Our Verdict
Thanks to the cyberspace , comparison shopping has never been easy . And if you need to get the good deal for your dollar , the freePrices Drop Monitor(Mac App Store link ) is a handy Mac service program that can help you out — assuming you do most of your shopping from Amazon .
Prices Drop Monitor displays a little shopping handcart in your menu bar ; selecting Manage Items from it brings up the app ’s main window , a lean in which you may contribute items from Amazon whose prices you want to track . Click the positive push button and paste in an Amazon URL to add an entry , or haul a uniform resource locator from Safari onto the carte bar ikon . The app then checks every 4 , 8 , 12 , or 24 minute to see if the prices have exchange , and notifies you . By default , the app badge its carte bar icon and turns it blue when there ’s a change ; you’re able to also opt to be notified by Growl , Notification Center , a bleep , or an e-mail to a specific address .
In the main windowpane , the app shows you your items , and people of color codes them to show which ones have changed : green for down , red for up , black for unwavering . you’re able to also apace filter by a search enquiry , or by which particular are hold up up , going down , are raw , or are recommended . you could cut across up to 20 product before you need to pay for the $ 4 upgrade that raise that limit to 50 .
As ready to hand as the app is , it could benefit from a few additions , such as the power to have notifications only at a certain cost threshold , desegregation with an Amazon Wish List , and perhaps even put up for tail purchases from sites other than Amazon .
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