Save Money With Back-to-School Apps

Back-to-school season is hectic for everyone, but when money is tight, spending wisely and getting a great value is key. For money-saving tips, look no further than your smart phone and the GetJar app store. Second only to the Apple app store, GetJar has a wide variety of inexpensive apps across a variety of platforms (Android, Blackberry, Win Mobile, iPhone) that you can use for heading back-to-school. Here's a list of our budget-friendly, productivity-increasing faves:
Grocery Zen
(FOR FOOD SHOPPING) - simplifies a grocery shopping trip by allowing consumers to never forget an item or backtrack through the store again.
$1.99









GroupNotes "Family"
(FOR COMMUNICATING) - GroupNotes is the easiest way to email and communicate with your family during back-to-school when kids are busy with afterschool activities, carpools, etc.
$0.99





Discover
A mobile file manager app that enables you to manage your files in iPhone, storage files, view files and share files with other computer or iPhone within the same Wi-Fi network.
Free






Thwapr 
(FOR VIDEO SHARING)- is a free, mobile to mobile service that captures, shares, and plays videos with friends and family. With Thwapr you'll be able to share your child's first-day-of school and send off with any family member or friend in the world.
Free



ExpenseLog
(FOR EXPENSE TRACKING) - a smart and handy tool to log, track and manage your daily expenses.
Free





Woman's Day Cooking Assistant
(FOR COOKING) - a personal cooking assistant from the editors of Woman's Day that fits right in the palm of your hand! Features include meal ideas, cooking tools, and more to make cooking easier.
Free









GoodFoodNearYou
(FOR RESTAURANT SUGGESTIONS) - need a quick and easy dinner suggestion, but don't feel like cooking? GoodFoodNearYou Helps you find the best food options at the most common restaurants near you. Get free and instant access to the menus and nutrition information for popular casual dining restaurants and fast food restaurants near your location.
Free






And for kids heading back to school, lighten their backpacks of those heavy text books and check out:




Homework
(FOR STUDYING) - Homework tracks different types of schoolwork simply and efficiently.
$4.99










Scientific Calculator
Enables you to calculate the value of complex expressions directly using your mobile phone.
Free









National Geographic World Atlas
Have the world at your fingertips with National Geographic's World Atlas.
$1.99










Dictionary and Translation Pro
The 3 in 1 English dictionary, thesaurus and translation application for your mobile.
Free



Do you have a favorite money- or time-saving app? Let us know in the comments below.

But wait! There's more!
For the next three weeks, we've lined up bloggers from our Clever 1000 network to write about their back-to-school challenges. Each week, they'll present a different problem and look to you to help solve it. If you offer up the winning solution, not only will the blogger try it out and let us all know how it goes, but you'll win $250 cash!

"Clever Ideas for Mom Bloggers" Weekly Prize $250 Visa gift card:
Every Tuesday we'll have a new post from a Clever 1000 blogger, asking for your help with a back-to-school challenge. You share your ideas in the comments, and she'll pick the solution that works best for her family. Look for all of the details on the weekly posts.

"Back-to-School Tech Wishes Come True" Grand Prize $500 Best Buy card:
In addition to getting your ideas to help the three bloggers, we also want to help you get a jump on the new school year, and make your back to school wishes come true. Maybe a new phone, an iPad, or a color printer would get your year off to a great start? Tell us about your back-to-school technology wish list in the comments of this post, and on September 15, 2010, we'll pick one winner at random to receive a $500 Best Buy giftcard!

Click here for complete official rules.

See more from Clever Girls Collective:

Back To School 2.0 Enter to Win!
Tips for Killing Time at Soccer Practice

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