Never miss game deals again with RedDeals for Android
It makes sense usually to buy computer or console games during sales, for instance the regular sales on Steam, instead of right away when a game gets released.
Not only is it a lot cheaper, you also avoid bugs on release, or server and infrastructure issues.
While it may make sense sometimes to buy a game on launch day, for instance if you trust the developer or if you want to play it with friends who buy it immediately on launch, it is often better to wait.
RedDeals is a free application for Android that requires no extra permissions. It taps into Reddit's GameDeals subreddit to display deals to you.
Each deal lists the game's or franchise's name, the location it is available on and how much you save when you make a purchase. You may tap on comments to get them to display as well, or tap on the title to go to the site directly the deal was posted on.
What makes it interesting however is the built-in wishlist feature that you can use to monitor the group for deals.
The wishlist has two main functions: monitor the group for a specific game you are interested in, and monitor wildcard searches.
The first option should be self-explanatory. You enter a game title or part of it, and the app displays games that match it in its interface. You may then add one or multiple results to the wishlist.
The wildcard search on the other hand matches the term you enter. This can be useful in several occasions, for instance if you are interested in games offered by a shop or online store, a platform, or a game series.
Notifications are displayed whenever deals are found based on your wishlist. You may dismiss them at any time to not be informed about them anymore, or tap on the notification instead to check out the deal.
The app checks for new deals every 15 minutes which you may change in the settings. There you find additional options to change the sort order of deals, disable animations or switch from a light to dark theme.
The majority of deals on GameDeals are virtual in nature but you will notice that some deals are available locally only. The app does not differentiate between those which may mean at times that you get notifications for deals that won't work for you.
Closing Words
RedDeals is a simple application for Android that may be useful to gamers who want to reduce their game spending or be informed about the latest game deals. The application could use a couple of extra features such as limits (money or %off), and advanced filters that combine several search terms (e.g. store and name of game).
Thanks for the tip Martin.
It is for these kinds of posts that I follow GHacks.
What’s up with the generic comment, are you a bot?
2G?
Where on the planet is that still in use? I was forced to give up using my RAZRV3 years ago because 2G was phased out by AT&T.
Everywhere 3G has been turned off and you don’t have LTE coverage, and believe me there are many developed countries where this is the case and if it weren’t for 2G you wouldn’t even be able to make a phone call.
Maybe I missed it, but I don’t believe tha term “2G” is in the article. Perhaps you are referring to “AGM G2”??
@Martin
Your website has gone insane.
When I the post button I then saw my comment posted on a different article page. When I opened this article again, it is here.
@Tachy @Martin Brinkmann
” Your website has gone insane. ”
Same here. Has happened several times.
@Tachy,
@Martin P.,
For over two weeks now,
I’ve been seeing “Comments” posted by subscribers appearing in different, unrelated articles.
https://www.ghacks.net/windows-11-update-stuck-fixed-for-good/#comment-4572991
https://www.ghacks.net/windows-11-update-stuck-fixed-for-good/#comment-4572951
For the time being,
it would be better to specify the “article name and URL” at the beginning of the post.
@tachy a lot of non-phone devices with a sim in them rely on 2G, at least here in europe.
Usually things reporting usage or errors/alarms on something remote that does not get day to day inspection in person. They are out there in vast numbers doing important work. Reliable, good range. The low datarate is no problem at all in those cases.
3G is gone or on its last legs everywhere, but this stuff still has too much use to cancel.
Anyhow, interesting that they would put that in. I can see the point if you suspect a hostile 2G environment (amateur eavesdroppers with laptop, ranging up to professional grade MITM fake towers while “strangely” not getting the stronger crypto voip 4G because it is being jammed, and back down to something as old ‘stingray’ devices fallen into the wrong hands).
But does this also mean that they have handled and rolled out a fix for that nasty 4G ‘pwn by broadcast’ problem you reported earlier this year? I had 4G disabled due to that, on the off chance that some of the local criminals would buy some cheap chinese gear, download a working exploit and probe every phone in range all over town in the hope of getting into phones of the police.
>”While most may never be attacked in stingrays, it is still recommended to disable 2G cellular connections, especially since it does not have any downsides.”
The downside would be losing connectivity. I spend a lot of time way out in the countryside where there’s often no service or almost none. My network allows 2G, and I need it sometimes. I have an option on the phone to disable 2G, I may do that when I’m in the city and I have good 5G connectivity, but not out in the country.
I would imagine that the stingray exploits, like most of the bad things in this world, are probably things you will run into in the crowded big cities.
I stopped using it in a mobile (Wi-Fi line) environment, so I’m almost ignorant of the actual situation,
But the recent reality in Japan makes me realize that “the infrastructure of the web is nothing more than a papier-mâché fiction”.
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/17/google-chrome-to-enable-https-first-by-default-for-all-users/#comment-4572402
It is already beyond the scope of what an individual can do.
What we should be aware of is the reality that “governments and those in power want to control the world through the Web”, and efforts to counter (resist and prevent) such ambitions are necessary.
Why do you want people to disable the privacy features? Hmmmmm?
Now You: do you plan to keep the Ads privacy features enabled?
I’d like to tell you, but apparently if you make a post critical of Google, you get censored. * [Editor: removed, just try to bring your opinion across without attacking anyone]
@Martin
You website is still psychotic. Comments attach to random stories.
@Martin please do fix the comments, it’s completely insane commenting here! :[
@Martin
The comments are seriously messed up on gHacks now. These comments are mixed with the article at the below URL.
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/18/android-how-to-disable-2g-cellular-connections-to-improve-security/
And comments on other articles are from as far back as 2010.
What does this article has anything to do with all the comments on this article? LOL I think this Websuite is ran by ChatGPT. every article is messed up. Some older comments from 2015 shown up in recant articles, LOL
The picture captioned “Clearing the Android Auto’s cache might resolve the issue” is from Apple Carplay ;)
How about other things that matter:
Drop survival?
Screen toughness?
Degree of water and dust protection?