"Apps" are BIG business! The applications (apps for short) offer hundreds of thousands of downloadable bits of information, comedy, music, quotes, pictures, gadgets...just about anything you can think of.

Now that Daria is an iPad convert, we decided to dive into the fray to uncover apps that can save you money.

Here are five of our favorites. Be sure to leave us a comment and tell us about YOUR favorite money-saving apps!