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7 awesome paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free right now

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:57PM EST
Best Free iPhone Apps

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It’s our last list of the week, but don’t despair — we’ve got a great one for you today. Thursday’s list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free was our biggest of the week, and some of them are still free downloads for a limited time. Today, we’re back again today with a fresh new list of free iOS apps that are normally paid but are completely free for a limited time.

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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.

FocusTwist

Normally $1.99.

*** “We’ve got to admit we’re stupidly hooked” – Engadget

*** “A $2 app that re-focuses photos like a $400 Lytro.” – The NY Times

Blow your friends away with FocusTwist, an app that allows you to create and share “twists” – images that can be *re-focused* AFTER you take them!

This is the full-featured, widely recognized FocusTwist app, which will transform the way you think about photography.

* Easily capture images
* Share online directly from your iPhone
* Access our curated gallery with twists from world class photographers
* Take your photography to a new level

► RECOGNITION

** GIZMODO APP OF THE DAY
** The NY Times
** Engadget
** Gizmodo
** C-NET
** PetPixel
** TUAW
** The Verge
** DP Review
** Many more.

► HOW TO USE

Focusing an image after you take it works great on for food, toys, fashion, nature, architecture – any scene with multiple elements to focus on.

For best results, compose a scene with something interesting very close to your phone’s camera (3-4 inches away) and another element further away (> 5 feet).

Try to hold the phone still during the few seconds it takes to focus and capture a twist.

Download FocusTwist

Check Check

Normally $0.99.

A simple iCloud-enabled, iOS 8 optimized app to manage all your checklists. Use it for things like travel packing lists, daily tasks, home inspections, gear to bring to a photo shoot, grocery lists and so much more.

This is different from a Reminders or Todo’s app because each list can be reset and reused over and over again.

Your data is stored in iCloud, and automatically syncs between iPhones, iPads and Mac. A desktop Mac version is also available. Please search for Check Check in the Mac App Store.

Download Check Check

Rembrandt

Normally $0.99.

Rembrandt has one goal: making sure you never miss an appointment again.

Calendars are awesome for keeping track of all of our appointments, but sometimes it’s easy to forget about those one-time appointments that were scheduled ages ago (we’re looking at you, dentist appointments!). Rembrandt is here to make sure that you never miss an appointment again.

FEATURES

Beautiful User Interface
– Get a beautifully clear and concise view of your appointments occurring either Today and Tomorrow
– Important, single-occurring appointments stand out amongst the recurring events part of your normal routine
– Get a quick look at all of your Upcoming appointments in an easy to view list that hides all recurring events and displays only single-occurring appointments

Automatic Alarms
– Set a default alarm time and Rembrandt will automatically add an alarm to ALL of your single-occurring appointments, including those that were created outside of Rembrandt or before Rembrandt was installed

Agenda Notifications
– If tomorrow’s agenda contains an appointment not part of your normal routine, Rembrandt will notify you the night before with the number of events and the start time of the first event

Quick Alarms
– Tap and hold an event to instantly add an alarm (after specifying a default alarm time)

Fully Automated & Designed for Background
– Automatic Alarms and Agenda Notifications are handled in the background without you ever needing to do anything. Just open Rembrandt once and leave it running in the background and Rembrandt will take care of everything
– Though Rembrandt runs in the background it does not impact battery life

Download Rembrandt

Loose Leaf

Normally $4.99.

Create photo collages the simple way! Easier to use than Photoshop!

Ideas come together with Loose Leaf. You can doodle, superimpose, annotate and share without the mess.

// WHAT’S TO LOVE //

• Share your collages and home decor ideas on Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter and more
• Easily superimpose pictures and see how your new living room will look
• The simplest cut and paste feature
• Create collages of your favorite memories

There’s a reason “a picture is worth a thousand words”. Loose Leaf was made for that exact moment when pen and paper say it best. Loose Leaf is engineered to be a simple, no fuss, mobile dry erase board. It’s perfect for simple drawings, diagrams, quick notes or annotations.

Watch the video and find out more: https://getlooseleaf.com

// FEATURES //

• Unlimited pages
• Easy image import
• As easy as pen and paper
• Scissors create moveable scraps
• Sidebar scrap drawer
• Ruler / protractor tool for simple shapes
• Export and share ideas via major social networks
• Send pages quickly to other apps
• Share pages to your contacts in Loose Leaf
• Simple two-finger gesture page navigation
// EASY TO USE //

1 finger to draw, erase, or cut
2 fingers to move and navigate
// NO HIDDEN COSTS //

• No in app purchases
• No subscriptions
• No settings

Download Loose Leaf

Shopping List

Normally $1.99.

Going to the supermarket, we look in the fridge and write down what we need to buy, to shopping list. Most recently, shopping lists, notepads and papers moved into our smartphones. We’re, when we create our app, looking at “shopping list” differently.
In “Magnet List” app, to create a product, write in the search box: what, how much and at what price we need (only name is possible). After that, square magnet will appear with the initial letter of the product. Pull it to the right – and he’s in the shoping cart. Once again, the right – he is at home. On next time you will make purchase, you can look in the House section, and re-add it to the shopping list. So there is a circulation of products! Long press on magnet, in any section, will remove it. And if it need, it will be in the same form, when you start typing the name in the search. And of course, if you click on the magnet itself, you can make own product photos or choose from the gallery. Navigate between lists with left/right swipe. You should try it, to make sure that “shopping list” can be simple, but not boring. Also, you can choose color theme what you like. Enjoy your shopping!

Download Shopping List

SoundCatcher

Normally $1.99.

SoundCatcher makes impossible!
Download NOW and instantly recognize the music playing around!
Now you have the unbelievable possibility to know what song is playing around you! Just tap on the S button on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and SoundCatcher gives you the name of music track, the artist’s name and even lyrics!

Download now and enjoy all the great features of SoundCatcher app:

– recognize what music is playing around: song, artist name and even lyrics

– discover more about your favorite artists: most popular of your favorite artists, albums, lyrics and even tour info

– watch video: artist’s most popular videos and news

– listen to the music: advanced media player gives you more features including your favorite artist’s fresh releases

– download songs and even albums: with SoundCatcher you can instantly buy the recently recognized song from iTunes

Just imagine! You hear a song and SoundCatcher shows you the name of music track, artist name and even the lyrics in just one tap!

Key features:

– listen on StartApp recognition – this feature allows you to recognize the music playing around in just a single tap on SoundCatcher icon
– continuous recognition mode – allows you to recognize music tracks while 1 hour even in background mode, what is extremely convenient if you want to recognize a radio stream
– lyrics, recommended and most popular – great feature for every music fan
– artist’s info, including the tour schedule – fresh news about artists all around the world
– TOP – find out the most popular songs in your location
Trends – discover the most popular searches near by
share tags, give rates, write reviews for your friends tags on Facebook

All the great SoundCatcher features for best price for both iPhone and iPad versions!
No time and query limits!

Dear friends! You can help us to make SoundCatcher much more better if you send us your feedbacks via feedback form in Settings menu! We appreciate all your feedback and reviews on AppStore! Thank you very much for your support!

Download SoundCatcher

Dayli

Normally $2.99.

A lot changes in a day. Dayli helps you make sure that you don’t miss anything. Dayli lets you take pictures everyday and turn them into an awesome time lapse video.

• Create Dayli photo journals of all the important things in your life.
• Set reminders to take a photo everyday to see how things have changed.
• Add guides to make lining up your perfect photo really easy.
• Turn your photos into an awesome time-lapse video to save and share.
• Keep a catalogue of your life in photos.
• Protect your private photos with a passcode lock.
• Export and import photos to and from other apps.

Download Dayli

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.