Honey: An Honest Review

TL;DR: It’s worth using but don’t expect miracles.

So Honey is this app that’ll run coupon codes/promotions automatically whenever you’re about to make a purchase. The point is that it can find discounts for you without you having to scour the internet.

I’ve had the Honey extension installed for a couple years and I’ve saved maybe around $50 total (as a guess). Honey coming up with promos/discounts I could actually use is infrequent enough that I’m not super excited about it. I also still end up scouring the internet for promos and occasionally find things Honey misses.

However, it is totally passive so I keep it.

It has somewhat recently introduced Honey Gold, which is their internal currency where they offer some rewards back on certain partner websites if you shop there. It’s a cool concept, I just wish they had it on Amazon (since that’s the main place I go).

There’s also some concern about the data collection side of it, which you can briefly about here on their website. I’m no expert, but what I got out of it is it’s not much more harmful (if at all) than what we give social media sites already.

Happy Honey’ing!

TheJKW