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Today in the App Store — Fleksy Keyboard, Workflow and more

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 Fleksy Keyboard, the new Leawo Blu-ray Player and a major update to Workflow. All app prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly, so grab them while you can.

iOS Apps Now Free

iDarkroom – Manual Camera, Photo Editor, Best Toon & Hand Drawn Filters [Now free, down from $0.99] iDarkroom is a REAL-TIME, INTUITIVE, POWERFUL photo editor.

Fleksy Keyboard – Fast, Custom Typing [Now free, down from $0.99] Fleksy is the most fun, customizable way to type, and officially the fastest keyboard in the world.

Letters from Nowhere 2 (Full) [Now free, down from $4.99] Have you played the prequel to this fascinating game? Don’t miss Letters from Nowhere – on iPad and iPhone!

Letters from Nowhere 2 (Full) HD [Now free, down from $6.99] Have you played the prequel to this fascinating game? Don’t miss Letters from Nowhere – on iPad and iPhone!

Robot Battle [Now free, down from $0.99] All natural resources of the earth are depleted by 2112.

iOS Apps On Sale

Workflow: Powerful Automation Made Simple [On sale for $2.99, down from $4.99] Workflow is your personal automation tool, enabling you to drag and drop any combination of actions to create powerful workflows.

Machine World [On sale for $0.99, down from $1.99] Drive, fly and operate cool machines that behave like the real thing – in Machine World!

Scany – network scanner [On sale for $0.99, down from $3.99] Scany is the Swiss army knife of apps for home, office, corporate LAN and Wi-Fi hotspot owners, network administrators, security specialists, developers and everyone who needs to diagnose and resolve network issues and easily do everyday network tasks.

Big Photo [On sale for $0.99, down from $2.99] Big Photo provides capability to view large images or photos over 45MPs (like panoramas) up to 115MP for latest iPhone/iPad, as well as small icons, all in full resolution, and zoom to pixel level.

Discounted Mac Apps

Unclutter [On sale for $1.99, down from $4.99] Unclutter is a new handy place on your desktop for storing notes, files and pasteboard clips.

GRID 2 Reloaded Edition [On sale for $14.99, down from $49.99] Be fast. Be first. Be famous.

Hider 2: Encrypt and Password Protect Files [On sale for $9.99, down from $19.99] Put out of sight your confidential information from third parties or other unwanted eyes. Encrypt, hide and password protect your data with Hider 2! Redesigned for and completely compatible with OS X Yosemite!

New and Notable Apps

Cyclop iPad Edition [$24.99] Cyclop now available on the iPad – ready to unleash monstrous bass sounds to the mobile world.

WeatherPro [$2.99] WeatherPro for Mac has been created by MeteoGroup, Europe’s leading private weather company, following its success on smartphones.

Leawo Blu-ray Player [Free] The first free and all-region Blu-ray media player for Mac users to watch HD movies on Mac without any format barrier.

Updates you don’t want to miss

Snapseed [Free] Perfect your photos in a snap with the new Snapseed 2.0. This app brings to your mobile device the power and control of professional photo editing software, previously only available on the desktop.. Version 2.0 includes the following changes:

  • Stacks allow you to re-edit any image
  • Copy your edits from one image to another
  • 5 new filters including Lens Blur, Tonal Contrast and Glamour Glow, previously a premium feature
  • Lens blur that’s adjustable in all directions
  • Brush tools to apply effects to sections of an image
  • Spot Repair for detailed editing, healing, and retouching
  • Transform adjusts perspective across vertical and horizontal axes, then fills in empty areas after rotations

MeteoEarth for iPad [Free] created by MeteoGroup, Europe’s leading private weather company; MeteoEarth truly brings the weather to life using high-end gaming technology and extraordinary graphics.. Version 2.0 includes the following changes:

  • FREE premium features including the great option of combining multiple layers for the full weather experience
  • Now also free: the water temperatures layer in climate view and the storm tracker
  • Premium MeteoEarth users benefit from having an ad-free experience, viewing a forecast animation for 5 days ahead, and more.
  • Greater zoom level – zoom in much deeper for extra detail
  • Thanks to greater zoom, you can now view more live global webcams!
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!