TechBargains vs Friendly Shopping Browser
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TechBargains
Discover the best quality products at the best prices, curated by bargain experts. This app connects you to deals from trusted retailers, helping you find savings on top brands and high-quality items.
- Discover deals by category, store, or brand
- Instant search across all deals
- Share deals with friends
- Save deals for later
- Sign up for deal newsletters
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TechBargains makes you a smarter shopper! No, we are not one of those apps that pretend to find deals using some sort of “complex algorithm”. We are an app fueled by a team of experienced, bargain experts. We call our team “The Bargain Meisters”, and we hate paying full price for anything, but have a taste for the good stuff. Maybe it’s silly, but we see ourselves as a bargain special forces and have been connecting shoppers to bargains 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, since 1999. Our goal is simple, we find the best quality product at a more reasonable price for you. We work exclusively with trusted stores, like Amazon, Dell, HP, Newegg, B&H and more to ensure that you always get the best deal. Finding the best bargain is hard because it’s not just about finding the cheapest price; it’s about discovering the best brand, at the highest quality, for your dollar. THE TECHBARGAINS APP ALLOWS YOU TO: • Find bargains easily by letting you discover great deals by category, store, brand, and more • Search across the whole app instantly to find just what you are looking for • Share deals with friends directly from the app • Save deals for later, with Facebook or an email login • Sign up for newsletters, so that savings can find you as soon as each deal is published. WHAT’S NEW IN 2.1.11 • Updated the Authentication and Saving Functionality. • Bug fixes. WHAT’S NEW IN 2.1.9 • Ability to Save items using Facebook or Email login • Updated iconography and design tweaks • Bug fixes WHAT’S NEW IN 2.1.7 • Added Share functionality • The "Visiting Store" button now launches a new window • Bug fixes WHAT’S NEW IN 2.1.19 • Updated with new API* MORE • The TechBargains App has never been better, with a new design that makes it easier to find more bargains than ever before. • We’ve updated the core technology to dramatically improve performance while fixing past bugs. • … and we’ve improved the User Experience so that you can find bargains faster, while on the go! 2.1.20 *Bug fixes and API Update* 2.1.22 * Important Affiliate Disclosure Update
Friendly Shopping Browser
This browser streamlines your mobile shopping by blocking ads and trackers across all your favorite sites. It helps you save device space and privacy while finding deals and reviews.
- Ad and tracker blocker
- Privacy sandbox for sites
- Launch favorite shopping sites
- Find reviews and deals
- Save device space
- Faster browsing
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Introducing Friendly Shopping Browser - the ultimate shopping companion for your mobile device. With our powerful ad and tracker blocker, you can browse your favorite shopping sites without the distraction of irrelevant ads and protect your privacy while doing so. Our app features include: - Easily launch any of your favorite shopping websites - Powerful ad and tracker blocker (even block ads within Amazon, Facebook, YouTube) - All sites are loaded in their own privacy sandbox - Find relevant reviews and deals while shopping Benefits of using Friendly Shopping Browser: - Eliminate the need for multiple apps - Save space on your device - Protect your privacy - Avoid being misled by ads - Streamline the shopping process - Improve the speed of browsing through multiple sites Shopping has never been easier with Friendly Shopping Browser. Say goodbye to cluttered screens and hello to a faster and more organized shopping experience. Download Friendly Shopping Browser today and start shopping smarter, not harder! Notes: - Friendly is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Amazon, Target, Walmart, Costco, or any other shopping brand. We provide a web browser, optimized for shopping.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Friendly Shopping Browser at 100% against TechBargains's 11%. Friendly Shopping Browser also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.5). TechBargains's advantage is ratings volume (234 vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Friendly Shopping Browser holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TechBargains has 234 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of TechBargains's written reviews are positive against 100% of Friendly Shopping Browser's.
TechBargains ships an update every 2 months, Friendly Shopping Browser every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TechBargains | Friendly Shopping Browser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (234 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 234 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ziff Davis, Inc. | Friendly, Inc. |
Customer experience
TechBargains
Friendly Shopping Browser
Bugs and requests
TechBargains
Reported bugs
11 issues- Product images fail to load on iOS and Android
- Spurious 'No Internet Connection' error messages
- App redirects back to previously visited websites in loops
- Half of screen becomes invisible/unresponsive
- App crashes on iOS 11 and later versions
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- WiFi and cellular connectivity detection failures
- Images load for wrong items before correcting
- Favorites/tagging spinner hangs indefinitely
- Inaccurate timestamps on saved items
- Scrolling stutters on iPhone 7 and iPad Pro
- Force close required to recover from redirect loops
Requested features
7 requests- Search function for specific items
- Deal alert notifications
- Ability to save/favorite deals with accurate timestamps
- Item comparison feature
- Sharing functionality
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- Smooth scrolling performance
- Scroll-to-top functionality
Friendly Shopping Browser
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TechBargains
No in-app purchases
Friendly Shopping Browser
No in-app purchases
Questions
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