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8 awesome paid iPhone apps that are free for a limited time (save $41!)

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:54PM EST
Best Free iPhone Apps

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We’re doing our best to help you save as much money as possible this holiday season, and those efforts extend beyond sharing great Black Friday sales and other deep discounts on all sorts of gadgets. We also regularly share nifty paid iPhone and iPad apps that go on sale for free, and today’s list has eight great apps that would regularly cost you $41 to download, but each and every one of them is free right now for a limited time.

DON’T MISS: Some of the best deals all year on Apple gear are available right now

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 were free at the time this post was written. If you click on a link and see a price listed next to an app instead of the word “get,” it is no longer free. The sale has ended. If you download the app, you will be charged.

Shortcuts Keyboard

Normally $0.99.

Shortcuts Keyboard is a keyboard that allows you to add text based shortcuts to use in your favorite apps. It’s great for quickly sharing an address of the party you’re going to, your email address, and so much more!

– Add your own text-based shortcuts
– Works in your other apps such as Messages, email, and facebook messenger!

Create shortcuts for quick access to sharing your email address, directions to your house, helpful information, or quick status updates such as, “Hey, I’m on my way, I’ll be there soon!” or “There’s a party tonight at 1 infinite loop around 7pm, think you can make it?”

Hosting an event? Share basic information such as the buzzer code, wifi password, and directions with one tap!

Download Shortcuts Keyboard

Mapgram

Normally $0.99.

A new way for browsing Instagram images in your area.
Discover what is happening near you and in any other city of the world!

Features:

Tap a miniature to enlarge.

Scroll through images on a beautiful gallery.

Swipe up to unveils the search menu; enter a city name or discover images from your current location.

Check what is happening in several big cities around the world.

Drop a pin in the map to check images from that specific location.

Download now and start discovering!

Download Mapgram

InFocus Pro

Normally $6.99.

Highly rated Organizer App! Ranked in top 10 productivity apps multiple times in 2013 & 2014. Increase your productivity, manage your projects, organize your to do lists, and/or take notes. This app does it all!

Read our user reviews!

Advanced Organizer with advanced features and flexibility means it can handle your simple or complex tasks. It’s like having 5 productivity apps All-In-One!

5 Apps All-In-One:

• Calendar
• Checklist
• To Do
• Projects
• Notes
New Features:

• New Cool Calendar which allows you to add your own background images.

• Ability to hide unwanted Calendars

• Customize the way you view your to do’s.

Features:

• Handwrite your events and/or your to-do’s for quick entry in the color you desire

• Calendar syncs with iCal, Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar and others

• Calendar with List, Day, Week & Month views

• To-do’s with tabbed categories or a simple Checklist style to-do list

• Add Project folders & subfolders with to-do’s and/or notes

• Add Notes with handwritten sticky, text, pictures and sketches

• Organize your Projects visually with multiple subfolders, tasks and notes all under one view.

• While you are on the road, InFocus will speak your activities and assignments to you. Note: This is Text to Voice, not Voice to Text.

Download InFocus Pro

Spot Light Camera 360

Normally $2.99.

Spot Light Camera professional light leak camera offers a choice of 496 different types, lets you express even the most subtle mood on your photos,bringing the look and feel of a professional photographer, that let you see the world in a classic way.

◉ KEY FEATURES
Professional light leak camera themselves are very nice and natural looking. Most are not an intense burn, but have pleasing range of warm hues and more subtle, natural light distortions, Spot Light Camera professional light leak camera is designed to be the perfect camera for your iPhone or iPad.

◉ LIGHT LEAKER
A light leak is a hole or gap in the body of a camera where light is able to leak into the normally light-tight chamber, exposing the film or sensor with extra light, light leak happens when light leaks into the camera causing the film to overexpose, this flaw can add an artistic touch to your photo.

Download Spot Light Camera 360

Relaxia

Normally $2.99.

Over one million users and counting.

Relaxia is the most personalized sleep and relaxation experience that you can possibly have.

We invite you to join our continuously growing community of users and feel better by getting back the sleep you deserve!

Special Mentions:

* Best New Apps Nov 2013 * – Apple Appstore
* Featured in Cult of Mac Nov 2013 *
* Featured in Appadvice Nov 2013 *
* The 10 best health and fitness apps of 2013 * by iDownloadBlog

#1 Top Paid app in United States
#1 Top Paid app in South Korea
#1 Top Paid app in Canada
#1 Top Paid app in Brazil
#1 Top Paid app in Hong Kong
#1 Top Paid app in China
#1 Top Paid app in Norway
…and many more.

About:

Relaxia is the most personalized sleep and relaxation experience that you can possibly have. With its very intuitive interface, create a very unique and personalized ambience to suit your personal needs.

Professional Sounds Collection:

•Rain and Thunder
•Seaside, Beach sounds
•Underwater: Whales and Dolphins
•Fireplace
•Forest and Water streams

Relaxia has all the features you need in a stunning design

•Separate volume controls
•Play different sounds simultaneously
•Sleep timer
•Favorites

How to use:

– Single Tap to Play/Stop a sound.
– Double Tap to add a sound to your favorite list.

Download Relaxia

Scanbot

Normally $1.99.

Scanbot is your premium mobile scanner app for documents and QR codes. Create high-quality PDF or JPG scans. Send them via email or upload them to iCloud Drive, Box, Dropbox, Evernote and other cloud services.

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS – For All Users
• Scan premium quality PDFs or JPGs with 200 dpi and higher
• Cloud integration: iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Box, Evernote, WebDAV and other cloud services
• Scan QR codes: URLs, Contacts, Phone Numbers, Locations, Hotspots, etc.
• Lightning fast: automatic edge detection and scanning
• Multi page documents
• Enhance your scans: color modes and automatic optimization
• Smart background upload
• Beautifully designed

Upgrade to SCANBOT PRO
• Text recognition (OCR): extract the text of your scans to copy, search, lookup etc.
• Beautiful themes: select your preferred look and feel
• Smart file naming
• Passcode protection with Touch ID support (iOS 8 only)
• Add pages to existing scans
• Fast full-text search
• PDF password protection

Upgrading to Scanbot Pro adds the above features for a one-time purchase price.
Future features will be activated automatically.

Scan HIGH-QUALITY
Scanbot relies on the latest and most advanced mobile scanning technology available. Your scans are delivered at a premium quality with 200 dpi and higher, which is comparable to the performance of modern desktop scanners. In addition, various color modes, auto optimization and blur-reduction help you to get the most out of your scans.

Scan QUICKLY
Scanbot is blazing fast. Just hold your iPhone over any document, receipt or whiteboard and it takes only a second to scan a page and save it as a PDF or JPG. Thanks to Scanbot’s latest technology, the edges of the document are automatically identified so that only the document itself is scanned. Scanbot captures the best possible image in the perfect moment.

Scan ANYTHING
Scanbot works on all occasions with all kind of media. Scan any kind of document such as standard paper documents, business cards, receipts, notes, whiteboards or post-its. Scanbot helps you save the documents that are important for you and get rid of paper clutter. No matter whether you are at work or on holidays, Scanbot is with you.

Scan to the CLOUD
Scanned documents can be emailed, printed or uploaded to a supported cloud drive. If you enable automatic upload and Scanbot will automatically save your scans to your preferred cloud service right in the moment your PDF scan has been created. With Scanbot you can upload to the following cloud drives:
• iCloud Drive
• Box.com
• Dropbox
• Evernote
• WebDAV
• Yandex.Disk
• and other cloud drives

Be sure that we’ll add more cloud drives in the future.

How Scanbot makes your life easier…
• Scan any document that is important for you: invoices, receipts, business cards, tickets, notes, whiteboards, contracts, travel vouchers etc.
• Process your scans effectively and efficiently: Email, print or automatically upload your scans to your favorite cloud drive
• Save time and money: get premium quality scans in the widely accepted PDF format or as JPG with 200 dpi and higher – there’s no need to buy a huge and expensive desktop scanner
• While traveling: scan tickets, boarding passes, IDs or receipts on the go. Never have the feeling again you missed a document when arriving at your destination or at home.
• Students: How often did you forget what your professor wrote the whiteboard or flipchart in that last lecture? With Scanbot you can capture and share the notes with your fellow colleagues instantaneously.
• Business: Scanbot helps you scan your invoices, receipts, contracts, meeting minutes or other business documents. Scanning multiple pages lets you even create one PDF scan out of a multi page contract.

Download Scanbot

The Nightmare Cooperative

Normally $3.99.

Fiendishly difficult! Adorably cute! Utterly engrossing!
How much gold can you get before your entire team is destroyed? IT’S NEVER ENOUGH!

Play The Nightmare Cooperative now – it’s a strategic adventure where you lead a group of unlikely comrades through some rather difficult situations. Your village has fallen on hard times (due to reckless spending by the Village Council) and it’s up to you to bring back some gold.

The Nightmare Cooperative is a puzzley roguelike. You control a group of characters, each with different special abilities. The trick? They all move together, as a group. Something of a cooperative, if you catch the drift.

Every playthrough will be different, and you’ll always have to start at the beginning, no matter how well (or badly) you did before. Your score is the amount of gold that you pickup during your journey. Opening crates gives you extra gold, but releases more monsters.

Check the Game Center leaderboards to see how well you’ve done!

Download The Nightmare Cooperative

Benjamin Wings HD

Normally $19.99.

Pilot one of 3 upgradeable HD Sweep-Wing Jet-Fighter aircrafts during 20 intensely fast and action packed arcade-style HD missions. For the first time in the Benjamin Universe, watch as your HD Jet Fighter transforms before your eyes using Variable-Sweep Wing technology with amazing Retina HD visuals that will take your breath away exclusively on the iOS.

• Next generation of HD Arcade-Style Jet-Fighter experience with HD Variable-Sweep Wing technology that transforms your aircraft in real time right before your eyes in full Retina detail!
• Experience the Benjamin Universe like never before with brand new jaw-dropping HD effects as well as Retina graphics with sights and sounds powered by ultra-fast style of arcade game play!
• True HD graphics and Full Retina support on iPhone 5S and iPad Air in addition to brand new support for iPad Mini with Retina Display.
• Enjoy Simple and Intuitive Controls: tilt your iOS device left/right to steer your HD Jet Fighter around city obstacles while skillfully avoiding enemy missiles.
• Alternatively, for a casual ON-RAILS HD experience: forgo tilting and simply tap your enemies to engage the “Autopilot” while controlling your Afterburner and Weapons with a smooth 2-button interface.
• RPG Style Progression System allows you to FREELY acquire, pilot and level-up 3 unique HD Variable-Sweep Wing Aircraft while unlocking 18 different types of HD Afterburner and Weapon upgrades.
• 20 HD action-oriented campaign missions (including 2 bonus Endless Gauntlet levels) offer over 4 hours of action-packed arcade-style HD Jet Fighter game play.
• Face more than 30 different types of HD enemies, including: modern jets, attack helicopters and GIGANTIC money-packed HD transport aircraft!
• Optional In-App Purchases allow you to skip the RPG grind and instantly acquire any of the playable HD Sweep-Wing Fighter Jets. In addition, you can Restore your existing purchases to unlock content on multiple iOS devices.
• Game Center support: with 7 HD Leaderboards and 18 elusive HD Achievements that demand an additional 10+ hours of game play.
• Team up with friendly AI wingmen in the later stages of the game, and watch as your enemies fall before your elite HD Sweep-Wing squadron.
• Adaptive HD AI and Randomized HD Enemies with Dynamic Difficulty: provide for a near endless replay value, as your opponents constantly change and adapt to your style of game play each time you engage a new or existing mission.

>> Game Play Basics:

Steer your HD Jet Fighter manually by tilting your device left and right, or tap your enemies to engage the ON-RAILS “Autopilot”. NOTE that you must be facing your enemies directly before pressing the right “Weapons/Fire” button. Holding the left “Afterburner” button will transform your aircraft’s HD Sweep Wings allowing you to avoid enemy missiles as well as steer around various city hazards. Remember that the game’s Dynamic On-Screen Tutorial System will always guide you on the right course of action, while prolonged use of the Weapons/Afterburner will cause a temporary overload. Also, note that your Jet Fighter is equipped with automatic repair systems which will activate shortly after you stop taking damage.

Completing missions, earning XP and leveling-up your HD Sweep-Wing Fighter to Level 5 will unlock new playable aircraft for FREE. You may also skip the RPG grind and instantly level-up via the use of optional In-App Purchases. Each In-App Purchase can also be Restored, thus allowing you to instantly unlock playable fighter jets on multiple iOS devices.

*** NOTICE: Benjamin Wings HD features exclusive graphics and high definition Retina support specifically designed for the latest iOS hardware. This version of the game can only run with limited support and LOW QUALITY GRAPHICS mode on older iOS devices, which include: iPod Touch 3, iPod Touch 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPad 1.

Download Benjamin Wings HD

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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.