An article on The Washington Post featured seven apps that could make a shopper's life easier for those seeking to shop on Black Friday. First on the list is PriceGrabber, the app that helps users compare shops for the best deals. A shopper only need to search for the item and the app displays results from various retailers.

Next on the list is the BuyVia Black Friday Deals app, which allows users to search for local deals and set up alerts for future products. Although the app traces its roots on a tech-shopping site, the app also covers other areas like fashion, sporting goods and home products. A Cyber Monday app is also available on BuyVia.

Black Friday has spawned apps that are made specifically for the occasion. One of these is TGI Black Friday, an app that can be downloaded for two weeks this month. The website Dealcatcher made the app, which features 10,000 deals from several stores. It features push notifications for the latest deals.

If one needs to do comparison shopping while inside a store, the ShopSavvy app is useful. According to the report, the app also has a map, which aids users in deciding whether it's worth driving to another store to get a better deal.

Flipp is the digital age version for ad circulars. The app features scanned and searchable versions of ads from the largest stores. It may not be as strong as other apps, it offers the benefit of familiarity for those used to referring to ad circulars to get the deal they are looking for, the Washington Post said in its article.

The ShopAdvisor is said to be for users who want to be notified when the product they are on the lookout is most likely going to be sold at its best price. ShopAdvisor relies on a product's price history to tell a shopper when the best time to buy is.

Black Friday App is from Dealnews.com. It is a store-oriented app, the report says, so it's best to look at the ads in the stores one wants to go to be able to get the best deals.