Wednesday, December 25, 2024
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Today in the App Store, featuring Toca Life: Town and 5by

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 a discount on Toca Life: Town; the new Count Days Pro; and an update to 5by. All app prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly, so grab them while you can.

iOS Apps Now Free

Book Crawler [$1.99 → Free] Forgot which books you have read? Tired of buying books you already own? Not sure what to checkout at the library? Want to tell others about what you are reading and share thoughts? Welcome to Book Crawler- the HIGHEST RATED book database in the App Store based on hundreds of professional and user reviews!

Toca Life: Town [$2.99 → Free] You rule this Town, a play world where anything and everyone is welcome! With different locations and many classic Toca Boca characters, the everyday adventures in Town are infinite.

Instaflash [$1.99 → Free] Instaflash is your go to photo app with all the tools you need to perfect your photos instantly.

Videocraft – Video Editor & Movie Maker [$1.99 → Free] Videocraft is the complete multi-track video editor & movie maker app.

Cloud Outliner: Outlining tool with Evernote integration [$4.99 → Free] Cloud Outliner lets you create and share outlines between your Mac, iOS devices, and your Evernote account.

Yoga Studio [$3.99 → Free] Introducing the ultimate yoga app: Play, create, customize and schedule easy-to-follow HD video yoga classes.

iOS Games Now Free

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?

Virtual City HD (Full) [$4.99 → Free]] If world domination is your thing, Virtual City is a great city simulator to get you started.

Virtual City (Full) [$2.99 → Free[] If world domination is your thing, Virtual City is a great city simulator to get you started.

Truss Me! [$1.99 → Free] Designed by a true rocket scientist, Truss Me helps you learn to design structures while having fun! At each challenge, design structures that are light and strong and you will earn precious golden nuts.

Marvel Pinball [$0.99 → Free] Marvel Pinball combines the greatest Super Heroes of all time with the definitive videogame pinball experience of all time.

iOS Apps On Sale

LiquiPad HD [$1.99 → $0.99] LiquiPad HD is the ultimate visual toy. It turns the surface of your iPad into several different virtual liquids that respond to and interact with your touches.

Sleep Cycle alarm clock [$1.99 → $0.99] Waking up made easy. 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.

AmpliTube [$19.99 → $9.99] Want to turn your iPhone or iPod touch into the ultimate mobile guitar and bass tone studio? AmpliTube puts the power in your hands with a massive collection of virtual gear that you can use to practice, play and record with world-class tone anytime and everywhere.

AmpliTube for iPad [$19.99 → $9.99] Want to turn your iPhone or iPod touch into the ultimate mobile guitar and bass tone studio? AmpliTube puts the power in your hands with a massive collection of virtual gear that you can use to practice, play and record with world-class tone anytime and everywhere.

xPlan [$29.99 → $19.99] With xPlan, creating, tracking and managing your projects will be much easier than ever!

MoneyWiz 2 – Personal Finance [$4.99 → $0.99] Simplify your financial life with MoneyWiz. Have all your accounts, budgets and bills in one place!

ProCamera HD [$2.99 → $2.99] Fast. Simple. Professional. ProCamera HD is a photo, video, and editing app bursting with state-of-the-art technology!

Solunar Calendar – Best Hunting Times and Feeding [$1.99 → $0.99] The app gives you the best hunting times for your location, so you can plan your hunting trips much better!

ProCamera HD [$4.99 → $2.99] Fast. Simple. Professional. ProCamera HD is a photo, video, and editing app bursting with state-of-the-art technology!

SkySafari 4 Pro [$34.99 → $25.99] SkySafari 4 Pro has the largest database of any astronomy app, period. It contains everything in SkySafari 4 Plus, and adds over 1.2 GB of data, including 25 million stars from both Hubble Guide Star catalogs, over 740,000 galaxies down to 18th magnitude, and over 630,000 solar system object

iOS Games On Sale

Percepto [$2.99 → $0.99] Bruce has fallen asleep and finds himself in a strange room that can be flattened to two dimensions. Help him find his way to the door by rotating the room and compressing to a new point of view.

Real Fishing 3D [ $1.99 → $0.99] A real fishing game has finally arrived on app store!

Surgeon Simulator [$4.99 → $1.99] As the would-be surgeon Nigel Burke, perform all kinds of crazy surgeries to try to save his life — or fail hilariously in the process while poor Bob… Well, dies.

Wings Of Valor [$1.99 → $0.99] Wings of Fury, the famous game on Apple II in 1989. And here is the Rebirth of The Classic – Wings of Valor !!

Tikal [$2.99 → $0.99] Explore the untamed jungles of Guatemala at Tikal, the infamous Mayan city.

Discounted Mac Apps

Save the Aliens [$2.99 → Free] Evacuation day has come! Now with iCloud! Downloader for Tumble [$2.99 → $0.99] Downloader for Tumble provides a nice way to save photos from Tumble to your Mac.

Gear for Google Play and YouTube [$5.99 → $2.99] Gear Player allows you to manage your Google Play Music and YouTube music collection, without the difficulties of a web browser or Flash Player. This way playback is flawless, navigation is swift, in an easy-to-use interface.

Home Radio – Listen to your favorite radio stations: news, sports, music, talk [$4.99 → Free] This radio has >24k radio stations (licensed from API.Radio), including NPR (e.g. WKCR and KQED), BBC, CBS (e.g. WINS and WSCR), KTCK, KFI, KIIS, ESPN, NHK, RTL Radio, MIX 106.5, and more every day.

Foldery [$1.99 → Free] Add color to your folders!

New and Notable Apps

Words Scramble Quest : New AlphaBetty word brain game – share with friends [Free] Words Scramble Quest : New AlphaBetty word brain game – share with friends.

Count Days Pro – Extended countdown [$0.99] Countdown app with next features

Updates you don’t want to miss

Clips Video Editor [Free] Clips is the simplest video editor in the world.. Version 2.0 includes the following changes:

  • Split clips
  • Duplicate clips
  • Adjust playback speed (fast and slow motion)
  • Share to Facebook
  • iCloud Support

5by [Free] 5by is the best place to find, watch, and share amazing videos. . Version 3.3.0 includes the following changes:

  • New Daily 5! The 5 videos you need to see everyday, laid out all pretty and easy to navigate!
  • Beautiful new design tweaks that make you want to set up camp and hang out in 5by for a while. Good news, we’ll let you do just that, for as long as you want.
  • Numerous bug fixes
  • And as always, more dope videos. Like… 1000’s more.
Steve Sande
the authorSteve Sande
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!