Appitalism, the first site to combine a social community with an online store to help consumers quickly and easily discover, discuss and download the best digital apps, is adding fuel to our Black Friday fire with free apps that will help us shop smartly on the big day.

Here are four of the most popular Black Friday apps available on Appitalism:

• Black Friday App (Free for the iPhone) -  Black Friday App by dealnews keeps you up to date on deals that are as good as–or even better than–the best deals on Black Friday.  Each deal is hand-picked by dealnews editors every day.  This app also counts down the days to Black Friday.
• Black Friday Survival Guide (Free for the Android) – Black Friday Survival Guide brings the latest news, the biggest sales, and the best deals right to your phone.
• TGI Black Friday (Free for the iPhone ) – You can use this app to plan your holiday shopping weeks before Black Friday ads are available in the newspaper.  Check this app frequently for new ads from shoppers’ favorite stores.
• Black Friday Deals (Free for the iPhone) – With this app, you no longer will need to waste your time searching the internet and checking dozens of websites to get the latest Black Friday news. All the information is provided to you, and you will also receive instant alerts for any major news or ad-scans that are posted online.

Free apps.  Sale prices.  This is all a little hard to resist.  Is it Black Friday yet?

We really are spoiled these days, aren’t we?  Instead of feverishly waiting for the shopping extravaganza to begin, we can enjoy real time updates thanks to mobile technology.  When the big day finally arrives, we’ll be showing our fellow shoppers how it’s done!