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Zyft: Compare Prices & Scanner
Zyft - Shopping Price Comparison · 0 ratings · ★ 0.0
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Top complaints - extracted from 42 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"price"
12 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "you can get a better result from googling tried and most of the time didn't make sense, barcodes would scan and when searching for an item, doesn't display the price or comparisons or where to get the cheaper item from" - MarkAndPeter Steane
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"prices"
9 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "completely inaccurate pricing. scan something, it shows cheapest prices and retailers, only to click through and their websites are way more expensive. Worst part is, Zyft claims they were "updated 3 hours ago" and stuff like that. I think …" - Loopy
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"doesn"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "you can get a better result from googling tried and most of the time didn't make sense, barcodes would scan and when searching for an item, doesn't display the price or comparisons or where to get the cheaper item from" - MarkAndPeter Steane
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"search"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "you can get a better result from googling tried and most of the time didn't make sense, barcodes would scan and when searching for an item, doesn't display the price or comparisons or where to get the cheaper item from" - MarkAndPeter Steane
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"find"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "one of the most useless and ridiculous apps I've ever used they claim they find the cheapest products but do totally opposite the put their own huge margin commissions in the products price as well" - evilsdad1
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"google"
6 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The most useless and annoying app ever. does not actually find a good offer, a general Google search would be able to do a better job" - Siva Narayanan
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"better"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "you can get a better result from googling tried and most of the time didn't make sense, barcodes would scan and when searching for an item, doesn't display the price or comparisons or where to get the cheaper item from" - MarkAndPeter Steane
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"cheapest"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "completely inaccurate pricing. scan something, it shows cheapest prices and retailers, only to click through and their websites are way more expensive. Worst part is, Zyft claims they were "updated 3 hours ago" and stuff like that. I think …" - Loopy
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"zyft"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "completely inaccurate pricing. scan something, it shows cheapest prices and retailers, only to click through and their websites are way more expensive. Worst part is, Zyft claims they were "updated 3 hours ago" and stuff like that. I think …" - Loopy
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"products"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "one of the most useless and ridiculous apps I've ever used they claim they find the cheapest products but do totally opposite the put their own huge margin commissions in the products price as well" - evilsdad1
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"results"
5 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "worse results than Google" - Luana Moreno
📋 All 42 negative reviews
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you can get a better result from googling tried and most of the time didn't make sense, barcodes would scan and when searching for an item, doesn't display the price or comparisons or where to get the cheaper item from
Unnecessary notifications and spamming. Alert for price drop malfunctioning by notifying without verifying actual drop in price , basically makes me keep opening up the app with B.S. notifications !!
does not know what you are looking for so it tries to guess. When it is something you are looking for it comes up with American stores which are too expensive to get and with no warranty and the Australian stores???? dont exist anymore I live in Australia so getting from overseas is too dangerous
completely inaccurate pricing. scan something, it shows cheapest prices and retailers, only to click through and their websites are way more expensive. Worst part is, Zyft claims they were "updated 3 hours ago" and stuff like that. I think you need some serious IT work done before you roll out a useless app like this.
one of the most useless and ridiculous apps I've ever used they claim they find the cheapest products but do totally opposite the put their own huge margin commissions in the products price as well
every time I use this app I keep on getting an error message saying it's actually failed I've even taken a screenshot of the air itself but I can't seem to send it to you guys through this app it only asked me to rate it
The most useless and annoying app ever. does not actually find a good offer, a general Google search would be able to do a better job
only downloaded to get a coupon which was never provided
made my phone wig out. almost like it had a virus. volume down key was like it was infinitely depressed. deleted app and issue resolved.
Inaccurate info and NOT the best deals. Attempted to use this app several times. It has NEVER been able to identify a good deal, simply googling had always found cheaper withon seconds! Also, it will suggest a site and price, but when you click through, the actual price on the site is always MUCH higher, often 30% more than what the zyft says it will be. This app is a categorical failure and a complete waste of time!
Keeps freezing
usless app, just google woolies then coles prices for a product and boom you have your answer quicker
Full of overseas ads, irrelevant stuff not near me or priority given to overseas sites. Minimally useful, lots of other problems, see the other reviews. Finally wasted enough time. Bye 1* Ed. Another -1 for Devs contradictory remarks obviously ignoring Australian user :-)
not easy to use
kind of a bit useless and complicated
doesnt let you filter through prices etc, also brings up items that don't make search criteria
Installed, searched for one item (travel neck pillow) received Zyft best price, went to Amazon and saved $4. Not particularly impressed. Will give it a little more time. Also screen font comes up large and overlaps on my galaxy tab
please update your app, it doesn't work.
Have to give it a one sorry. Just a simple Google search came up with lower prices closer by too. This app should be able to include those 'simple search' results.
Searched a few things and found it was no where near as good as google. The item I was looking for should have been in with the cheapest returns from Big W, but Big W was not in there at all. I can't see the point of an app to find the cheapest places to buy when it doesn't cheak Australia's cheapest retailers too. Ignor their reply. They say they do Big W, but if I can go to tye BigW website and see it cheaper and their App cant, it doesn't say much about their app.
Haven't used it yet,but I'm looking forward to giving it a try.
Pathetic App.
Won't open
Tried on about 10 products and only one had the correct price. All others were way higher when browsed to the seller via Zyft itself.
Inaccurate and chunky app.
Scanned first common item and get "Sorry, Zyft could not find any results The barcode you scanned may be a store specified code. The Zyft scanner only works on universal barcodes." Hmm Woolies and Aldi sell Danone Ultimate Yoghurt.
It can't show relevant items. I am far better at comparing prices than this rubbish
Why does ut require permission to record audio? And receive data from internet? Very suspicious. Uninstalling for now until permission is rectified.
Garbage app, freezes all the time, waste of time doing search.
so Laggy
The app is great! Their is just so many bugs in this app. I cannot do anything in the app after searching up 1 thing, so I have to get out of the app and try again 😐. Please try your best to fix the bugs 👍
worse results than Google
Finds prices but every time I click on the cheapest price it takes me to the site and the price is higher than quoted. Only good for finding sites that sell the product.
I'm shocked! I put in a price watch for a internet router. I got a notification for skin care products. Maybe not that shocked. Adware? Hmmm. Either way I'm deleting it after this review.
Not location specific. The app should ask your postcode before providing prices. Does not include Costco, Drakes or IGA. My price book is still more useful.
seems to have been a lot of effort made here but it failed to find the best price for me, looking for a flagship Samsung phone and the cheapest was listed here, but I had already found the best price at Amazon, this app didn't even mention Amazon, why would it not be checking the biggest online sales platform?
I've been using this application for several products but a lot of times it doesn't have the exact match and the current deals.
The idea is good, but it shows prices from all of Australia. I don't need to see prices in SA when I live in NSW. There is no filter option, and it doesn't work on items from Aldi. Not for me, a quick google search works better in my case.
cannot recommend. it's so slow to load when searching and then results show as updating and frequently don't complete final price. needs some love to fix basic issues. doesn't do what it claims to do.
I find better cheaper prices. Just a simple web search and save. The only good thing is i can see their best deal that are always more expensive
promising but outrageously wrong on most occasions. Could use a way to narrow down results to local area and/or include shipping for online sources. Mainly, just wrong pricing, out of date (even though app says current) or not even a match. If you're scanning a barcode, you would expect the products displayed to be a match, right? So, why would you display the "first" price when there are 4 different product sizes on the source web site? Very misleading.
Good for a small amount of items, bad for groceries
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