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7 awesome paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:59PM EST
Best Free iPhone Apps

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We always spend time digging through all of the paid iPhone and iPad apps that go on sale for free each day, in an effort to pick out the cream of the crop and share them with you. Yesterday’s list of iOS apps on sale was a great one, and several of those apps are still available as free downloads if you rush back to that post and snag them quickly. If you’ve missed the ones you wanted though, don’t worry — there are seven fresh new paid iOS apps on sale for free in today’s list.

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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.

BlueLight

Normally $0.99.

BlueLight: your personal safety companion.

Stay safer everywhere, including on campus, at ski resorts and on the road. With two-tap access to the closest emergency services and everyday features that keep you connected on the move, BlueLight empowers you to go wherever you want to go.

Go It Alone
Whether you enjoy solitary morning workouts or exploring nightlife in the city, BlueLight enables you to live your life on your terms. Keep a lifeline to emergency services on early morning runs or late night city streets. Share your location with a friend or partner as backup on your solitary adventures.

Be Safer On Campus
Unlike dialing 911, BlueLight routes you directly to Public Safety on campus, and can provide dispatchers your location within 60 feet. Dozens of campuses are already covered, and BlueLight can quickly add yours when you request it in the app.

Take a Ski Trip: Skiing or snowboarding at a resort in Lake Tahoe? BlueLight provides a direct connection to Ski Patrol while you’re on the slopes, so trained help is never far away.

FEATURES

On My Way
Whether you’re on your way to meet someone, letting a friend know you got home safely, or just want company while walking alone at night, share your location with friends and family while traveling from place to place.

Choose contacts to follow your trip, and BlueLight will text a map of your location. Once you reach your destination, your followers will receive a text notification of your safe arrival, and location sharing will turn off.

Request Help
BlueLight uses the sophisticated GPS technology in your phone to improve emergency response, automatically determining who can get you help fastest. Pressing the Request Help button routes your call to the nearest emergency services, whether that be Campus Security, Ski Patrol or local law enforcement.

Your current address is provided at the top of the screen as a local notification, so you don’t have to think or look around when the dispatcher asks you for your location. It’s faster and more accurate than dialing 911.

Today Screen Access
Emergency help is only two taps away when you install BlueLight on your Today screen. So if you need help, you can access the BlueLight app without unlocking your phone.

Disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Download BlueLight

iColorama S

Normally $2.99.

iColorama is an imaging creativity app for people interesting in enhancing their photos or drawings and converting them in amazing pieces of art.

There are too many effects to be listed. The effects are from simple image adjustments to complicated math transforms. Images can also be painted with many different brushes.(400 +)

You can share directly your creations in Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr.

Community: http://facebook.com/icolorama

There are some fantastic tutorials written by Jerry Jobe:
http://enthusiasmnoted.wordpress.com/?s=iColorama

The app is updated based on the community requests. NO In-App purchases. Developing is on going and your requests count.

Visit our community if you are interested in knowing more or just check our tag #icolorama at Instagram

– Max Resolution: iPhone4s,5 4096x, rest 2048x

Download iColorama S

System Monitor

Normally $0.99.

** NEW and NOTEWORTHY **

***** MANY FIVE STAR RATINGS *****

Now the unique Dashboard view for for all of iOS devices, has been completely redesigned for iOS8 with its great look and feel, and ease of use.

The app monitors MEMORY USAGE, BATTERY LIFE, Used Space, Running processes and device information. GREAT visuals like Dashboard view, LED indicator, 3D BAR charts, battery charging animation, LED flashing charger, battery health check, provides you a rich visual views of your iOS device internals, like you have never seen before.

$$ Over a million satisfied users of our apps $$

## Few of our user TESTIMONIALS ##
$ Way cool
This is a terrific system tracker.
– Macquest

$ Definitely get this App.!
Love the cool dashboard. Tells you what’s going on in the Apple brain in your iPad or iPhone. This App rules.
– Battyguy

$ Simple App !
Great tool! Helps to keep your standby time ridiculously long and device running smoothly.
– Spader1969.

$ I have tried many products like this one and so far I keep coming back to this one.
– Markeith3000

$ System Max
The best and easiest app out there for really knowing what’s happening in this little box.
– by Dkievit
####
The System Monitor, is the most comprehensive all in one health check app. on the App store, that monitors memory usage, battery performance, running processes, device information like IP address and hardware address, and used space on the iOS device.

You can use this app to accurately monitor your battery life, monitor running process, memory in use, and used and free space. By appropriately charging the battery using this app to full charge, you can get a good battery life.
KEY FEATURES:

1. Double Tap Memory dashboard view to rotate to a 3D bar chart view.

2. Tap battery to see the battery capacity for your favorite apps.

3. Shows the used and free space on your iPhone/iPod.

4. Shows the IP address acquired, and hardware address of your device.

5. Displays a long list of device information, like physical specs, hardware info, and many more.
These are the different views on the App.

Memory view:

Shows the used and free iPhone memory available as used by other apps. This is shown in an excellent speedometer animation view. Double tap home button, and see other apps in use. Close out the other apps, and see the memory being reclaimed in this app, when the speedometer shows the free memory available increase.

This has an LED indicator with BLUE, GREEN, YELLOW and RED colors indicating the severity of memory being used.

Double tap the speedometer, to see a 3D bar view of the different break up of the memory used. Like, Free, Wired, Active and Inactive memory of your iOS device.
Battery view:

This view shows the battery available for discharge, how much time to recharge to make it full, and when it is charged to FULL, displays an indication, as “FULLY CHARGED”, as opposed to quick charge. It has glow panels on the top to let you know, how much battery is available. LIGHT GREEN, GREEN, and RED indicators on battery available.

Tap the battery on the fill, to show the detailed break up of battery availability for 3G talk time, browsing, videos, games etc.

Animated battery charging with current flashes inside the battery.

Process view:

This shows the list of running processes.

Space used view:

This is shown as a pie-chart that presents the used and free space available on your iOS device.

Info view:

Now it shows a lot more device information, like system information, camera information, display, hardware and physical characteristics. It shows whether you device is connected to Wi-Fi or cellular and its IP address.

Download System Monitor

neu.Annotate+ PDF

Normally $1.99.

Read and annotate (markup) PDF documents. Annotations can be drawings, highlighting text, text notes, photos and stamps.

PDF files can be opened in neu.Annotate from any application that supports the “Open with…” menu command. This includes Mail, Safari, Box, Dropbox and many others. PDF files can also be imported using iTunes File Sharing, Dropbox, and WebDAV services.

Annotated PDF files can be shared via email as well as exported to iTunes and Dropbox. Individual pages can also be shared in PNG and JPG formats, in addition to PDF.

Features:

• PDF Document Reader
• Annotation
• Highlight text
• Add text notes
• Add free-hand drawing
• Add stamps
• Add photos
• Fill out and sign documents
• Insert Blank Pages
• Delete pages
• Rotate page orientation
• Organize documents using tags
• Rest your hand on the screen with the Palm Guard
• Magnifier
• Search documents (including text annotations)
• Create new PDF documents
• iCloud syncing between multiple devices
• Import/export from/to Dropbox, Box, WebDAV, iTunes
• Sort PDF documents by title, date create or date modified; ascending or descending
• Control feature restrictions
• Setup automatic document expiration actions
• Duplicate pages
• Duplicate documents
• Navigate document using table of contents (when available)
• Protect documents from modifications (lock/read only)
• Group / ungroup annotations
• Align annotations
• Arrange annotations top to bottom
• Easily rearrange document pages
• Image Editor

Download neu.Annotate+ PDF

Boost 2

Normally $1.99.

For a limited, play Boost 2 for FREE, with no IAP or ads – ever!

A huge thank you to everyone for your continued support!

The major update to the original version of the game has arrived. Boost 2 features:

+ Three brand new game modes, including online multiplayer
+ A completely redesigned interface and HUD
+ Game Center and OpenFeint with online leaderboards and achievements
+ Retina and iPad support
+ Many other bug fixes and optimizations

Thank you everyone for your continued support and feedback. Your encouragement and excitement for this game has been overwhelming, to say the least. I love reading your comments, and continue to look forward to hearing your feedback!

Boost was featured as one of the best games of 2009 by Apple, and has even been featured in their iPod Touch commercial!

“…among the iPhone tunnel games, Boost is king” – Touch Arcade

“It was the best tunnel racer when it was originally released in 2009, and I’m having a hard time thinking of a better one that has been released since then” – Touch Arcade

“I don’t consider myself a fan of racing games, but Boost 2 was a welcome change to my usual gaming fare.” – AppAdvice

“Lanis has crafted a beautiful tunnel-racer that makes its predecessor, Cube Runner, look crude by comparison” – Thumb Spree

“Addicting Solid Tunnel Game” – itunesgames.net

Featured by Apple in “Hot New Games”

Featured on Touch Arcade’s “Best iPhone Games: October 2009”

Download Boost 2

10K Trainer Pro

Normally $1.99.

■ The Official 10K Trainer App
■ Featured on Glamour Magazine, Yahoo!’s Appolicious, Popsugar Fitness, Apple’s “What’s Hot”, Apple’s “New & Noteworthy”, and many more!
■ Doctor recommended on healthTap.com

10K Trainer is the easiest program to get beginners from couch potatoes to 10K distance runners in just 14 weeks. Don’t worry, if you are already a 5K graduate, you can skip ahead in this app and pick up where C25k app leaves off!

This proven 14 week plan will allow users to slowly build strength and stamina by alternating between walking and running. The blend of walking and running together reduces the overall impact and risk of injury, makes training more fun, keeps your body guessing, and prepares you to go the distance. By the end of the program, you will be fitter, stronger and healthier than you have ever been.

Listen to your favorite music while you train and follow the program’s convenient audio alerts. Along with voice/audio alerts and music controls on your headset, just press “start”, put your device in your pocket, and you are ready to go. Alerts will tell you when to warm-up, walk, run, cooldown, and when minute is left to give it your all.

≈ Features ≈
◉ Proven 14 week program to get you running 10k
◉ Easiest 10k program at only 3 times/week
◉ Listen to your own favorite music and playlist while you train
◉ Easy and intuitive interface. Nothing to learn!
◉ Convenient audio coach and alerts
◉ Compatible with Nike+GPS
◉ Integrated with Facebook and Twitter communities. Meet other fellow marathoners and runners!
◉ The only 10k trainer app that works accurately while your device is locked!

Download 10K Trainer Pro

Puzzle Pro

Normally $0.99.

* OVER 1 MILLION DOWNLOADS ++

Welcome to the best puzzle game for iPhone/iPad/iPod

– Create your own jigsaw puzzles from your images and photos

– Comes with more than 50 gorgeous high definition puzzles

– Up to 400 pieces on the iPad and 100 on the iPhone and iPod

– Stunning high definition retina graphics

– Smart control system for a great gameplay: multi-touch, pinch-zoom and more

– Swipe through the remaining pieces with the handy piece drawer

– Save your games and play multiple puzzles at once

– iPhone + iPad + iPod : buy one app and play on all your devices

Download Puzzle Pro

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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.