AboutShopSavvy
ShopSavvy is a price comparison company owned by Monolith Technologies, Inc. It makes free shopping apps for iPhone, iPad and Android, browser extensions and a desktop app, and it sells the same product and price data to developers and businesses through the ShopSavvy Data API, ShopSavvy for Business, the Search API, data licensing and a free MCP server for AI assistants.
ShopSavvy has been around since 2008, and was one of the very first apps on both Android and iPhone.
The ShopSavvy apps are free to use, with ads; ShopSavvy Pro removes them. ShopSavvy has 40M+ app downloads since 2008.
ShopSavvy is available on Android, iPhone and iPad, as well as web browsers including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari.
ShopSavvy is private. ShopSavvy does not collect any personal information, and does not share your shopping habits with anyone.
Our mission is simple: Empower everyone to always get the best deal, every time.
- We always sort results by price, no one can pay us to display their store above another.
- We work for the consumer, not the retailers.
- We believe shopping should be a level playing field, no games, just the facts.
We're working hard every day to make shopping easier, less stressful, and most importantly, fair for everyone.
ShopSavvy at a glance
| Company | Monolith Technologies, Inc. (owner and maker of ShopSavvy) |
|---|---|
| Comparing prices since | 2008 |
| App downloads | 40M+ app downloads since 2008 |
| Product catalog | 30M+ products |
| Retailers | tens of thousands of retailers |
| Price history | price history back to 2011, dense from 2019 |
| Developer SDKs | open-source SDKs in 10 languages (Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, Kotlin, Swift, PHP, Ruby, C#) |
| Facts measured | 2026-10-11 |
Our history
ShopSavvy was founded in 2008 inside Big in Japan. It raised funding in 2010 and became ShopSavvy, Inc. Purch acquired ShopSavvy in 2015, and Purch was sold to Future in 2018. Months later in 2018, ShopSavvy was bought back as Monolith Technologies, Inc., which owns it today.
- 2008: ShopSavvy is founded inside Big in Japan.
- 2010: ShopSavvy raises funding and becomes ShopSavvy, Inc.
- 2015: Purch acquires ShopSavvy.
- 2018: Purch is sold to Future.
- 2018: Months later, ShopSavvy is bought back as Monolith Technologies, Inc., which owns it today.
How ShopSavvy makes money
- Retailer commissions. When you buy through some links to a store, that store may pay us a commission. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not change the order of a price list. (our disclosure)
- Ads in the free apps. The free iPhone, iPad and Android apps show ads.
- ShopSavvy Pro. An optional subscription in the apps that removes ads and adds more frequent re-checks of watched products, plus Pro and Max plans in the desktop app. (details)
- Data products for businesses. The Data API, ShopSavvy for Business, the Search API and data licensing. (details)
Price lists are always sorted lowest first, and no store can pay to rank higher. How ShopSavvy works explains where prices come from, how products are matched and how often watched products are re-checked.
In the press
- “ShopSavvy has become a secret weapon of sorts for bargain hunters” (The Washington Post, 2013)
- “In the past I've relied mostly on the ShopSavvy app” (The New York Times, 2009)
- “A must-have for professional bargain hunters” (TIME, 2011)
- “ShopSavvy was one of the best early Android applications” (TechCrunch, 2009)
For shoppers
- ShopSavvy for iPhone, iPad and Android: Scan a barcode or search to compare prices, see price history, and get price-drop and back-in-stock alerts.
- Browser extension: Price comparisons and history on product pages in Chrome, Edge and Safari.
- Desktop app: A shopping assistant for Mac, Windows and Linux that monitors prices in the background, can check out for you at a target price, and can call stores.
- Shopping guides: Best picks, short reviews, best-time-to-buy guides and answers to product questions.
For developers and businesses
- ShopSavvy Data API: A REST API that turns a barcode, ASIN, URL, model number or MPN into a product record, current offers from tens of thousands of retailers, and price history back to 2011, with SDKs in 10 languages.
- ShopSavvy for Business: Competitor price monitoring for retailers and brands: track up to 300 products on self-serve plans (more on Enterprise), refreshed hourly to weekly by plan, with price-change alerts, price history and CSV import and export.
- ShopSavvy Search API: An enterprise product search API: send a keyword query, get matched products with current prices across tens of thousands of retailers, streamed as results arrive. Priced by quote.
- ShopSavvy Data Licensing: Bulk licensing of product catalog data, current offers and price history (dense from 2019, observations back to 2011) as files, from a single retailer or category slice to a full annual license. No personal data.
- ShopSavvy MCP Server: A free MCP server that gives Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor and other assistants product lookup, price comparison, price history and buying guides across 30M+ products. An API key raises the rate limit.
- Integrations: 76 integrations, including open-source SDKs in 10 languages (Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, Kotlin, Swift, PHP, Ruby, C#).
Contact
- Sales, partnerships, data licensing and press: business@shopsavvy.com
- Help with the apps, extensions or your account: support@shopsavvy.com or the help center
- By mail: Monolith Technologies, Inc., 539 W. Commerce St #1916, Dallas, TX 75208, United States
On behalf of the whole ShopSavvy team, we'd like to thank you for learning about and considering ShopSavvy, we hope you'll give it a try.