What are your favorite and most used shopping apps?

I had a weird day yesterday, and one of the events that sent me scrambling was that my phone died. I had to get a new one and now I"m trying to remember all of the shopping apps I had on it (except Gigspot, may it RIP).
So as I sit here searching and downloading apps, what are you favorites, and why? Which do you use the most?
While we're on the topic, Presto only works about half the time on my computer. I realize it's mostly for the phone but sometimes when I'm building a route for the day, I like to check Presto. I do this on my computer. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, meaning sometimes it finds my location and shows me shops nearby and sometimes it doesn't.

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I love Mobee. I've built entire routes on Mobee, with a few "regular" shops along the way to be sure I didn't get left shopless. Pros: quick approval and payment, responsive support, and built in travel pay. Cons: can't view the shop until you arrive, quotas, and no PayPal or check option.

I also like Easy Shift for "quick audits", although quick can be a relative term with them. Pay is decent, but no travel bonuses.

For " regular" shops I like Eyes On (MF) and I Secret Shop. MSurvey is great for merchandising gigs.

My least faves are Gigspot and Field Audit. Speaking of, has anyone else been having trouble reserving shops on Field Audit? I live in a city that has about 4 regular shoppers, two of which are my husband and I. Nevertheless, no shop has stayed on the board for more than 2 minutes in over a week!! One shop had over 70 locations gone in less than 30 seconds. Support keeps insisting they must have hit their quota, but before this week I could get at least 5 locations per shop per day.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/05/2017 10:02PM by stormraven73.

I will have to check Mobee out. I have never tried it. I like Easy Shift too, I forgot about that one, I need to get it back. Thanks Stormraven! Oh, and I have no clue about Field Audit. I've never used it.

Mobee is fun and quick, designed kind of like a scavenger hunt game. They only pay with gift cards, however Mastercard is one of the options so it works fine for me.

If you have an Android phone go to the play store/apps/my apps.
Every app you have ever installed will be listed.

They will be if you installed them originally from the Play store. If you installed them from another service like Amazon, or directly from an apk, then they won't be listed.

I have an Android phone...version 6.0. When I tried to install Easy Shift from the Google Play Store, it said, "Your device isn't compatible with this version", but I don't see any other versions in the Store.....anyone have any ideas why this is occuring??? Thanks in advance.

Mine did that too. I installed the apk directly from Apk Pure and it works just fine. [m.apkpure.com] Just download the apk file, then tap the completed download. It will install automatically. Some android apps have trouble sorting out which devices will work, but if you have 6.0 it should work just fine.

I tried Mobee today and could not get it to submit. I even took it to two different places with very good wifi and the report simply would not go through. I never have trouble with Field Agent, but seems Mobee won’t be for me.

Sorry to hear that! Support there always gets back to me within a few hours, or by 10 am if it is after hours. The app will save your shop for about 3 hours if it senses issues submitting. Snag a receipt (even from the trash, they don't mind) for POV. If they can't help you in time they will still give partial credit for POV.

They also give bonuses if you point out misplaced pins and other errors. Best shopper support I've ever had. Please talk to them and see if they can help. Support@mobee.com

Wow. Field Agent is definitely my least favorite now! A certain question asked for a picture that showed all of the candy in the seasonal section. The candy covered three aisles, and I was only allowed one picture. My shop was denied because I took an angled shot showing most of two aisles, but the back of the third (it was on the reverse of the second aisle.

I asked for an explanation of how I could possibly take a better shot, but have not heard back.

I once had a declined audit on Field Agent because the location was some kind of city - wide office for the brand. I argued that I incurred all the same expenses so they should pay for the shopper to inform them it is not a legit location.
I was paid for the job.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/15/2017 06:42AM by Kakita987.

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