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8 awesome paid iPhone apps you can download for free right now (save $60!)

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:52PM EST
Best Free iPhone Apps

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Welcome to another week of iPhone and iPad app sales, and today we’re kicking things off with a particularly awesome batch of apps. Developers constantly offer limited-time sales on their paid apps in an effort to drum up added interest, and it’s quite difficult to find and sort through all those sales to identify the best apps out there. Luckily, BGR is here to do the dirty work for you. Monday’s list includes eight nifty apps that are regularly worth a combined $60, but you can get each and every one for free if you hurry up and download them right away.

These are paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for a limited time by their developers. There is no way to tell how long they will be free. These sales could end an hour from now or a week from now — obviously, the only thing we can guarantee is that they are free at the time this post is published. If you click on a link and see a price listed next to an app instead of the word “free,” it is no longer free. The sale has ended. If you download the app, you will be charged.

iSteps

Normally $0.99, currently free.

► At that time, when the desire to look well makes you run in the morning, walk fast, climbe stairs and ride the rollers, the new app for the iPhone – iSteps – StepTracker allows you to control the quality and to increase the effectiveness of your trainings.

□ »» Using it, you will receive detailed and accurate information about the dynamics of your motion, which will allow you to select the most optimal physical exercise for you, depending on how fast do you want to achieve your goals.

□ »» For example, you can determine how fast you should run to burn the necessary norm of calories, considering the total number of trainings per week.

□ »» iSteps – StepTracker is perfect for trainings inside the room and outdoors. Just run the application and start the training.

Using the stylish and confortable interface you will find all the latest features that maz interest you.
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Indicator of average and current speed.
Possibility of calculating the traveled distance.
Possibility of calculating with high precision the average and total number of burned calories.
Precise calculation of the number of steps made.
The results are kept in memory.
Summing up the history of the results.
Possibility of setting up the individual parameters: height, weight.
Adjustment of sensitivity.
Setting up the efficiency graphic according to the distance traveled, number of steps and number of calories.
Possibility to add songs to the Playlist and to listen to music while jogging.
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>>> Using the iSteps – StepTracker to monitor your training, you can get the opportunity to evaluate what you have achieved, compare your results and use your success as a stimulus for further work.

>>> Having understood the correlation between speed, pace and burned calories, you’ll be able to determine which kind of physical activity is less tiring for you and more effective.

►• iSteps – StepTracker will help you dramatically simplify and accelerate the process of achieving your goals concerning physical training.

Download iSteps

Timeline Covers for Facebook

Normally $0.99, currently free.

AMAZING COVER PHOTOS FOR YOUR FACEBOOK PROFILE PAGE / TIMELINE!

The most comprehensive, beautiful and the most updated cover photo app for Facebook.

• Choose from over 200 timeline cover photos.
• Unique, custom-made and high quality
• Updated regularly (check back for more covers!)
• Delicately designed to fit your profile page
• Popular culture themed timelines, no bare bone, rushed wallpapers
• Each cover photo is designed for device Facebook resolutions
• Trending cover photos including: Fashion, Fabrics, Patterns, iOS7, Nature, Colorful Gradients and many more!

Download Timeline Covers for Facebook

Truefilm

Normally $1.99, currently free.

Start creating amazing photos! With Truefilm, we supply you with tools you need to achieve that. We are about removing constraints and setting your creativity free.

– ADJUSTMENTS –
We have the best set of adjustment tools, the ones you would only find in professional editing software like Lightroom, Photoshop or Aperture. This allows you to create equally amazing photo on your iPhone.

– FILTERS –
Truefilm is dedicated to provide only the highest quality filters one can make. You can adjust the strength of any filter to your liking. Furthermore, you can even pick different style for a filter, creating photos like no other.

– CROP –
Cropping is really easy with all the common aspect ratio available with one click. On top of that, rotation, straighten, horizontal and vertical flipping tools are also available.

– BRUSHES & PATCH –
Truefilm has a great collection of brushes for you to choose from – Smoothen, Sharpen, Whiten, Dodge, Burn and Colorize. On top of that, we have also added a patch tool to remove unwanted area.

– TEXT –
Truefilm has the option to add text to a photo, sometimes we just have thoughts that we’d like to express. Truefilm comes with 22 fonts plus options to adjust the size, character, line, alignment, opacity and color.

– GRADUATED FILTER –
Landscape photographers are going to love this. Ever have a photo that has one part that’s too bright and the other part too dark? Well, graduated filter is a solution to that problem.

– FRAMES & SHAPE OVERLAYS –
We have 25 frames and shape overlays for you to decorate your photo. They are like the icing on the cake.

– HISTORY VIEW –
There’s no easier way to undo/redo an action than History View. The entire history of your actions just float in a 3D space, allowing a simple way for you to glance through every step that you’ve taken to create a stunning image.

Most importantly, there’s no in-app purchase or hidden fees when you buy Truefilm, all features will be unlocked from the beginning.

Look forward to more amazing features in future updates.

Download Truefilm

Glimpsable

Normally $1.99, currently free.

Glimpsable is the best way to bring photos and videos together. Auto-magically gather the photos and videos you and your friends take at the same place and time into beautiful shared galleries called “glimpses”.

Create glimpses from the photos from your camera roll, if your friends took photos at the same place and time, they can add their photos to your glimpse. Gather ALL the photos from 2 or 10,000 people, at any event.

•Share on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SMS or Email
•Find live events happening near you, see the photos and contribute your own.
•And much, much more

Glimpsable supports any mobile device running iOS 7 or later.

By downloading and using Glimpsable you are indicating that you have read the Privacy Policy and agree to the Terms of Service posted at glimpsable.com/privacy and glimpsable.com/terms respectively. Both documents are also available to view inside the app.

Download Glimpsable

Bext Mail

Normally $49.99, currently free.

Managing over 30 emails in minutes is becoming quickly, easily, and pleasantly. Bext focuses on improving efficiency when managing daily emails.

Work with popular email services like Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook.com, AOL, iCloud. Support push for Gmail in the current version. Managing emails in multiple accounts would never be a hassle work. Add them to Bext and manage all emails in one place.

Sender smart tag and VIP smart tag keep important emails easy to recognize. You would not miss any emails. Your Boss and Customer get no chance to blame for late response again.

AES encryption and auto erase* feature double protect your account data. No one can access your emails even if your iPhone gets lost or stolen. Just keep secure log in.
Bext makes your mailing experience go smoother and faster.
Features you won’t miss:

> Cloud-Based auto configuration feature:

Without auto configuration feature, you have to seek help from your friends or send emails to mail client support to get help when adding new account. This will be bad experience for you.

Forget about complicated port numbers and server names. Add accounts easily with Bext’s automatic account discovery.
> Strong Security:

We usually keep important information like Bank e-statements, Contracts, Purchase Orders and Invoices in emails.

These important emails will not fall into others’ hands by using Bext even if iPhone gets lost or stolen.

Bext uses industry standard AES encryption to encrypt all your data.

Auto erase feature* in Passcode* is for extend security; no one can be access to your emails without your permission.
> Sender and VIP smart tag:

Spending much time to sort out important emails one by one would be much hard work. Have you ever try to find a shortcut?

Sender smart tag and VIP smart tag keep important emails easy to recognize in a fast way.
> Do everything by swipe away:

Swipe feature lets you feel perfectly natural and it makes you easy to learn, to use, to share and to do about everything. Just swipe to reach more actions.

You have complete one-handed control when using Bext and also managing emails on the way will be easy and pleasant.
> Assisting Touch:

Assisting Touch never blocks your words. You can drag it to anywhere and get more space to read.

You would not worry iPhone will slip down from your hand when performing the gestures that are not easy to reach.

Tap Assisting Touch to make everything easy to control.
*Passcode Feature would be available if you enable premium feature. Get premium to start passcode service.
*Auto erase feature comes with passcode service. Bext will auto erase all your account data on Bext after 10 failed passcode attempts.
**Bext supports push notification for Gmail only in current version. We do plan to add in push support for other email providers in the future. Please keep attention and tell us which email provider you would like to see added push to Bext.

Download Bext Mail

MyPins

Normally $0.99, currently free.

Collect all your favorite places in MyPins and reach them with best navigation Apps!

MyPins is perfect for keeping track of the places you love and share the most interesting places with your friends.

Did you ever find an interesting place and think “I must absolutely come back here” and then you forgot where was it?
MyPins is the app you need!

• PIN
Save your current location or even places far away from you by entering the address.

• DETAILS
For each saved location you can enter the evaluation, description and picture to remember perfectly what it is!

• EXPLORE
See all your Pins in a comfortable built-in map. Discover incredible places!

• GO
With a tap you reach your favorite place using your favorite navigation app.

• AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Organize your favorite places in categories. You will find them easily!

• ONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE
Use MyPins to collect all your favorite places. No need to search them within the various navigation Apps!

• SHARE
Compared with your friends and make them know the last great place you discovered!

Download MyPins

Horizon

Normally $1.99, currently free.

Horizon lets you record horizontal videos and photos no matter how you hold your device. Hold it upright, sideways or even keep rotating it while capturing, your captured moment will always stay horizontal! You can add filters, shoot with the back or front camera and share your creations!

Ever felt you had to rotate your device while recording a video? Do you often end up with vertical videos or videos in wrong orientation? Enter Horizon!

Horizon works like magic! It auto-levels your photos and videos while recording, using your device’s gyroscope. The resulting orientation is corrected so that it always stays parallel to the ground.

With Horizon you can help bring an end to the Vertical Videos Syndrome. Yes, you can now record horizontal videos, while holding your device in portrait mode!

▶ Capture horizontal videos & photos
▶ Multiple resolutions including VGA, HD, Full HD and even 2K!²
▶ 60 and 120 FPS support (slow motion)¹
▶ Three leveling modes: Flex, Rotate and Locked
▶ Tap and hold to slow down your 120 FPS videos!
▶ Lossless zoom with the all new ‘Crisp’ resolutions!³
▶ AirPlay mirroring while recording
▶ Various aspect ratios (Square 1:1, Wide 16:9, Standard 4:3)
▶ Record videos and photos with front or back camera
▶ Eight fun filters to choose from
▶ Video Library with clever item selection
▶ Share your creations to your favorite social network
▶ Open your videos in other apps
▶ Select Video Quality to save space (High, Medium, Low)
▶ Geotagging
▶ AF/AE Lock

¹ 120 FPS recording is supported in iPhone 5S, 60 FPS recording is supported in iPad Mini, iPad Air, iPad Mini Retina, iPhone 5, iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S.
² For all of the supported devices Horizon offers the following options: 1920×1080, 1280×720, 640×640, 640×480 and 480×480. iPhone 4S & iPad Mini 1st generation support up to HD recording (1280×720). Horizon offers extra resolutions for iPhone 5S users, supporting up to 2K!
³ ‘Crisp’ resolutions are currently only supported in iPhone 5S.

Download Horizon

iMaps for Google Maps

Normally $0.99, currently free.

Now you can take advantage of a more convenient and versatile way to enjoy new places. Travel and discover the world no guide will ever be able to show you. You can do it all from your favorite iPhone, iPad, iPod…
Your small, but not insignificant guidebook to the big world, iMaps for Google Maps. app will save you from getting lost or missing something really interesting!

General information:
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Auto-detect current location
Current location button
Compass is located at the upper left corner of the map, pointing to the North. It can be also tapped to reset map rotation.
In a tracking mode, the compass points to the North.
Quickly switch between road, satellite, hybrid and terrain maps.
The map is automatically saved for offline access.
Find a location by address, name, zip code, and coordinates.
Find a location using addresses from your Contact list.
Bookmark your favorite places for quick access.
Settings for different map types, control types (pan, tilt, zoom, paging).
Get access to 3D road maps of major cities of the world
Get an overview of real-time traffic in major cities of the world
Help page

Pin Menu:
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Touch and hold to place the pin anywhere on the map
Easy access to the pin menu, with a label for indicating “From-To” route direction
Bookmark terrain or locations directly from the pin menu
Search places of interest from the pin menu
Share your location via Facebook, Twitter, Email, Skype, SMS or simply by copying a link
Get access to street view via pin menu

Ruler mode:
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Ruler mode will help you find the exact distance between multiple points
Easily add and remove ruler’s points
The distance is shown in British and metric system of measurement ( select from the Settings page)
Colored line between points

Direction Mode:
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Get step-by-step directions when driving a car, riding a bicycle or walking.
Add up to 8 destination points.
Information table and easy navigation between route directions, steps, and markers.
Ability to choose alternative routes (if available) if this function has been enabled in the setting page.
GPS route mode, with auto map setting.
Route settings allow to avoid toll charges and/or highways.
Route settings allow to select optimal directions.
Route settings allow to choose British or metric system of measurement.
Turn the origin point into the destination point and the other way round.
Easily add, delete, or clear text in the Destination Point field

Search Area mode:
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Select areas of interest within a certain radius
Detailed location information, including name, address, official website, phone number, hours of operation, photo of the location, and also reviews visible in search results.
Copy addresses and phone numbers to clipboard, dial direct phone numbers, go to the website or Google + page.
Awesome photo browser for viewing location photos, saving photos, sending photos via email or copying to clipboard.
Get access to street view (if available).
Get access to hours of operation and reviews from Google users.
“From-To” button to view the route between two locations.
Bookmark important or favorite locations for quick access.
Share locations via Facebook, Twitter, E-mail, Skype, SMS or by copying the link.
Place the Area Search button within a specified radius from a certain point.
Easy navigation between locations, ability to delete one or all locations.

Street Observer mode:
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Street view from a normal map.
Street view with panorama street coverage.
Street view with traffic coverage.
Street view with transit information.
Street view with weather information.

Download iMaps for Google Maps

Zach Epstein
Zach Epstein Executive Editor

Zach Epstein has been the Executive Editor at BGR for more than 10 years. He manages BGR’s editorial team and ensures that best practices are adhered to. He also oversees the Ecommerce team and directs the daily flow of all content. Zach first joined BGR in 2007 as a Staff Writer covering business, technology, and entertainment.

His work has been quoted by countless top news organizations, and he was recently named one of the world's top 10 “power mobile influencers” by Forbes. Prior to BGR, Zach worked as an executive in marketing and business development with two private telcos.