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10 paid iPhone apps on sale for free right now

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 9:17PM EST
Best Free iPhone Apps May 4 2016

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Whether you’re celebrating or mourning last night’s election results in Indiana, you could always use some more paid iPhone apps that are on sale for free for a limited time. Today’s list is heavy on games but there are lots of other great apps for things like productivity and photography as well. Let’s check them out!

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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.

Impulse GP

Normally $2.99

On the App Store’s Top Thrilling Racing Games!

Imagine trying to make lightning-quick maneuvers while upside down on a rollercoaster, jetting through gravity-defying tracks filled with massive loops and impossible banks.

PURE RACING – NO ADS!
– Race to be the best of 15 riders with perfectly timed boosts
– Sharpen your skills in Time Trials, Drag Challenges, Races, and the impossibly fast Pro Race level
– *New* Championship mode is the Ultimate Challenge! A Formula 1 style championship for pro racers

CONSOLE-QUALITY BIKE RACING
– Innovative drift steering gives the precision control of a console analog stick
– MFi game controller support and 3D Touch steering
– Super fluid driving at silky smooth 60 frames-per-second

ION-THRUST FUTURISTIC BIKES
– Choose from 9 originally designed, cutting-edge bikes powered by advanced ion thrust and electromagnetic technology
– Endless combinations to customize your bike and racing suit’s livery colors, pattern, and paint finish (metallic, gloss, frozen, etc.)

EXCITING AND CHALLENGING TRACKS
– Navigate through a series of futuristic tracks full of insane rollercoaster-like corkscrews, hills, switchbacks, jumps, twists, tunnels, and turns

GLOBAL LEADERBOARDS AND GAME CENTER
– Compare track times on the leaderboards with friends and racers around the world
– Earn and share your racing achievements

STELLAR ELECTRONIC MUSIC TO GET YOU IN THE ZONE
– Choose from a selection of edgy electronic mixes by audio master Allan Levy that make the game’s adrenaline pumping speed feel that much faster

Download Impulse GP

Camera Plus

Normally $0.99

Have you ever been left out of group captures with friends and family just because you had to be behind the camera? You’re now covered with the best photo and video app that puts you in front of the camera and in total control!

The original Camera Plus comes with AirSnap, an easy and intuitive way to remote control the capture of photos and videos. The app also specializes in shooting brilliant macro photos and is compatible with Apple Watch too!

AIRSNAP – MAGICAL REMOTE CONTROLLED PHOTOGRAPHY:

‘AirSnap’ is a feature with which you can remote control an iPhone or iPad using another to capture photos and videos wirelessly. Simply pair and instantly get to trigger the capture of photos and videos using any 2 iOS devices like iPhone, iPad and now Apple Watch.

This is perfect for family gatherings, friendly outings, group selfies, wildlife & landscape photography and more.

BRILLIANT MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY:

Love capturing stunning close-up shots of raindrops, flowers and butterflies? With Macro Focus mode, instantly shoot pro-like macro photos that carry amazing detail.

CAMERA PLUS ON APPLE WATCH:

Camera Plus on Apple Watch takes photo and video capturing to the next level with easy access to features like:

• Photo capture
• Video recording
• Choice of front and back camera
• Flash
• Countdown timer
• Instant preview after capture
• Live Preview when capturing

CINEMATIC AND BEAUTIFUL VIDEOS:

Camera Plus comes with ‘Focus Shift’ to capture videos like a pro. This feature allows you to focus in and out of desired subjects during recording to give that cinematic effect for perspective.

Camera Plus also gives you the option to capture videos in 480p and 720p for reduced file sizes!

OTHER FEATURES:

• LUMY – A slider for instant brightness control for photos and videos
• HDR & PHOTO FILTERS – Beautiful array of filters for memorable pics
• PHOTO CAPTIONS – Apply text on photos in a variety of fonts and colors
• ‘PIX’D – One touch auto photo enhancement
• EASY IMAGE EDITING – Adjust the Color, Temp. etc. to make images perfect
• PRIVATE FOLDER – Lock photos and videos away from prying eyes

iPAD FEATURES:

• SOFT FLASH/CUSTOMIZABLE BUTTON PLACEMENT: These are must-have features for the iPad!

Download Camera Plus

Pool Break

Normally $1.99

Pool Break is a suite of games featuring several variations of 3D Pool, Billiards, Snooker, and the popular Crokinole and Carrom board games. The 3D graphics are spectacular and the physics are realistic and accurate. Whether you play against the computer or against other players online, the action is smooth and fast paced!

Ready for some realistic pool action? With a ton of games and lots of fast paced action, Pool Break will keep the most seasoned pro playing well into the night. Its realistic 3D graphics and linear shot guides help you line up your shot, modify the shooting angle, and see where your shot is going to land, making it easy to line yourself up for your next move.

Pool Break Features Include:
• Almost two dozen games packed into one app
• Universal iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad app
• Multiple Languages Supported
• English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Dutch, Polish, Spanish
• Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Korean (South), Chinese (Simplified)
• Supports Online Cross-Platform Multiplayer Gaming
• Supports online chat
• Play against the computer with four difficulty levels
• Pass-n-Play mode
• Very Realistic Pool Physics
• Pan and Zoom and Slow Motion modes
• Swipe-to-Shoot mode
• Free View and First Person View
• Regular or Hexagonal billiard tables
• Allows Curve and Masse shots and full English
• Intuitive User Interface
• Many different sceneries
• Multiple fancy ball designs (textures)
• Portrait and Landscape modes
• Built-in Help Manuals explain how to play
• Recent Games option for single-click start
• Hours of fun

If you’ve ever thought about playing pool on a real table, Pool Break is the perfect way to try a variety of games and pick your favorite. Use Pool Break as a recreational game, or use its dead-on, real life graphics and geometry to help improve your skills for league night. With place and play and pool drill games, this is the perfect app for tweaking your game, and practicing those tricky shots that require nerves of steel.

So what do you get with this app? Over a dozen Pool, Billiard and Snooker games, as well as two popular board games Carrom and Crokinole that are played with discs. In other words – enough cue-games to keep you busy for a long time.

Pool Break Games Include:
• US 8-Ball Pool
• UK 8-Ball Pool
• 9-Ball Pool
• 10-Ball Pool
• 6-Ball Pool
• 3-Ball Billiard
• 7-Ball Pool
• Rotation Pool
• 4-Ball Billiards
• One Pocket Pool
• Straight or 14.1 Continuous Pool
• 3-cushion Billiards
• 1-cushion Billiards
• Pool Drills
• Place-n-Shoot Pool and Snooker
• Snooker (15, 6 or 10 Reds)
• Carrom (three board styles)
• Crokinole board game

Feeling competitive? Choose head to head action with the pass-n-play feature, even more intense competition against the computer, or go online for some cross-platform action with other players. With 4 different difficulty levels to choose from, you’ll go from a novice to a seasoned professional in no time. Don’t get Snookered! Download Pool Break now rack up some serious fun! It’s your break!

Download Pool Break

Fresh Reversi

Normally $2.99

Reversi is a great board game. Playing in Fresh Reversi you train your strategic thinking, logic, and become smarter with each new batch. A bright and stylish retina graphics and sort background music will bring an unforgettable experience of the game.

# ABOUT THE GAME

Fresh Reversi is a board game for two people on board 8×8 cells.
Original game was invented in the UK in 1883, for some times during the game was forgotten until it was revived in Japan under a different name. Since 1977, all over the world are regularly held world championships of the game in USA, France, Japan, Italy, Netherlands.

# BASIC REVERSI RULES

Game starts with two black and two white stones placed on the gameboard. The Black stones move first. Each player moves by turn, placing his stone by the enemy stone. All of the enemy stones, that were between placed stone and old, already on board, stones will be repainted to the player colour. If there is no chance to jump over enemy’s stones, you skip the move. Winner is the one who have more stones of his colour.

# REVERSI TACTICS

As long as round going, as much bones are on the table and game is getting harder. Each wrong move can lead to the defeat in the end of the round, that’s why you need to analyse every step you make. Your tactical task is to occupy the corner positions. If you are given this positions to your opponent, you losing your win chances.

# NUMBER OF PLAYERS

• One
• Two (hotseat)
• Online game with a friend (by Game Center)
• Online game with random player (by Game Center)

# GAME FEATURES

• Beautiful game and music design
• Easy, Medium or Hard difficulty
• Black hole mode
• Gameplay with or without hints
• Various start positions
• Detailed statistics
• No In-App Purchases
• Online game through Game Center

Download Fresh Reversi

Clock Zone

Normally $3.99

Now there is absolutely no need for you to manually calculate the time difference between two different time zones. The Clock Zone app in iPhone will display the time and date of the various time zones. It requires you to select the time zone by clicking on the + symbol at the top right corner.

Features

• You can select any time zone that is desired.
• Choose between Analog or Custom Clock formats.
• Most elegant, beautiful and simple world clock app.
• Available for both iPhone and iPad.

Download Clock Zone

PaintVideo

Normally $4.99

PaintVideo is an EASY-TO-USE video drawing application with Real-Time Editing features with which you can draw, write, fill, blur and add music within an existing video. Be as creative as you want there are no limitation with this App. Draw anything you want on the video, as many painting as you want and put them wherever you want; What’s more, you also can set the animation of your painting, it will turn your videos into funny and interesting edited movies, it is fun for every age, and it can be shared on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Flicker and Email in seconds; here are some of the amazing features:

Paint and write on video
Animation set of your painting
Support adding background music
Shape video in different shapes
Cut out any unwanted moments
Crop video and adjust scale
Rotate video by 90 degree
Flip video
Adjust transparency of video
Generate excellent video output
Share your video montages in seconds
No internet connection required
Superior customer support and updates

HOW TO USE:

1) Import your video from camera roll
2) Tap the plus sign icon (+ Button) to add your painting (choose brush size and color, duration time and animation set of the painting)
3) To cut unwanted video moment, firstly tap on the original video clip, click on “Edit” button from the menu and then select “Crop & Cut”, select the video portion with precise frame-by-frame and then mark “Start” & “End” time to remove the unwanted moment;
4) To delete a painting, tap the painting clip and then press the garbage can icon;
5) To delete the whole project, tap on the background video and then press the garbage can icon;
6) To add music, tap the “Music” button, and then tap “Add music”. You can adjust the volume of the music video with the volume controller.

Download PaintVideo

Levitagram

Normally $1.99

Levitagram is the original and most advanced levitation photo editor in the App Store. It has a few **unique** and important features that none of other followers can provide:

== Automatic photo alignment ==
Levitagram has a unique automatic photo alignment algorithm so that you can just take the photos casually by hand without a tripod. Other apps require you either place phone on tripod or manually align(which is very hard and not usable), otherwise the result may look very fake.

== Color matching between shots ==
Only Levitagram allows automatically or manually adjust the color, brightness, white balance, exposure etc between two different shots. Without this feature the result often looks very fake unless you have really nice light settings.

== Flexible brush settings ==
Levitagram uses a soft brush bigger than your fingertip without sacrificing performance, so that you can see what you are doing to make a precise edit. Levitagram is the only app support flexible brush shape settings to help you make pixel perfect levitation photos.

Levitagram lets you create professional looking levitation photos in a snap! All you need is an iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. No professional cameras, computer or Photoshop skills required.

From the latest 5.0 update, Levitagram not only let you shot and share amazing levitation photos, but also provides a community for levitation photography fans to share, discover and get inspired from each other.

Download Levitagram

Compass++ Digital

Normally $6.99

This Compass app offers unique HD compass themes for your iPhone and iPad. Your iPad comes with a built-in digital compass component, but there is no app pre-loaded on your device to use this feature, we are here to solve this for you.
Now you will never get lost, and in style!
This compass app gives full retina support for all iPhone and iPad. You can swipe left and right on the screen to change between 15+ great looking themes.

Features:
– 15+ amazing themes to choose from
– Full retina support for all iPhone and iPad
– Easily switch between different themes

Message for iPodTouch user
Sorry, iPod Touch cannot run this app (because iPod Touch does not have built-in compass components).

Please understand that this is an ongoing development. If you have found any issues or bugs, please let us know by email, support@ondemandworld.com. We will solve them with free updates.

Download Compass++ Digital

iPrivate Guard Pro

Normally $1.99

iPrivate Guard Pro – lock your private photo and videos

iPrivate Guard Pro is a collection of the current APP STORE variety of excellent photos and video protection application, has many powerful functions and more stable performance of a private photos and videos protection application, once you have the application, you will don’t worry about anything.

iPrivate Guard Pro with powerful photo, video protection management function, can not only be private photos, video will be classified storage and management, but also can setting up separate access password for albums. iPrivate Guard Pro also used squares unlock screen mode, allows you to use more simple, convenient.

***** Features *****
• Beautiful unlock screen, input password is more simple and more convenient.
• Supports setting up ‘separate’ access passwords for albums.
• Supports many methods of importing photos or videos, including take private photos from within the app, import photos from your iPhone/iPod/iPad.
• Supports export photos to your iPhone/iPod/iPad (no lock-in).
• Supports saving photos or videos at the same time into an album.
• Users can freely create an unlimited number of albums, for saving an unlimited number of photos and videos based on their categories.
• It provides convenient edit and modification functions for all kinds of photos.
• Supports fully customizable photo or videos slideshows.
• For the album, customized thumbnail.
• Supports sharing files through e-mail, USB, or Bluetooth interface.
• When you are browsing private photos or videos, you can quickly hide the photos or videos by shaking the device.
• Powerful photo editor.

Download iPrivate Guard Pro

Super Lines

Normally $6.99

Classic arcade game!

Super Lines (~ Snake~ )

How long you can have?

Contain 4 different game mode, and the most attractive 2 play mode, you can play with friend any where you like, instead of play alone.

Game Mode:

– Classical
– Modern
– Survival
– Crazy

Control:

– Simply touch and move the direction on screen.

Download Super Lines

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.