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10 paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited time

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 9:19PM EST
Best Free iPhone Apps

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What, you thought we wouldn’t be back with a follow-up to Tuesday’s great list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free? Of course we are, and we’ve got some great options for you on Wednesday including an app that lets you track your cellular data usage, a sleek speech translator that’s normally $5, a GIF browser, a cool photo-sharing app and plenty more. As always, these sales could end anytime so be sure to check them out now.

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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.

DataControl

Normally $0.99.

DataControl is a easiest way to track your data usage. With its simple and clear design, you don’t have to worry about busting your data plan. Say goodbye to data overage.

Data Widget. Check your usage from Notification Center.

Forecast in time. DataControl predicts how much data for daily use is reasonable. And tells you in usage percentage and cool colors.

Real-Time Stats. Besides your usage statistics directly from iOS, you can see network speed. LET/4G/3G, and Wi-Fi are supported.

Practical Design. Instantly offers the most important stats you need most.

Features:
– Track cellular LTE/4G/3G and Wi-Fi
– Monthly, 30-day data plans supported
– Bill-cycle data tacking automatically
– Compatible with all carriers
– No need to register or login
– Pure functions. No Ads or monetizing your info or whatsoever

Your data will be safe with DataControl.

Download DataControl

Smart Translator

Normally $4.99.

Smart Translator is an amazing app that lets you translate your text or speech into more than 40 languages.

MAIN FEATURES

• Input your text by typing or speaking.
• Hear your translation being read aloud to you.
• Translate your text into more than 40 languages.
• Send your translated text as an email or text message.
• Share your text or translation on social networks.
• Copy it to other apps.
• Print it using a Wi-Fi printer.
SUPPORTED LANGUAGES

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

• Translation support
Arabic, Basque, Catalan, Chinese, Chinese (traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh.

Smart Translator requires a Wi-Fi or 3G connection.

– Are you travelling to a foreign country?
– Do you need to communicate with someone who doesn’t speak your language?
– Do you need to share your ideas in a foreign language?

If yes, then Smart Translator is definitely for you. Grab your copy now.

Download Smart Translator

SHAREit Photo Sharing Pro

Normally $1.99.

Photo Share allows you to transfer your photos & videos between your iPhone, iPad, Mac or PC over your local Wi-Fi network. It also supports sending and receiving photos & videos to/from popular cloud & photo services, mobile storage devices and NAS. Any kind of photo transfer – Photo Share can handle it!

● Support drag & drop upload, easy to use
● Transfer multiple photos and videos at once
● Download photos and videos as zip archives
● Crate new album

Download SHAREit Photo Sharing Pro

GifBrowser

Normally $5.99.

GifBrowser is the Best App to play GIF on iPhone!

GifBrowser is an smart app to manage, play and share GIF on your iPhone. You can view GIF to GifBrowser and download gif by using the embedded web browser, also you can import GIF from your Local Albums,From your computer or form Search browser.

Features:
(1)Play and pause control;
(2)Support switch GIF animation frame while pausing;
(3)Swipe left and right to switch GIF animations;
(4)Playing speed control;
(5)Zoom in and zoom out;
(6)Tap to playing in fullscreen;

Web Browser
(1)Tap and hold on an GIF to download it directly to GifBrowser;
(2)Click or long press on a gif link to download;

Web Search
(1)Search funny gif by using the embedded web Search;
(2)Save gif to local or photo album;

Security
(1)You can setup the passcode to protect your gif;
(2)Use TouchID to protect;
(3)Use Security question and security answer to protect;

Download GifBrowser

iMySystem

Normally $0.99.

iMySystem provides a wealth of information about your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch iOS device. Over 120 pieces of information on your device separated into the categories: device, memory, network, location, media, folders and processes. Automatically monitor changes and share any information easily. Includes Network Speed estimates.

Now includes Network Speed in the Network Information to provide a decent idea of how fast your the current cell or WiFI network is. Now includes photo, video, new photo and new video totals and sizes.

Universal app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Buy once, run on all devices.

Some of the information in each of the areas are disk space and disk spaced used, screen and device resolution, L2 Cache Size, CPU, GPU, free and used memory, WiFi or cell indication, WiFi SSID and WiFi BSSID, IP Address, Cell Address, Bonjour Services, AirPlay Services, network Tx and Rx, Street address, latitude/longitude/altitude, # apps, photos, tracks and albums, folder names used by iOS and running or being killed processes.

The summary area at the top displays device type, iOS version, free memory, free disk space, # of apps installed, and whether you are on WiFi or cell.

Memory information displays two graphics for free and used memory respectively.

Location details includes a map of your current location.

The bottom tab bar shows the areas of information available. Selecting a tab will display the desired information or use a left or right swipe will switch between areas. On app restart, the last selected area is shown.

Click the share icon to send the displayed information to a specific service such as Facebook, Twitter, Email, Tumblr, clipboard, printer or other service.

Use in app settings icon, upper left-hand corner, to turn monitoring, swiping or map auto zoom on or off.

For the process information, if a process has ended, then it is highlighted in red before it is removed from the process list.

When monitoring is enabled Device, Memory, Network, Location, Media and Process information are updated as changes occur.

Download iMySystem

Auto Adjust

Normally $0.99.

Stop losing memories to bad lighting.

Auto Adjust is a lightweight utility for automatically bringing your dull, dark, or washed out photos to life!

Auto Adjust is the only app that lets you make adjustments to your images instantly. There’s no waiting for changes and its designed to save your photos faster than any other image processing app available. Auto Adjust will also keep your image the same size no matter how large it may be. This app will completely transform your photo library!

Features

• 6 Different Black and White modes (Luminance Mode)

• Create HDR results with only a single image

• Noise Reduction

• Intuitive Color Correction

• Set Screen Brightness right in the app. If you’re using a low screen brightness (to save battery, you’re inside, etc) you might be over brightening your images! Never make this mistake again by setting your screen brightness within Auto Adjust

• Full Photo Size. Some photo apps like to cheat you and shrink your photos. Auto Adjust shows you your photo size so you know they’re still 3, 5, 8, or even 12MP! They stay their original size!

• Manual Tweaking. Some apps just have a Magic Wand. Auto Adjust actually shows you how it adjusts your photos and lets you tweak it from there, or do it all manually.

• Realtime adjustments. When you drag a slider in Auto Adjust, your photo changes AS YOU DRAG. No waiting. No “Working”.

• Tap to switch between “before” and “after” of you photo.

Download Auto Adjust

Stand O’Food

Normally $2.99.

From the publishers of Supermarket Mania! Stand O’ Food® is an original, fast-paced restaurant challenge with millions of players on PC and other platforms. Feed a host of hungry patrons before they leave in a huff! Slap together burgers and cook up some bacon as quickly as you can! But it’s not all about speed – you’ve also got to plan ahead. Put the sandwiches together in the correct sequence, and set yourself up so you can make the next sandwich without difficulty. Earn money to purchase condiments and upgrade your equipment to serve tastier food even faster than before. Stand O’ Food will satisfy all of your cravings!

● 2 gameplay modes: Quest and Lunch Rush
● More than 100 levels
● 80+ sandwiches to create
● Close to 20 upgrades to purchase
● Game Center Support
● iPhone 5 support

Download Stand O’Food

Scanner Pro

Normally $1.99.

Scanner Pro is currently the fastest and most powerful tool for scanning the documents.
You can create and managed a virtual copy of credit cards, books, checks, recipes, timetables and
any paper documents by using Scanner Pro.

Scanner Pro can process the captured from the camera images and already existing photos in the gallery, cloud and network services.
Application allows you to adjust and apply the filters for images with the built-in editor.
Experiment with your documents and edit them, you can always revert to the original image.
You can upload your finished pictures to gallery, cloud and network services, send by mail in JPEG and PDF formats.

Scanning takes place on your device without an internet connection, so your documents do not run the risk of being intercepted.
The unique scanning and processing algorithms improve the quality of scans, remove the noises and the shadows, correct the angle of the projection, so you get the highest quality and the clear result.

This scanner is created based on many years of working with the documents of many people to save your time in the day to day activities as much as possible.
The application takes into account the memory capacity and the count of processor cores for maximum performance and comfortable operation.

The key features is:
+ Automatic and the manual scanning mode
+ Creating and saving the documents in colored, grayscale, black and white formats
+ Selection of the document’s page format (A3, A4, A5, Letter, Legal, Business Card, Automatic)
+ Flash settings
+ Ability to turn on a grid
+ Sorting of documents by the name and the date
+ Easy search of your documents
+ Ability to create the groups and move the documents from one group to another
+ Creating the multi-page PDF documents
+ Moving, copying and renaming of scans

The additional benefits include:
+ Integration with the popular cloud services (Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, Yandex.Disk)
+ Integration with the popular network services (SMB, FTP, SFTP, WebDAV)
+ Unique and advanced scanning algorithm
+ High performance and stability of the application
+ Intuitive interface
+ Password protection of the application
+ User friendly navigation

High speed and quality of image processing without tedious manual corrections will make Scanner your ideal companion for business and education.
Already thousands of people have joined us! And you could try this tool of scanning unsurpassed in speed of work and capabilities!

Download Scanner Pro

Toca Builders

Normally $2.99.

If you can imagine it you can build it with the six Toca Builders!

Join your new builder friends on an island far away and create a whole new world with blocks. Jump, walk, roll and rotate the builders to use their unique skills, and they will help to build whatever you can imagine!

Toca Builders makes it fun to drop, spray, smash and lift blocks to construct new objects – may it be a house, lamp or maybe a banana?
Let’s get started by putting down some blocks.

MEET THE BUILDERS!

Blox: Great at dropping and smashing blocks
Cooper: A fantastic painter
Vex: Amazing at putting blocks in stacks
Stretch: Specialized at placing blocks anywhere
Connie: Enjoys lifting and moving blocks
Jum-Jum: Loves to spray paint

The builders will guarantee that you’re having a good time when you create your world! Toca Builders is a new way of creating and crafting things with blocks, that encourages both creativity and curiosity. With simple touch gestures and unique controls the builders come alive and help create a world only you can dream up!

To save your world, just tap the Back-button to go back to the main menu and everything you’ve made is saved. The snapshot feature makes it easy to take a photo of your construction to share with the world!

KEY FEATURES

• 6 super builders
• Build whatever you want – drop, spray, lift and smash!
• Color each individual blocks as you want
• Unique controls of the builders – spin, roll, aim and move
• Autosave guarantees your progresses is saved
• Use the snapshot feature to take a photo of your creation
• Easy-to-use, kid-friendly interface with incredible creative possibilities
• Incredible creative possibilities
• Beautiful original graphics
• No rules, stress or time limits – play any way you want
• No third-party advertising
• No in-app purchases

Download Toca Builders

Secret Albums Calculator X Pro

Normally $2.99.

Protect of hide your photos and videos.
CalculatorX hides your photos & videos behind a working calculator.

You can show your basic gallery to family friends, and fellow workers.
You have to down load immediately, so it can stop guest from using your protected pictures & videos.
You can only when you want.

– Math calculator style
– Lock function for PIN code.
– Ghost mode (fake password)
– Ghost mode, enter the fake password.
– Control your gallery list. (Creation/correct/delete/move)
– Photo/video & down load & move gallery
– Recently delete folder (Recover)

– Wi-Fi file management (iPhone – PC)
– Airdrop
– Transfer files using iTunes
– Send to Email
– Send to text message
– Take private photos/videos from within the app
– File sharing / send / Receive file in another app “Open In”

– Support image gallery
– Support video player

* Happen to error, use I-tunes to copy USB.
* If you delete the application will delete all hidden data.
* We are unable to delete photos and videos from the native Photos app.
* Please make sure to backup this app if you are upgrading via iTunes sync

Download Secret Albums Calculator X Pro

First

Normally $0.99.

Choose wisely! First is a fast paced game where selecting the right circle quickly is everything. There are three funtastic game modes:

* Letters(English) – Pick the letter that comes first in the alphabet as your options change, remember to watch out for the timer!

* Addition – Add the two numbers in each of the circles and then select the smallest number from your options.

*Subtraction – Subtract the two numbers in each of the circles and then select the smallest number from your options.

Download First

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