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8 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 9:07PM EST
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It’s that time of day again: We’re going to get your week off to a terrific start with eight paid iPhone apps that are now on sale for free for a limited time. Check them out below!

MUST READ: I switched from Android to iPhone 6s last week – here are the things I love about it

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.

Assembly

Normally $1.99

FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME. Assembly is the easiest most powerful design tool on the App Store. Create anything you can imagine like beautiful logos, characters, icons and illustrative scenes immediately. Professional level tools in a simple package that anyone can design with.

ANYONE CAN CREATE VECTOR ART
Designing something beautiful is as easy as placing premade shapes on the screen. The artwork you create can be exported as high resolution images or vector objects that can be blown up to any size. From T-shirts to posters or even billboards.

CREATE WITH A SNAP
Assembly has a vast library of shapes that easily snap together to create anything you can dream of. Smart guides makes positioning shapes easy and precise. Infinitely zoom into the artboard for even the most detailed artwork.

COLORS WITH STYLE
Choose from professionally selected color palettes for perfectly balanced designs or create your own using the powerful color selector and eyedropper tool. Customize each shape’s fill and opacity, stroke style and color, add a shadow or glow.

POWERFUL DESIGN TOOLS
Get professional results using powerful tools found in high-end design suites. Design quickly using features like copy, flip, and rotate, as well as multi-select and grouping. Simple gestures for size, position and rotation.

COLLABORATE, SHARE, AND SYNC
Backup and sync your projects across your iPhone and iPad with iCloud integration. Collaborate with friends and send your project files via email, AirDrop, DropBox and other favorite communication and storage tools.

Assembly features:
– Over 180 shapes included
– Even more themed shape packs available in the in-app store
– Smart snapping for easy shape placement
– Multi-select and grouping
– Copy, flip and rotate shapes and groups
– Fill, stroke, and shadow options
– 20 pre made color palettes
– Custom color palettes
– Eyedropper color tool
– Use colored or photo backgrounds
– JPEG and PNG output up to 4096×4096 pixels
– Save as transparent PNG
– SVG vector output
– Assembly project file output
– Sync projects across devices with iCloud
– Get started with 15 easy-to-follow tutorials
– Continuously updated Inspirations section

Download Assembly

Moment Camera

Normally $0.99

Moment Camera — Timer/Sequential Shooting
Just a Simple Photo Shooter

The precious Moment of you and me.
Using self-timer and sequential shooting function, never lose the moment you want to remember.

Functions
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∙ Flash ( Off, On, Auto, Flashlight )
∙ Sequential Shots ( 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 )
∙ Self-Timer ( 0, 3, 5, 10, 30, 60s )
∙ Grid ( None, 3×3, 2×2, Square, Circular )

Self-Timer & Sequential Shooting
∙ Self-Timer: 3, 5, 10, 30, 60 seconds
∙ Timer Sound Effect and Flash Blinking Sign (switch in options, default OFF)
∙ Sequential Shooting: 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 times
∙ Sequential Shooting Intervals: 0, 0.5, 1 seconds (switch in options, Default 0.5)
∙ Sequential Shooting with Self-Timer Function

Concise interface & Convenient functions
∙ Clean and Modern White UI Design
∙ Various Grids: 3×3, 2×2, square, circle
∙ Flashlight Mode Function (Night shooting)
∙ Can Replay(preview) the photos just took (delete in options)
∙ Automatically Saving to Camera Rolls
∙ Touch-focus and Auto-focus
∙ Auto Hide button Function (switch in options, default OFF): When immersed in taking picture, top buttons are hidden automatically. Touch the top or manual focus, the button appears again.

Download Moment Camera

Color Companion — Analyzer and Converter

Normally $1.99

Working on a new design project and need precision color design and analysis?

Throw out EVERY other color app you’ve owned and work FASTER with Color Companion, the ONLY color analyzer on the app store with native iPhone AND iPad custom tailored interfaces.

Top Features:
► Analyze Colors
► Convert Color Values
► Auto Create Palettes from Images/Websites
► Create, Edit & Share Palettes/Colors
► Blend & Create Color Variations
► 50 Stock Palettes

Analyze ANY color from:

► Color & Greyscale Color Wheel
► Photo Album Photo
► Photo taken with Camera
► Webpage
► Color Charts (HTML Named, Web Safe, and RAL)

Store the colors in Custom Palettes that you can email, copy to your clipboard, or save for later use.

Auto-create palettes from common color schemes such as:

► Analagous
► Tints
► Shades
► Triad
► Complementary
► Split Complementary
► Tetradic

Color companion analyzes the colors anywhere on the image and gives you detailed color information including:

► HEX
► RGB
► Lab
► HSB
► CMYK
► Closest Color Name (General, HTML, and RAL)

Adjust the image canvas with a slider to achieve lighter or darker colors, invert images, and convert images to grayscale on the fly.

Automatically create full color palettes from photographs and websites. Adjust the color fidelity to extract more/less colors.

Create your own palettes or use any of the 50 included stock palettes.

Edit colors to create color variations with RGB, Lab, HSB, and CMYK sliders.

Perform Additive Light and Subtractive Paint blend with colors and create color complements (+30, -30, +120, -120, +150, -150 degrees hue).

Whether you are a professional designer communicating with a client, a print shop employee working on a custom order or just someone stuck in a home improvements store trying to figure out the right color for your new kitchen wall, Color companion has you ready to go!

Download Color Companion

Bluetooth Call Lite

Normally $0.99

Turn your iPhone or iPad into a walkie-talkie and talk to each other. Instant voice chat. No registration. No costs.

This application allows you to talk wirelessly, and better than a standard walkie-talkie because it doesn’t require pressing buttons in order to talk; it’s like making a phone-call over Bluetooth!

Application Features

– Easy voice chat with friends
– Works with any iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch using iOS 3.0 or greater
– Does not affect data usage
– Easy, 1-button interface
– loud with volume control
– No connection via Internet or telephone network.

Download Bluetooth Call Lite

Learn Guitar Theory

Normally $1.99

Lessons for all levels and styles… It doesn’t matter if you play an acoustic guitar, electric guitar or both. Our lessons are designed for both. Whether you are a complete beginner or if you have been playing for years and years, we have designed an app for you that will change the way you look at the guitar.
The following guitar lessons have been created with the beginner in mind. It is suggested that new guitarists begin at lesson one, spending at least one week learning the exercises and songs in that lesson before moving on. Learning to relax while playing guitar will help immeasurably, so be sure to have fun!

Download Learn Guitar Theory

Easy Spending Expense Tracker

Normally $1.99

The Easy Spending expense tracker, the most simple and convenient personal finance App is the most easy to use expense tracker on the go for iPhone and iPad, that neatly tracks all your cash flow between different accounts that you can manage.

It is now all the more secure, with the addition of Automatic Backup Service as part of its In-App purchase. With this feature you never have to worry about losing valuable financial data, either through accidental deletion or change of device. You can restore it anywhere.

Comes with easy gestures with convenient layout and clutter free interface, with large fonts, well spaced layouts for easy viewing and readability. You can quickly add an expense even while checking out at the grocery store or while at the gas station.

Great for maintaining monthly recurring bills with reminders, it has the convenience of an Expense Tracker and BILL reminders at one place. It reminds you of all your due bills, so that it can save you a dime from late fees or dues.

@ Never loose your valuable financial data with the All new Automatic Backup Service, (available as an In-App purchase)

@ Excellent cloud sync of all your transaction data.

@ BILL Reminders

@ MULTIPLE ACCOUNT(S) Summary in a single screen, and nice reports.

Highlights:

$ Clean user interface with great usability.

$ Bold readable fonts on all screens.

$ Intuitive home screen.

$ Add a new Income/Expense in seconds.

$ Quick view of Recent Transactions and Top Income/Expense categories.

*** In depth functionality ***

$ Support Fortnightly transactions.

$ NOTIFICATIONS added to Default calendar for recurring transactions as an option. Using this option, NEVER forget to pay your BILL(S) on time.

$ See future bills/payments and income using, “UPCOMING TRANSACTIONS” view.

$ Fast search based on categories and notes

$ Record Recurring Transactions

$ Store data for MANY MANY years

$ Use MULTIPLE accounts like Checking, Savings, Credit card, Cash flow, Mortgage accounts etc.

$ Preview comments in History while drilling down the transactions.

$ Pass-code LOCK.

*** SYNC with all your devices ***
$ Excellent and seamless cloud sync of all of your transaction data.

$ You can sync with all devices used by you and your family, to view all accounts simultaneously.

*** REPORTS ***

$ Powerful reports, timeline reports

$ Doughnut chart reports gives a clean break up of where your money is going.

$ Email csv file of all your data for single or all of your accounts.

$ Upload csv file also to your Google Drive account

Download Easy Spending Expense Tracker

Livu

Normally $2.99

Livu is a video broadcasting application for the iPhone and iPod Touch 4th generation. Livu broadcasts video and audio to content servers that support RTSP publishing of H.264/AAC streams. It is an ideal application for streaming to Wowza Media Server ®.

Features –

Low latency streaming
Auto and Manual bit rate settings
Touch to focus
Double tap to expose
Torch mode (iPhone 4 only)
Up to 640×480 streaming.
Basic/Digest RTSP Authentication

For more information please visit the support site.

Download Livu

LiquiPad

Normally $1.99

LiquiPad is an addictive visual toy that turns the surface of your iPhone into several different virtual liquids that respond to and interact with your touches. As relaxing as it is entertaining, LiquiPad is also a non-demanding way to keep your mind visually stimulated while listening to music, audiobooks, the in-laws, etc. And, of course, it’s a great way to show off the incredible power of your iPhone. Use any of the 12 built-in themes, or use your own photo library for limitless possibilities.

Using LiquiPad couldn’t be simpler. Tap or slide your finger(s) across the screen to create and manipulate the waves.
Or, tap the gear icon in the lower left to open the settings menu.

LiquiPad must be seen in motion to be believed. There are numerous videos posted online. Search for ‘LiquiPad’ on YouTube.

Tip: If you would like to take a screenshot, you can do so by pressing the home and sleep buttons at the same time. The screen will flash, and the image is saved to your Photo Library.

FEATURES:

– Stunning high-resolution graphics take full advantage of iPhone 4’s Retina™ Display
– Intelligent, speed-sensitive multi touch support
– 12 Beautiful Themes, with infinite themes possible using your own Photo Library or the Camera
– Control over liquid density – make it act like Water, Oil, Syrup, or Gel
– Automatic Wave Generators, such as rain, for use as an animated photo display
– Optional Tilt mode using the iPhone’s accelerometer.
– Realistic Liquid sound effects

Download LiquiPad

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.