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7 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 9:07PM EST
Best Free iPhone Apps October 27 2015
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We’re sure you’ve had a busy week already but there’s always time for you to download some paid iPhone apps that are completely free for a limited time, right? Below we’ll show you seven different iPhone apps that would normally cost $12 but are completely free if you act right now. Check then out below!

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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.

A Dark Room

Normally $0.99

Awake. Head throbbing. Vision blurry. Come light the fire and escape into a world you’ll never forget.

One of Apple’s Top 10 Paid Apps of 2014

Critical Acclaim:

“The game creates an enthralling parallax effect that can keep devoted players dosed, for hours, on the pleasurable sense of immersion…” – The New Yorker

“A Dark Room will blow you away with its evolving depth and variety. It’s exciting to discover something so unique and refreshing on the App Store. 5 stars” – Cult of Mac

“These are the twists you’ll find in the corners of “A Dark Room” — a game that’s always unpredictable and always intriguing.” – Huffington Post

“If Cormac McCarthy made an iPhone game, it would be this one… an unlikely but thoroughly deserving bestseller. And it’s as compelling as it is unsettling.” – Slate Magazine

Download A Dark Room

Translate Voice

Normally $1.99

FREE for limited time !!!

Just speak into your phone and it immediately replies in one of our 80 languages.

VOICE INPUT & OUTPUT
Speak instead of type. No training needed. Just start speaking and we recognise your voice, transform it into text and translate it into another language.

EDIT & SHARE
Tap our translation to edit and make changes, without having to speak again. Send translations to your friends via Email, SMS, Facebook or Twitter or simply copy a translation and use it in any App you like.

UNIVERSAL APP
This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad.

Translations between the following languages are supported:

Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Belgian (Dutch), Catalan, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English US, English UK, English AU, Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, French CA, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese BR, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish MX, Spanish US, Swahili, Swedish, Taiwanese, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish

Download Translate Voice

Phoenix Photo Editor

Normally $0.99

Phoenix is a powerful and fast photo editor with a lot of editing tools, import and share options.
With Phoenix you will have all the freedom to customize your photos with pretty filters, effects, borders and fonts.

– it saves your current progress, you can continue in any time
– undo/redo feature
– supports high resolution output (up to 3000×3000)
– share your project to socials directly, send via mail or print it
– preserves EXIF data while editing
– you can add, edit or delete geolocation

Tools:

– Enhance
– Photo Filters
– Art Filters
– Light Effects
– Frames
– Stickers
– Text labels with bunch of fonts
– Vignette
– Blur (5 types)
– Pixelate area
– Color Splash
– Draw (5 tools, color picker, undo/redo)
– Brightness/contrast
– Hue/Saturation
– Exposure
– Warmth
– Sharpness
– Crop
– Resize
– Orientation

Supported socials:
– Facebook (import, share)
– Twitter
– Instagram (import, search by hashtag, share)
– Flickr (import, search, share)
– Tumblr
– Google+
– VKontakte

Download Phoenix Photo Editor

Clean Calendar

Normally $0.99

Clean Calendar helps you easily delete multiple events from your calendar!

Choose the calendars to clean, the start and end dates, filter the events with the many options available and that’s it. That’s is easy and quick!

You can define the period to clean by indicating the start and end dates or by choosing a period among the following choices:

-The last 60, 30 or 7 days
-Today
-The current month
-The current year
-The next 7, 30 or 60 days

Plus, you can filter the events to delete by choosing among the following options:

-With/Without Title
-With/Without Location
-With/Without Repeat
-With/Without Invitees
-With/Without Alert
-With/Without URL
-With/Without Notes
-Title contains and/or does not contain such a word
-Location contains and/or does not contain such a word
-URL contains and/or does not contain such a word
-Notes contains and/or does not contain such a word

Clean Calendar is available on both iPhone and iPad.

Download Clean Calendar

Private Album

Normally $1.99

Passcode access to private albums
+Smart auto lock: locks in few seconds if left on a flat surface
+Import photos and videos from phone albums
+Capture photos of intruders
+Backup your data to Dropbox
And more…
Level up your privacy in storing your private moments. Keep your personal photos and videos safe and hidden with secure passcode, restricted swiping across your albums and a smart auto lock that detects when you put down your phone. Backup to dropbox, capture intruders and a simple interface make it the most advanced app to protect and hide your private pictures and videos today.

• Smart auto lock function: 
You left your phone on the table without locking it? No worries, the app locks itself when you leave your phone in a horizontal position.

• Show off your videos and photos without worries: 
Just select the pictures you want to show, and you can confidently pass your phone to your curious friends. They’ll try to browse through your photo albums, but they can only view what you want them to.

• Catch the intruder: 
The app takes pictures of intruders who try to peek into your pictures.

• Just look at it: 
A neatly designed, intuitive interface makes a good app even better.

• Never miss the moment: 
Make a quick snapshot without entering the passcode.

More features:

• Share by e-mail, Facebook or export to your iPhone’s Photos app. More sharing features are coming soon.

• Restore your lost password by email

• Manage albums, pictures and videos just like you’re used to

• Import/Export from Photos library (you need to then manually delete them due to Apple security restriction)

• Optionally delete all photos after 10 bad attempts

• Play your photos as a Slideshow

• You can record and play videos as well

Download Private Album

Altimeter Pro A.C.T

Normally $2.99

Modern Altimeter GPS+ app is for folks who care for hiking and biking in mountainous terrain. GPS is getting very accurate in terms of distance indication. The choice between unit system is perhaps an important thing, just for your convenience the app is being equipped with both of them (Imperial and Metric). Surprisingly strong barometer measures the weight of the air pressure above a given point and determines elevation of two points.
This app has a creative and user-friendly style design, simple and comprehensive functionalities. Features included

– Imperial and Metric unit settings.
– GPS accuracy indicator.
– GPS distance accuracy indicator.
– Density of air , indicator.

Built in library

Map integration
– Satellite maps mode.
– Hybrid maps mode.
– Standard maps mode.
– Tracking location changes trajectory.

Compass
– Shows device real-time orientation to magnetic fields.
– Ability to switch between true and magnetic North.
– Location coordinates (longitude, latitude).
– Course

Track information
– Time elapsed.
– Distance.
– Average speed.
– Max speed.
– Altitude.

Tracking
– Speed tracking in mph or km/h based on MPH or KM/H mode.
– Distance tracking in miles or kilometers based on MPH or KM/H mode.
– Time tracking.
– Longitude, latitude coordinates.
– Save locations drop a pin

Weather
— Temperature information.
— Wind
— Visibility
— Sunrise,Sunset

— High/Low Temperature.

— Ability to switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit.

Download Altimeter Pro A.C.T.

Status Art

Normally $1.99

Status Art is a fun new way to update and customize your phone even further! An easy to use tool, lets you choose from a wide variety of beautiful designs that personalizes your device unlike any ordinary wallpaper can.

Status Art works by mixing the design you like into your wallpaper. This gives your device a much more streamlined appearance, making your phone more stylish than anyone else’s.

It is the only app of its kind that is compatible with the iOS7 Parallax effect ON!

Pick some out now and enjoy the new updated look of your phone.

Download Status Art

Brad Reed
Brad Reed Staff Writer

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.