ShopSavvy

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]

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 (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

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]

History

After Rylan Barnes, Jason Hudgins and Alexander Muse partnered up, the app won Google’s Android Developer Challenge in 2008, under the name GoCart.[7] They later renamed the app ShopSavvy to better reflect its purpose and to meet Google's Android and T-mobile guidelines.[8]

The company then developed a QR code reader and scanner to be used as a feature in other apps.[7]

Investors

Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin led a $5M funding for the company. [9] Another investor is Brad Martin, former CEO of Saks.

Public reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
App Store[2]
Android Market[1]
Windows Marketplace[3]
Nokia Store[10]

Gizmodo: "This is one of the best barcode apps for Android." The app also was at the top of the website's lists in:

  • Gizmodo's Best Barcode Scanner Apps
  • Gizmodo's Best Android Shopping Apps [source]

Soon after its release in the Android Market it ranked in the top ten hits in the market. Three months after its release on the iPhone, it ranked as the 154th most popular iPhone app of all time, out of more than 200,000 apps.[1][2][7]

Consumers have recently complained about the latest updates flaws, claiming that basic features stopped working. Yet the app maintains a 4.5 stars out of 5 in the App Store and a 4.2 out of 5.0 score on the Android Market.[1][2]

References
  1. ShopSavvy Barcode Scanner - Apps on Android Market, https://market.android.com/details?id=com.biggu.shopsavvy
  2. App Store - ShopSavvy (Barcode Scanner and QR Code Reader) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shopsavvy-barcode-scanner/id338828953?mt=8
  3. "ShopSavvy". Windows Market Place. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  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. Rao, Leena. "Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin Leads $7M Round In Scanning And Product Search App ShopSavvy". Tech Crunch.
  7. Muse, Alexander. "ShopSavvy". StartupMuse Blog. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  8. "ShopSavvy Blog". ShopSavvy.com. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  9. Kroll, Luisa. "Facebook Co-founder Eduardo Saverin Invests in ShopSavvy". Forbes.
  10. "Nokia Store: ShopSavvy". Nokia Store. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
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