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8 awesome paid iPhone apps that are all free for a limited time (save $45!)

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:55PM EST
Best Free iPhone Apps

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A new week is here and we’re starting things off on the right foot with some great paid iPhone and iPad apps that are all completely free to download right now. Today’s list has eight apps total, and they would cost you a combined $45 on most days if you wanted to get them all. For a limited time, however, you can snag each and every one of them without paying a dime — but only if you hurry!

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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.

Neato

Normally $2.99.

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“It’s a quick jot notepad for Notification Center that lets you speedily enter notes no matter where you are in iOS 8.” — Cult Of Mac

“This Note-Taking App Is the First iOS Widget That’s Actually Useful” — Gizmodo

“The new widgets in iOS 8 add all kinds of great functionality. If you want a notepad in there too, Neato does the job” — Life Hacker

“Neato lets you quickly jot down quick notes from anywhere on iOS” — iDownloadBlog.

“For quick notes, Neato is really a handy tool” — AppAdvice

“For writers and business minded users everywhere, the iPhone is as much a note taking tool as it is a phone, web, or email device. The only hitch is having to open an app every time you want to take a note, though thanks to a new iOS 8 widget this everyday task can be done much faster.” — TAUW
Instantly jot down note, without the need to open any app! Just pull down Notifications Center and enter your note into your iPhone or iPad, then save the notes to Dropbox or Evernote with only one tap. Also, you can mail, tweet or text it in the fastest way.
Neato is the fastest note-taking solution yet; no fuss, no muss.
Neato has simplified note-taking process to get it extremely fast and highly efficient. It helps you to get organized and grab new idea, phone number, address, quote, memo or any piece of information instantly and prevent them from distracting you.

Make the most of iOS8 widgets and take notes as quick as possible.
Take notes without the need to leave the app you are using currently; Neato is always available in Notifications Center to help you store your small piece of information.

With Neato you can:
• Take notes simply and quickly
• Take notes while using other applications
• Save the notes to your Dropbox or Evernote immediately
• Mail, tweet or text the notes rapidly

The best way to learn about Neato is to try it.

Download Neato

Tweetroot for Twitter

Normally $0.99.

Get to the root of Twitter by creating word clouds to visualize the most frequent words being tweeted. Read between the tweets and discover what a @user tweets about the most or what reactions a #hashtag is generating.

Tweetroot pulls in a stream of recent tweets and analyzes what words are being used most frequently across them. From this data, it then creates a colorful collage that highlights the top recurring words in the tweets. This gives you insight into the behavior of your favorite Twitter users, the public response to hashtags and even your own tweeting habits.

Tweetroot lets you analyze 3 types of Twitter feeds:
– User tweets: A user’s 1,000 most recent tweets.
– Hashtags:Recent tweets using a certain #hashtag.
– Mentions: Recent tweets from a particular user’s mentions.

There are also over 70 color palettes and over 20 fonts you can mix and match to customize your creations. And when you’re done, you can easily save and share your creations to other apps and social networks like Twitter, Facebook & Instagram!

Please note: In order to use Tweetroot, you need a Twitter account setup on your iOS device to authenticate with Twitter. If you’re having problems, please double check that your Twitter account is added and is allowing access to Tweetroot in the ‘Twitter’ submenu of the Settings app.
You can also access additional word/language filter settings for Tweetroot in the Settings app.

Have fun!

Download Tweetroot for Twitter

Strides

Normally $3.99.

Strides is the easiest way to track all your goals and habits in one place, with flexible reminders and beautiful charts to keep you motivated.

Track unlimited goals & habits on iPhone, iPad & Web (on any computer or tablet at StridesApp.com) with no ads or distractions. Just secure, flexible productivity.
Track anything you can imagine with 4 trackers:

1. TARGET: Reach a goal value by a specific date, and always know if you’re on track.

Examples: “Lose 10 lbs by June 15th” or “Save $2,000 by November 1st”

2. HABIT: Build a good habit or break a bad habit by tracking until it’s second nature.

Examples: “Workout 5 days/week for 4 weeks” or “Wake up at 6:30am for 30 weekdays”

3. AVERAGE: Track your average value over time for anything from games to budgets.

Examples: “Golf: Average 90 Strokes or Less” or “Practice Guitar for 30+ minutes/day”

4. MILESTONES: Stay on track with projects and goals with multiple steps.

Examples: “Host Party on July 22nd”, “Launch Website by May 1st” or “Monthly Goals”
*Featured by Apple in Productivity: Best New Apps and Build Good Habits.*

Real reviews from some of the 60,000+ people that have downloaded Strides:

“This is the best goal tracking app I’ve used. It’s intuitive to use and has a beautiful interface with many options for tracking goals.”

“The most comprehensive, user-friendly, beautifully designed goals app available.”

“Best tracking app. I love, love, love this app! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for for two or three years. I can track multiple goals and see them all on one screen. Perfect!” -Kate

“Amazing app. The sheer amount of flexibility with what you can track with Strides is amazing.” -Carlo

“A great goal tracking app. It’s easy to track goals by measuring progress and seeing where you stand. I use it in three important areas of my life each day.” -Michael

“This app allows you to track any goal or habit you’d like to focus on. The graphs and data reporting are simple, clear and functional.” -Kelly

“Elegant and surprisingly impacting. This smooth app is easy to use and could have a surprising impact on your life.” -Scott
How it Works – Setting goals is easy:

1. Choose what you want to track.
2. Name your goal and pick a type.
3. Edit values, dates and reminders.

To make goal setting more valuable, be sure to set SMART Goals! If you don’t know where to start, don’t worry; we’ll guide you through step-by-step.
*Over 300 Goal & Habit Tracker Ideas*

Here’s a small sample of the 300+ popular trackers we include for inspiration:

Health & Fitness
– Weight Tracker
– Exercise
– Calorie Tracker
– Drink Water
– Floss
– Quit Smoking

Productivity
– Get Up Earlier
– Today’s Tasks
– Inbox Zero
– Unclutter

Education
– Read
– Study
– Listen More
– Learn Guitar
– Learn Spanish

Money
– Debt Tracker
– Save Money
– Budget Tracker
– Credit Score
– Stocks

Business
– Profit
– Revenue
– ROI Tracker
– Conversion Rate
– Project Management

Wellness
– Be Present
– Meditate
– Journaling
– Take Risks
– Say No

Hobbies
– Golf
– Movies
– Biking
– Piano
– Photography

…and about 280 more trackers for inspiration.

With Strides, you can literally track every goal and habit you can think of!

It’s also an awesome way to stick with New Year’s Resolutions past February.

By making tracking your progress the easiest part, each goal tracker type lets you focus on what matters most: your goals.

With recurring reminders you never have to remember to log your progress, so Strides makes it as easy as possible to stay motivated and keep moving forward.
Download Strides now and sign up for a 30-day free trial, no strings attached.

If you like what you see, subscribe for only $4.99/month or $49.99/year, which will renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Canceling is easy, so there’s no risk in giving it a shot.

Download Strides

Cube Camera Pro

Normally $1.99.

The Best Real-time filter camera
Take a lovely picture with 64 real-time filters that match any picture.

Cube Camera is designed to see 9 real-time filter at a glance by all.
Selfie, Travel, Party, You can find a filter what you want anywhere anytime more quickly and more easily.

Function:
• Real-time Filter Camera
– 64 emotional real-time filter
– Self-timer (3,5,15 seconds)
– Photo Booth : Various continuous-shooting mode (18 layout)
– Guideline display

• Editing Tool
– Crop (15 different aspect ratios)
– Flip, Rotate
– Adjust Effect – 8 Adjustment Tools (brightness, contrast, saturation, exposure, highlights, shadows, temperature, vignette)
– 27 designed shapes

• Save And Share
– Share with instagram, facebook, twitter, e-mail, etc… you can share with other apps.
– Extra editing mode for instagram.

Download Cube Camera Pro

Alarmr Pro

Normally $1.99.

Waking up to a new day now gets easy with Alarmr pro

Alarmr pro is a comprehensive alarm app that provides a host of exciting features such as advanced alarm, sleep timer, flashlight, weather, news, Tweets and world clock for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Alarmr Pro comes with intuitive, easy-to-use graphical interface and vibrant themes that you would expect in an iOS alarm app.

This contemporary alarm clock comes with fully adjustable features. No more dull early mornings.

Quick look at exceptional features

UNLIMITED ALARMS

No restrictions at all. Be it weekly or daily, set your own limitless alarms.

SOUND SETTINGS

Pick your favorite song or custom background sound for each alarm. Set multiple alarms with different tones. No music forced on you.

BACKGROUND APP ALARM

This is one of the few apps that can play sounds even if the app is running in background. Your songs are still available if app is running in foreground. You can configure both the options at once. App will pick up the available option based on its status giving priority to a song from your library.

CUSTOM THEMES

Choose from our elegant themes with colors using beautiful theme selection tool.

SLEEP TIMER

Play your favorite music and set the time to stop playing the track when you fall asleep. Sleep timer feature will fade out the music to prevent abrupt sound level changes.

NEWS AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Always stay updated and informed. Read the latest news feeds and Twitter posts. No need to leave the app as all information is easy to manage on one screen.

WEATHER INFORMATION

The application displays weather information such as local temperature, wind details and much more for selected location.

PRECISE LANDSCAPE SCREEN

Automatic landscape screen displays most important information for quick view of your day. This includes weather, current time, few of the news feeds from your selected feed, latest tweets and events from your calendar.

FLASHLIGHT

Just access Flashlight feature by tapping on the button.

BRIGHTNESS SLIDER

Double tap on screen and access slider to adjust the brightness. No need to stumble for phone settings. This will not change the phone brightness.

MORE ESSENTIAL FEATURES

• Displays the scheduled events from the native calendar
• World clock feature that lets you plan your global activities
• Effortlessly switch between AM/PM or 24/12 hour clock
• Continue to receive alarms even when application is closed, using the iOS local notifications
• Most functions of the app are customizable using the settings screen
• No annoying ads

If you have any questions or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Kindly leave a review on iTunes if you like the app! We will appreciate it.

Download Alarmr Pro

Printability

Normally $1.99.

Just make it printability and share pdf anywere!

Printability is the super instrument for printing pages directly from your browser. It’s used the new feature of iOS 8 named extensions.
You can choose page’s width and height before printing and remove it quickly if you don’t like result.

The app has been written by the superfast the new Swift programming language!

If something wrong – please, contact me by “Developer site” button.

Download Printability

Benjamin Gunships

Normally $29.99.

Experience the Next-Generation of Arcade-Style 3D Helicopter Combat as you protect the skies above the futuristic offshore buildings owned by the banking cartels. Intensely cinematic non-stop action awaits you during the 20 mission campaign as you pilot, level-up and upgrade one of 3 playable Helicopter Gunships.

*** NOTICE: Benjamin Gunships features Standard-Definition support and LOW QUALITY GRAPHICS specifically designed for older iOS devices, which include: iPod Touch 3, iPod Touch 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPad 1. Featuring:

• Never before seen Arcade-Style 3D Helicopter Combat experience, with sights, sounds and non-stop action that will take your breath away!
• Enjoy Simple and Intuitive Controls: tilt your iOS device left/right to steer your Helicopter Gunship around city obstacles while skillfully avoiding enemy missiles.
• Alternatively, for a casual ON-RAILS experience: forgo tilting and simply tap your enemies to engage the “Autopilot” while controlling your Afterburner and Weapons with a smooth 2-button interface.
• 20 action-oriented campaign missions (including 2 bonus Endless Gauntlet levels) offer over 4 hours of action-packed Arcade-Style game play.
• Face more than 30 different types of enemies, including: modern jets, attack helicopters and GIGANTIC money-packed transport aircraft!
• Game Center support: with 7 Leaderboards and 18 elusive Achievements that demand an additional 10+ hours of game play.
• RPG Style Progression System allows you to FREELY acquire, pilot and level-up 3 unique Helicopter Gunships while unlocking 18 different types of Afterburner and Weapon upgrades.
• Optional In-App Purchases allow you to skip the RPG grind and instantly acquire any of the playable Helicopter Gunships. In addition, you can Restore your existing purchases to unlock content on multiple iOS devices.
• Team up with friendly AI wingmen in the later stages of the game, and watch as your enemies fall before your elite squadron.
• Over 30 minutes of memorable original music will dynamically accompany your Arcade-Style cinematic experience.
• Adaptive AI and Randomized 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 helicopter 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 allow 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 gunship is equipped with automatic repair systems which will activate shortly after you stop taking damage.

Completing missions, earning XP and leveling-up your gunship 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 gunships on multiple iOS devices.

Download Benjamin Gunships

Intersectia

Normally $0.99.

Check out the remake of classic puzzle game with new exclusive content! In this game you need to drag the points to make the lines don’t overlap. Also in this game you can find levels with several exclusive features such as levels with static points and levels with obstacles that don’t let the points pass through, the endless random levels.

Download Intersectia

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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.