Okay, let me be entirely forthcoming: I’m a frugal kind of guy.
I’m one of those guys that shops for a deal on anything from a
car loan to my deodorant and all things in between. So with that
said, I’ll admit I was intrigued by the hype that seems to be
surrounding what is currently the #2 app on the App Store Top 25
Paid Apps list: Occipital’s barcode scanner, RedLaser.
RedLaser’s concept is simple. You scan a barcode and RedLaser
gives you several places online to find that item, hopefully at
a lower price. Imagine RedLaser as one of those little scanner
guns they give you for making a wedding registry or a baby
registry, but better. Now I’ll admit, the concept sounds great,
but there are tons of apps on the App Store with poorly executed
“great concepts”, and this concept is complicated. So how did
Occipital do? Let’s find out!   Before we dive headfirst into
execution, let’s take a look at RedLaser’s features: • Scans
UPC, EAN and UPC-E barcodes • Finds prices using Google and
Amazon • Offers the ability