexander Muse, who won the “Google’s Android Developer Challenge" and subsequently founded ShopSavvy, Inc.[1][2][4]

By 2012, the app had approximately 20 million downloads and over 10 million users since its launch. Today ShopSavvy is the world's most popular shopping application with more than 100M downloads of the technology,[1][2][5] with over 50 million product scans a month.[6]

ShopSavvy is a cross-platform application. It is currently available for Android, iOS, Symbian, and Windows Phone devices.[1][2] [6]

  1. ^ a b c d ShopSavvy Barcode Scanner - Apps on Android Market, https://market.android.com/details?id=com.biggu.shopsavvy
  2. ^ a b c d App Store - ShopSavvy (Barcode Scanner and QR Code Reader) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shopsavvy-barcode-scanner/id338828953?mt=8
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference w7 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Webster, Scott (2011-02-28). "ShopSavvy Spotted on 142 Android Devices, 239 Firmware Versions, and Few BlackBerry Models". AndroidGuys. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  5. ^ Edell, Heather. "ShopSavvy Secures $7 Million Round Led by Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin". InternetRetailer: Mobile Commerce. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  6. ^ a b Rao, Leena (3 November 2011). "Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin Leads $7M Round In Scanning And Product Search App ShopSavvy". Tech Crunch.