Last night ShopSavvy 4.2.1 went live in the AppStore for iOS. I would argue this is a major update despite the fact that the developers called it a minor update. First, we uncovered a misalignment in focus that slowed down our scanner. By realigning the focal point ShopSavvy is now able to scan some of those hard to scan products much faster now. Second, we simplified navigation by keeping the toolbar on each screen. Now you can push the scan button from any screen in the app – this has a side effect of making the app more stable. Third, we ended the iAd experiment – no more iAds in ShopSavvy. Finally, we consolidated all product ‘options’ into a single button. After you scan a product you can interact with it using the option button in the upper right corner of the app. Options include: a) Edit Name & Image, b) Add Local Price, c) Share This Product and d) Save to List. Each of these options were previously available, but many users had a hard time finding them.

Take a minute to update to the new version. Remember that you need to update your rating so that it will show up in the ‘ratings for this version’ section. We want to see if we can keep this version at 5 stars. I personally think the work the team did definitely deserves 5 stars…