Wednesday, December 25, 2024
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Today in the App Store, featuring LEGO® Batman: Beyond Gotham and TV Food Maps

Here are some of the best free apps, app updates and new apps that have landed in the App Store recently. Today’s notable apps include the new LEGO® Batman: Beyond Gotham; an update to TV Food Maps and a discount on all Snowman apps icluding Shifts – Shift Worker Calendar, Checkmark 2, Alto’s Adventure and Circles. All app prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly, so grab them while you can.

iOS Apps Now Free

Shifts – Shift Worker Calendar — Snowman App Sale [$4.99 → Free] Shifts is the fastest and easiest way to enter and view your work shifts on iPhone.

Halftone 2 – Comic Book Creator [$1.99 → Free] Easily turn your photos into comic book pages and videos with Halftone 2. Apple’s App of the Week.

Six Things [$1.99 → Free] Tomorrow, Today, Yesterday, and Everything Else. That is all you need to get things done. Six Things

Tabata! Daily 4-Minute Workouts [$1.99 → Free] Burn calories and get fit faster that ever!

Lab Values Reference [$3.99 → Free] This app is perfect for both academic and clinical settings, providing clear, concise coverage of 375 of the most commonly performed laboratory tests.

iOS Games Now Free

Circles Memory Game — Snowman App Sale [$0.99 → Free] Circles is a wonderful new memory game for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and iPad mini.

Jump Out!™ [$0.99 → Free] Surrounded by cunning traps, they look ahead and see… the exit. These bugs have nothing to fear; they always look dangers in the face and keep on crying Jump Out!

Cribbage HD [$3.99 → Free] Play the App Store’s top rated cribbage online with your friends or anyone in the world!

Skill Game [$2.99 → Free] are clever? …are looking for a new challenge? …want to prove it to yourself? WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

Death Call 2 [$0.99 → Free] There’s a new threat rising in the West; not made of flesh and blood, but steel. It must be stopped at any cost. Will you rise to the challenge?

Mech Guardian [$1.99 → Free] It’s simple to play. The more monsters you hunt the higher score you’ll get. You have got to deal with all challenges while playing it by applying the game props properly. Please join our hero to protect this homeland.

iOS Apps On Sale

Checkmark 2 — Snowman App Sale [$4.99 → $1.99] Checkmark is back with an all-new design for iOS 8 and great new features, including Lists, Location Groups, One-tap Rescheduling, a Today widget, and much more!

Deluxe Moon Pro – Moon Phases Calendar [$2.99 → $0.99] Deluxe Moon Pro is the best Moon app available in AppStore.

Sleep Cycle alarm clock [$1.99 → $0.99] An intelligent alarm clock that analyzes your sleep and wakes you in the lightest sleep phase – the natural way to wake up feeling rested and relaxed.

BillTracker for iPhone [$1.99 → $0.99] From the water bill to the car payment to the cell phone subscription, BillTracker for iPhone can help you stay on top of your bills.

Perfect Weather – NOAA Radar, Forecast, and Severe Weather Alerts [$2.99 → $0.99] Some weather apps are overloaded with information. Others are designed to be pretty rather than useful. Perfect Weather strikes the right balance. It gives you a quick, clear overview of the conditions you care most about.

Sago Mini Fairy Tales [$2.99 → $0.99] Make new friends, play dress up and unearth silly surprises. This open-ended play experience is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

iOS Games On Sale

Alto’s Adventure — Snowman App Sale [$1.99 → $0.99] Above the placid ivory snow lies a sleepy mountain village, brimming with the promise of adventure.

7 Little Words for Kids [$2.99 → $0.99] Discover 7 colorful worlds as you solve the mini word puzzles. But don’t worry if you get stuck. You can always get a hint if you need it. It’s made just for kids, but many parents will love it too.

Moxie 2 [$2.99 → $0.99] Moxie 2 is the FUN word transformation game…EASY to learn, but CHALLENGING to master.

Hitman GO [$4.99 → $1.99] Hitman GO is an award-winning turn-based strategy game with beautifully rendered diorama-style set pieces.

Slice Fractions [$3.99 → $0.99] Get your child excited about his or her next math discovery through this award-winning, problem solving game. We’ve teamed up with university education experts to craft an incredibly fun way to learn fractions.

IMPOSSIBLE ROAD [$1.99 → $0.99] IMPOSSIBLE ROAD is a pure, minimal arcade game about risk, reward, and rollercoasters.

Crow [$4.99 → $0.99] Crow is the critically acclaimed, story-driven action-adventure for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

Discounted Mac Apps

Pimp Your Screen – Custom HD Backgrounds and Desktop Wallpaper Images with Animated Clock Widgets [$3.99 → $0.99] Pimp Your Screen is here to customize the look of your desktop by giving you an exclusive selection of specially designed background images arranged in categories.

MouseX [$0.99 → Free] Counts your mouse (or trackpad) traveling distance. You will be surprised how much you traveled!

AnyConvert [$1.99 → Free] Convert various units easily with this app. It offers a total of 478 Units in 24 categories.

New and Notable Apps

Piloteer [$2.99] In Piloteer, a whimsical and serenely challenging physics-based game about learning to fly, a renowned inventor is determined to overcome the stigma associated with flying a jetpack and convince the world that jetpacks should be revered by all.

Tales From Deep Space [$6.99] Tales From Deep Space is a comedic mis-adventure set on Big Moon, the most eccentric space station in the galaxy.

LEGO® Batman: Beyond Gotham [$4.99] The best-selling LEGO Batman franchise returns in an out-of-this-world, action-packed adventure!

Gestimer – For those little reminders during the day – OS X [$2.99] Gestimer is a beautiful Mac menu bar app for those little reminders during the day. Simply drag the Gestimer menu bar icon onto the screen to create your reminder.

Updates you don’t want to miss

TV Food Maps – Restaurants on TV, Road Trip Planner, Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives, Man vs. Food & More [Free] Never miss the chance to eat like Guy Fieri, Anthony Bourdain or any of the Food and Travel channel hosts!. Version 4.1.0 includes the following changes:

  • Totally new version of TVFoodMaps (4.1)
  • Over 40 TV Shows.
  • Almost 5000 restaurants.
  • Road Trip Planning
  • Vacation Planning
  • TV Listings
  • Notifications
  • & More!

Monument Valley [$3.99] In Monument Valley you will manipulate impossible architecture and guide a silent princess through a stunningly beautiful world.. Version 2.3.0 includes the following changes:

  • Ida’s Dream now available for all! A chapter previously created as part of an exclusive charity promotion, Ida’s Dream is now free and available for all players.
Steve Sande
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Steve is the founder and former publisher of Apple World Today and has authored a number of books about Apple products. He's an avid photographer, an FAA-licensed drone pilot, and a really bad guitarist. Steve and his wife Barb love to travel everywhere!