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10 awesome paid iPhone apps that are on sale for free right now

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:58PM EST
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The week is almost over, but that hardly means we’re slowing down when it comes to sharing paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free. In fact, Thursday’s list is our biggest of the week, with 10 solid apps normally worth a combined $30. If you hurry up, however, you can snag them all for free.

As an added bonus, you’ll also find a few paid iOS apps that are still on sale for free in yesterday’s post.

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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.

Active Voice

Normally $2.99.

Active Voice is the power of your voice in the palm of your hands!

– Use your voice to send messages and emails. No more tedious typing. Just speak and it’s done.
– Share your ideas on Twitter and Facebook in the easiest and most natural way : using your voice.
– Translate your text into 32 foreign languages.
– Print your text directly from the app.
– Copy your text with one tap.
– Correct your text using voice dictation or typing.
– Voice recognition support for 34 languages and accents.
– Full support for American and British English.

:: :: ::Customer Reviews:: :: ::

– WoW … Great app…thank U !!!
– This is one thing I have always wanted! Even better than I thought it would be!!!!!!!
– It is quite intuitive and makes sending messages a breeze
– I just started using this and it’s on my front page… Really fast and accurate !
– Highly recommend this app just great
– Great app for virtually hands-free texting on Facebook. My friends wonder how I do it while I’m driving. Thanks for this WONDERFUL app.

:: :: SUPPORTED LANGUAGES :: ::

:: Speech recognition support

العربية الفصحى, English (UK, US, Australia), Español(España, EE.UU., México), Bahasa indonesia, Bahasa melayu, čeština, Dansk, Deutsch, français (France, Canada), italiano, Magyar, Nederlands, Norsk, Polski, Português, Português brasileiro, Pyccĸий, Română, Slovenčina, suomi, Svenska, Tϋrkçe, Ελληνικά, 한국어, 中文(中国,臺灣), 廣東話, 日本語.

:: Translation support

● Afrikaans
● Albanian
● Arabic
● Belarusian
● Bulgarian
● Catalan
● Chinese
● Chinese (traditional)
● Croatian
● Czech
● Danish
● Dutch
● English
● Estonian
● Filipino
● Finnish
● French
● German
● Greek
● Hindi
● Hungarian
● Icelandic
● Indonesian
● Irish
● Italian
● Japanese
● Korean
● Latvian
● Lithuanian
● Macedonian
● Malay
● Maltese
● Norwegian
● Polish
● Portuguese
● Romanian
● Russian
● Slovak
● Slovenian
● Spanish
● Swahili
● Swedish
● Thai
● Turkish
● Ukrainian
● Vietnamese
● Welsh
● Armenian
● Azerbaijani
● Basque
● Georgian
● Gujarati
● Haitian Creole
● Kannada
● Latin
● Tamil
● Telugu
● Urdu
If you are too busy to type on your iPhone, then Active Voice IS DEFINITELY FOR YOU.

So, in a nutshell, you can do the following:

– Convert your voice into text.
– Send your text as an SMS message or email.
– Share your text on Twitter and Facebook.

:: :: Technology:

Active Voice is powered by cutting-edge technology in speech recognition that requires a Wifi or 3G Internet connection.

– Tired of typing your messages and emails?
– Need to share your ideas on Twitter and Facebook using your voice?

THEN WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? GET YOUR COPY OF ACTIVE VOICE NOW.

Download Active Voice

Converter Pro

Normally $3.99.

Converter Pro is a units & currency converter with a super clean interface, in-line calculator, customizable color, and over 470 units (including 155 currencies). Display only the units and categories you want and put them in any order.

Fast, Easy To Use:

Pick a category, pick a unit, and then enter an amount. All other units are instantly converted relative to your selected unit as you enter the selected unit amount.

Options:

– Auto Currency Updates
– Auto Scientific E Notation Toggle

Features:

• Full screen calculator quickly accessible from bottom toolbar
• Customizable color
• Customizable units list (display only the units & unit categories you want in whatever order you want)
• In-line calculator while converting (fractions, decimals, add, subtract, multiply, divide).
• Convert multiple units / currencies at once
• Unit names are automatically pluralized.
• Both unit names and symbols shown.
• Results with up to 10 significant digits.
• Automatic formatting of numbers based on your Region (e.g. U.S., Canada, Australia, Spain, etc…).
• Automatic formatting of extremely large or small numbers with scientific E notation.

Over 470 Units In 26 Categories:

• Acceleration
• Angle
• Area
• Capacitance
• Currency
• Data
• Density
• Dynamic Viscosity
• Electric Charge
• Electric Current
• Electric Potential
• Electrical Conductance
• Electrical Resistance
• Energy
• Force
• Frequency
• Fuel Economy
• Length
• Mass
• Power
• Pressure
• Speed
• Temperature
• Time
• Torque
• Volume
• Weight (Mass)

Download Converter Pro

Pixel Tag

Normally $0.99.

Pixel Tag is the best way to share photos of your adventure! Whether you are traveling abroad, hanging out at home, or making travel plans, you can use Pixel Tag to customize your photos with one of the many beautiful, crisp detailed location-based overlays! Choose from your state, country, and notable landmarks to visually tag any photo with your location!

Pixel Tag will change the way you travel, share photos and connect to to other creative adventurers around the world. Wherever you go, take Pixel Tag with you.

Using Pixel Tag is simple:

Select or take photo
Choose image overlay
Change colors, opacity, invert the overlay, and get creative!
Save & share your story!
Easily export to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, email, and more!

Features
*All 50 U.S. State overlays!
*Over 85 countries!
*Dozens of notable landmarks and bonus overlays!
*Suggestions based on current location
*Saves your most frequently used overlay settings for future use
*Unique, beautiful, and creative editing options!
*Instant sharing to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Tumblr
*Much more!

Download Pixel Tag

2K DRIVE

Normally $6.99.

****NOTE: Compatible with the iPhone 4, enhanced for later devices. ****

Buckle-up and get ready for the most immersive automotive experience to ever hit your iPhone & iPad. 2K Drive provides you with a variety of experiences to test your driving skills – including licensed cars, real locations and dozens of exciting challenges in an authentic world rooted in motoring culture.

Expert driving will earn you stars and coins to purchase boosts, upgrades, new cars and more! 2K Drive lets you compete online with your friends and the world, to earn the best scores, bragging rights, and rewards ahead of your rivals.

Live news feeds deliver the world of automotive culture right to you, so when you’re not driving, you can read, watch videos or view photo galleries – and if you see something you really like, share it with friends.

With daily challenges and news added regularly, 2K Drive offers more content than any other driving game on your iPhone & iPad.

Don’t dream it, drive it!

Features:
– Real licensed cars
– Console quality graphics
– Multiplayer racing against your friends & the world
– Authentic driving environments
– Earn cars, boosts, parts and more
– Personalize your driver and your car
– RaceFace™ – take a picture to put yourself behind the wheel
– Live news feeds from all corners of car culture
– Dynamic content – challenges and articles updated regularly

Download 2K DRIVE

Figure

Normally $0.99.

Got three minutes and want to make some music? Figure is the fun music-making app for instant inspiration.

• App Store Best of 2012
• Multiple times App Store Editor’s Choice/App of the Week in many countries
• App Store Hall of Fame Inductee

“Propellerhead’s Figure Music App Is Awesome, Easy to Use and Cheap” – Wired
“Makes powerful electronic music-making technology accessible to all.” – The Guardian
“Music-Making App Lets You Be The Artist” – NPR
“Brings Out The Unknown Composer Within” – Cult of Mac

Create an addictive beat before the next bus stop or lay down a beefy bass line while waiting in line at the bank. Figure will have you making music within seconds yet is deep enough for endless play on a transatlantic flight. When you are done, share your creations on Propellerhead, the free music collaboration and sharing service, and see where other music makers will take your ideas.
Figure highlights
• Make songs with Drums, Bass and Lead Synth
• Play by sliding your finger across the play pad
• Always stay in key and on the beat
• Remix other Figure users’ music from Discover
• Share your music on Propellerhead and let other remix or develop in other apps
• No previous playing skills required
• Tweak and twist your track on the fly
• Sounding amazing has never been this easy
• The sound of Reason on your phone!

Truly designed for mobile user on the go, Figure gives you drums, bass and lead synth, controlled by an incredibly easy to use touch interface that gets you sounding great literally in seconds. Slide your finger across the play pad and hear your bass line play. Tweak the Rhythm, Range and Scale Step wheels to get the result you’re after. Programming drumbeats is just as easy. Set the rhythm and play the drums with your fingers. You won’t want to stop. You won’t believe how amazing you and your phone can sound.

If you are new to music making, getting started making great sounding tracks has never been this easy — and sounded so great!

If you are a seasoned musician – music creation has never been this fun!

The nitty gritty details:
• Bass & lead parts use Reason’s Thor synthesizer
• Drums powered by Reason’s Kong drum machine
• Play in different keys & modes. Set once or change on the fly.
• Increase the Shuffle to loosen up your beats
• Turn up Pump to add a club sound to your tracks
• Adjust levels using Propellerhead’s legendary mixer
• Save, browse and load song files
• Set length of loop (1,2,4,8 bars)
• Export audio to iTunes File Sharing
• Share music on Propellerhead
• SoundCloud Sharing
• Audiobus support: Stream live audio directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps! See http://audiob.us for more information
• Background audio (in device Settings)

Download Figure

MagicalPad

Normally $4.99.

Digital Notebook, Mind Mapping, Outliner, Visual Notes, Visual Task Manager. All in one page in one App. Visually manage your notes, ideas, mind maps, outlines, checklist and tasks for school, personal and business needs.
BRAINSTORM. PLAN. CREATE. ORGANIZE. GET THINGS DONE.
All kinds of information within one page – pictures, web links, documents, attachments, lists, tasks, notes, emails, phones and more.

– AWARDS ————————
PC Magazine – “25 Best Small Business Apps” | CNet – “Intuitive no matter your pursuit” | 148apps.com – “Essential iPad app”

***** GET MAGICALPAD FOR MAC TODAY, seamlessly sync your content and work on the big screen with tons of shortcuts and mouse tricks. *****

Five key functions that make MagicalPad unique notes productivity app.

1. VISUAL NOTES. FULL-FEATURED NOTE-TAKING & AUTHORING
Freeform notes – Place textboxes, outlines mind maps, photos, and drawings anywhere on the page. Brainstorm for an essay, write class or meeting notes, or make lists. Merge and split outlines and easily drag/drop ideas anywhere. Double-tap to create textboxes anywhere then drag them to outlines and mindmaps to structure, connect and prioritize your ideas. Intuitive themes and styles with full style and theme management tools.

2. ADVANCED MIND-MAPPING
Advanced mindmapping tools that allow you more freedom in brainstorming and creative note taking. Place unlimited mind-maps and outlines anywhere on the same page and convert freely from mindmap to outline and vice versa, or have a hybrid mindmap of topics and outlines on the same map. Simply drag any information from anywhere to anywhere.

3. POWERFUL OUTLINING
Powerful outlining capabilities that allow you to structure your ideas and move them around the page. You can merge and split outlines, lists, mind map branches, attach images, drawings, files and more. You can easily drag/drop to prioritize and vote for your best idea. Full control over level-based themes, item styles and formatting to better visualize y our content the way you want.

4. VISUAL TASK MANAGEMENT
Visual task manager is a powerful task management engine that sits within outlines and mind maps enabling you to visually manage your tasks like a dashboard. You can quickly add icons, tags, set due dates, reminders, priority and add attachments to topics, tasks and notes. Drag and drop tasks between buckets, check them off and set dates and reminders.

5. DEDICATED TASK-VIEW
Yes, just like your favorite task management app. You can track your tasks in a very focused manner. Focus on a specific date, context, tag, notebook or page. Freely edit and manage tasks and switch between page view to task view at any time.

THIS IS WHERE MAGIC COMES FROM…
While these functions are powerful on their own, the real magic comes from having them all connected in front of you on the same app on the same page. No need for different apps.

* Tons of gestures and shortcuts * Content transfer is via dropbox import and export. Automatic sync using dropbox.

– HIGHLIGHTED FEATURES ————————
Go to http://www.magicalpad.com/features for full features list.

– TYPICAL USES ————————
•Note taking
•Meetings
•Brainstorming
•Class and project notes
•Mind mapping
•Outlining
•GTD
•Tasks & to dos
•Project planning
•Goal setting
•Research
•Dashboarding

Download MagicalPad

Beecon

Normally $2.99.

Create multiple regions and define actions that can be triggered when you enter or exit them or when specific beacons are close by.

Control LIFX and Philips Hue lights, Belkin WeMo switches or common infrared appliances through actions triggered by beacons or regions.

You can also create reminders and listen to audible events when you get close to iBeacons or when you enter or leave specific regions.

It works with any iBeacon-compatible sensor, such as Estimote, Radius Networks or even another Bluetooth 4.0-compatible iOS device that you can configure to broadcast beacons directly from it.

This app utilizes location updates of your device while running in background mode. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Download Beecon

Screeny

Normally $0.99.

Screeny is an utility app that helps you save space consumed by screenshots. It screens your camera roll and helps you to filter and delete screenshots that are no longer necessary.

** Screeny is not optimised for iCloud Photo Library yet

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“Must have iPhone Apps – 2014” – MacStories

“10 Best Paid iPhone Apps – 2014” – AppAdvice

“One of the 12 Best iOS apps of 2014” – Cult of Mac

“One of the 65 Best Apps launched in 2014” – The Next Web

“Screeny is the screenshot-deleting iPhone app we have wanted all our lives” – The Verge

“As someone who takes way too many screenshots, this app is something I’ve often longed for” – CNet

“If you’re looking to quickly delete any old screenshots you have in your Camera Roll, there’s nothing better than Screeny.” – Beautiful Pixels

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***Free more space***

Screenshots consume space. Let us find them for you, so that you can manage them better.

***Filter and select easily***

Screenshots accumulate over time but there might be a case that you are working on a project currently and want to use or review them. So we have made it easy for you to select all screenshots except the last 15 days, select all except the last 30 or select all and clean them in one shot! You can even long press on a screenshot if you want to see details.

***Get Reminded***

Screeny reminds you to check how many screenshots you have accumulated over 30 days, so that you can delete them easily.

Download Screeny

Snap Save

Normally $2.99.

Save your snaps without the other person knowing!

*DISCLAIMER: This app and its makers are not affiliated with Snapchat, Inc.

It’s so easy and fun:

1. Every time you get a new snap, make sure you FIRST open the Snap Save app

2. Snap Save will download and save the snap for you

3. You can view the snap any time!

Download Snap Save

Video Grabber

Normally $1.99.

* Download & Play All Your Favorite Videos!
*New extension! Download directly from Safari!
*Save downloaded videos in your library

Video Grabber is a multimedia downloader that allows users to download any kind of video directly from Safari thanks to iOS extension.
Video Grabber supports a large variety of websites, is the first and only app with extension to download video and audio file directly from Safari and then save them on the library or share them with your friends.

*HD Videos supported!
App Key Features:
√ App extension
-Start your download directly from Safari or any other browser!
-Simultaneous downloads from the app or the extension!
√ Background download
√ Full iPhone 6 and 6+ Support
√ Web browser
√ Download manager:
– Ultra fast downloading speed
– Up to 10 simultaneous downloads
– Download in background mode (limited to 10 min by iOS)
– Supports resuming of interrupted downloads
– Download files over 3G

√ Video player:
– Portrait/landscape mode
-Add videos to your Library
– Air-play support

Download Video Grabber

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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.