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Most smartphone users purchase their favorite apps through an app store. Although this is usually the most convenient way to stock your phone with the latest tools and games, you can often save money by shopping around for a better deal. Here are three alternatives:

Buy Direct: app developers prefer that users buy software directly from their web site because then they don’t have to give the owner of the app store a cut of the profits. They may also run deals like “buy one, get one” that app stores don’t participate in.Never heard of this before? Get up to speed here. Finding out who wrote that killer piece of software and checking out his web site first can pay off.

Offer to Test: if a new app for a web site that you love is currently in development, you can sometimes score a free or discount copy of the final version by contacting the developer and offering to email him your thoughts and comments during his “beta” testing period.

Daily Deals: some tech websites offer a free app or game each day. “Giveaway of the Day” and “Free App A Day” are two sites that each give away a different app that usually costs money every 24 hours.

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