iPad app for tracking prices?

[aurorahorse]

Is there some kind of app for the iPad that will help you keep track of prices at different stores? (I don't have an iPad yet, but hope to soon). I have been looking at GroceryIq, but it looks like it only gives you one spot to put prices. I'd like something I can put different prices in...such as, the one from Costco, from Walmart, and my grocery store. Or, any other ideas on good grocery apps, and why? Thanks! :)

I currently use Excel and may just keep my spreadsheet, but wanted to see what else is out there.

[lovemygirls]

I would like to know the answer to this as well

[Gertie2u]

There is a TV commercial for one. I don't have an iPad or plan to get one, but if I see it again, I will let you know. I'm not sure all about how it works, so it may not do exactly what you are looking for. I do have a spreadsheet program on my phone, and I just have been entering prices for the items we buy most. I just use the first column for item, 2nd for size, 3rd for R (regular) and S (sale), fourth for store, and fifth for date. I was able to set it up for the fourth row to automatically populate, so that helps. Sometimes some stores have a month-long sale, so if I see something we use a lot of like that, I'll add a fifth column for the date the sale ends. Took a little time at the start, but really pays off now.

I also use it for Walmart price-matching. I enter the sale information and then take a picture of the item in the ad. Makes things so much faster! If you show the clerk a few times that your pictures are just from the ad for finding the complete information fast, they are usually happy to let you flip through them as they ring things up. Several of the clerks at my Walmart know me from previous trips and I just put the items on the belt in the order they are on my phone. Works great.

[lovemygirls]

There is a TV commercial for one. I don't have an iPad or plan to get one, but if I see it again, I will let you know. I'm not sure all about how it works, so it may not do exactly what you are looking for. I do have a spreadsheet program on my phone, and I just have been entering prices for the items we buy most. I just use the first column for item, 2nd for size, 3rd for R (regular) and S (sale), fourth for store, and fifth for date. I was able to set it up for the fourth row to automatically populate, so that helps. Sometimes some stores have a month-long sale, so if I see something we use a lot of like that, I'll add a fifth column for the date the sale ends. Took a little time at the start, but really pays off now.

I also use it for Walmart price-matching. I enter the sale information and then take a picture of the item in the ad. Makes things so much faster! If you show the clerk a few times that your pictures are just from the ad for finding the complete information fast, they are usually happy to let you flip through them as they ring things up. Several of the clerks at my Walmart know me from previous trips and I just put the items on the belt in the order they are on my phone. Works great.

What program are you using on your phone?

[aurorahorse]

Thanks, everyone! I've been busying playing with my iPad. I'm using Grocery iQ, which came on it for free. It's not exactly what I wanted, but seemed pretty good. I'm up for any other ideas, though.

Good idea, Gertie...thanks!