Book Bargain App Review

In case you are looking for the best book deals online and want to have your iPhone/iPad handy, Apple has just released the second version of the BookBargain app, and the developer is Jose A Sanchez. It is indeed a great news for the book lovers because the reader joins a crowded field of eBooks for the iPhone. The BookBargain iPhone app is a free shopping search utility that tracks down and shows the best prices on books online at popular stores like Amazon in multiple countries like USA, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Canada, and more. This app then compares the prices by using an exchange rate to equalize the prices in each currency into one. Then the app also takes into account the shipping costs and gives you the overall lowest prices for the book you are shopping for. Although BookBargain does not support other products, the app is free and might be a good resource if you are trying to save some money.

Book Bargain app 2.0 has compatibility with iOS5 . Unlike the iBooks app, BookBargain's closest competitor , which needs an Apple id to download books from the iBookstore, BookBargain doesn't require any such id. Also, if you are a FB or a Twitter freak, this app allows you to share your book list online on such social networking websites, unlike a number of apps of its class. Application settings can be accessed from within the application which lets you specify the country, currency and the kind of books you are looking for, very uniquely. The “push notification” feature is absolutely perfect for such an app as it notifies you with the perfect book bargain. And if you are not willing to bear a big pocket pinch for the book you want to buy, but you still want one, this app will list down the price of “Used” books which will suit your budget. While using the iBooks app you would have to click on a book title in the iBooks store to see the price but the BookBargain app distinguishably shows you the price on the search results or browsing pages. The search function is also pretty decent, and one of the best features is the ability to download substantial previews of paid eBooks to read before deciding whether to shell out some money for the full title.

On the other hand, it is a little disconcerting that the app takes quite some time to launch like its ancestor , the 1.2 version. Not all books are really on the cheaper side. You might need to shed out heavy price for some of them. But Apple’s BookBargain's prices do seem competitive with most of those found in the Amazon, Kindle, and Kobo stores.