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#MacStoriesDeals - Black Friday 2013: Best Deals for iPhone, iPad, and Mac Apps & Games

Black Friday is upon us once again! #MacStoriesDeals is the best place to find great deals for Mac and iOS apps and games, Apple hardware deals, and some great book and audio specials.

There are thousands of software and hardware deals online. We carefully pick the best ones and collect them in a single post with links to buy or share discounted products. You don’t need to be overwhelmed by Black Friday deals because we take care of finding the best stuff for you.

Bookmark this post, and come back every day to find updated deals for each category. Updates will be listed as new entries at the top of each category.

You can find us as @MacStoriesDeals on Twitter.

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  • 20% off Essence icon set for iOS 7 and Perspective Icons at Icons & Coffee
  • World of Goo HD: $4.99 > Free
  • Agenda Calendar 4: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Today Weather: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Clear+ Tasks & To-Do List: $4.99 > $2.99
  • TextExpander for Mac: 50% off
  • Black Friday Doxie sale
  • Vert - Unit and Currency Converter: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Triage: Email First Aid: $1.99 > $0.99 - Review
  • Downcast: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Convertible: The Perfect Converter: $.99 - > Free
  • Boxie - Prettify your Dropbox: $2.99 > Free (with IAP) - Review
  • 1Writer - Note taking, writing app: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Geekbench 3: $9.99 > $5.99
  • Screens - Control Your Computer Remotely: $19.99 > $9.99
  • TextTool: $4.99 > $2.99 - Review
  • Blur - Create Custom Wallpapers: $.99 > Free - Review
  • Delivery Status touch, a package tracker: $4.99 > $2.99
  • Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station: $199 > $178
  • Analytiks for Google Analytics: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Rayman Jungle Run: $2.99 > $0.99
  • DaisyDisk: $9.99 > $4.99
  • LIMBO Game: $4.99 > $1.99
  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown: $19.99 > $9.99
  • Terminology 3: $2.99 > $1.99 - Review
  • 1Password 4 for iOS: $17.99 > $9.99 - Review
  • ReadKit: $6.99 > $1.99
  • Infinity Blade: $5.99 > Free
  • Plex: $4.99 > $1.99
  • Paprika Recipe Manager (Mac): $19.99 > $9.99
  • Paprika Recipe Manager for iPhone: $4.99 > $2.99
  • Paprika Recipe Manager for iPad: $4.99 > $2.99
  • PowerUp - Retro 8-bit Video Game Camera: $.99 - > Free

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iPhone Apps

  • Wake Alarm: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Weightless: $1.99 > Free
  • Fieldrunners 2: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Clear – Tasks & To-Do List: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Contact Map+: $1.99 > $0.99
  • InstaPlace: $1.99 > $0.99
  • MoneyWiz - Personal Finance: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Marquee - The Customizable Banner App: $.99 - > Free
  • Christmas List Plan: $.99 - > Free
  • Sypher: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Candigram - Email Yourself Memo: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Push.co: $1.99 > Free
  • Blur Studio - Create Beautiful Wallpapers: $1.99 > $0.99
  • FocusDots: Increase Your Productivity: $1.99 > $0.99
  • iShows: $1.99 > Free
  • Retromatic 2.0: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Convertrain - Converter for modellers: $1.99 > $0.99
  • TodoMovies: $1.99 > $0.99
  • WishOnList • Your wish list always with you: $.99 - > Free
  • Solutionist: $2.99 > $1.99
  • Contacts Journal CRM - Professional Relationship Manager for Contacts, Customers and Clients: $9.99 > $5.99
  • Storemarks: $.99 - > Free
  • Lost Cities: $3.99 > $1.99
  • PrintCentral for iPhone/iPod Touch: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Write for iPhone - A Beautiful Note Taking and Writing App: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Printer Pro for iPhone: $4.99 > $1.99
  • Missives: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Trackle: $1.99 > Free
  • Outline Pro for iPhone: $9.99 > $1.99
  • Weather Notifications - Custom Push Alerts: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Localscope: $2.99 > $1.99
  • Pinned for Pinboard: $3.99 > $1.99
  • Furuka: $1.99 > Free
  • Traktor DJ for iPhone: $4.99 > $1.99
  • Star Walk - 5 Stars Astronomy Guide: $2.99 > $0.99
  • iYoga - Premium - iPhone Edition: $1.99 > Free
  • iMuscle 2 - iPhone Edition: $1.99 > Free
  • Money Pilot: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Animoog for iPhone: $9.99 > $1.99
  • Fliptastic - Slideshow Maker for Instagram: $.99 - > Free
  • ProCam 2: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Spark Camera: $1.99 > $0.99
  • ComingUp: $2.99 > $1.99
  • Radium ~ Perfect Internet Radio: $1.99 > Free
  • Civilization Revolution: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Money by Jumsoft: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Sid Meier’s Pirates!: $2.99 > $0.99

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iPad Apps

  • Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomy: $13.99 > $8.99
  • Fieldrunners 2 HD: $4.99 > $2.99
  • FolioBook Photo Portfolio: $9.99 > $5.99
  • The Orchestra: $13.99 > $8.99
  • The Elements: A Visual Exploration: $13.99 > $8.99
  • Solar System for iPad: $13.99 > $8.99
  • Muscle System Pro III: $19.99 > $9.99
  • Atomus HD: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Photo Eraser - Remove Unwanted Objects from Pictures: $.99 - > Free
  • Biscuit for reddit: $3.99 > $0.99
  • MoneyWiz - Personal Finance for iPad: $4.99 > $1.99
  • iMini: $9.99 > $4.99
  • Contacts Journal CRM: $19.99 > $9.99
  • Frax HD: $3.99 > $1.99
  • Actions for iPad: $3.99 > $0.99
  • Pandemic: The Board Game: $6.99 > $2.99
  • Cross DJ: $3.99 > $0.99
  • PrintCentral: $8.99 > $2.99
  • Write for iPad - A Beautiful Note Taking and Writing App: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Printer Pro: $6.99 > $1.99
  • Outline Pro for iPad: $9.99 > $1.99
  • Chordion: $3.99 > $0.99
  • Noteshelf - Notes & PDF: $8.99 > $4.99
  • Traktor DJ: $19.99 > $9.99
  • Final Draft Writer: $49.99 > $29.99
  • Star Walk HD - 5 Stars Astronomy Guide: $2.99 > $0.99
  • iYoga - Premium: $1.99 > Free
  • iMuscle 2: $2.99 > Free
  • Shadowrun Returns: $9.99 > $6.99
  • Animoog: $29.99 > $4.99
  • Money by Jumsoft for iPad: $4.99 > $1.99
  • Civilization Revolution for iPad: $6.99 > $0.99
  • Sid Meier’s Pirates! for iPad: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Cut the Rope HD: $3.99 > $0.99
  • iTeleport Remote Desktop for iPad - VNC & RDP: $19.99 > $11.99

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Universal Apps

  • Another World - 20th Anniversary: $3.99 > $0.99
  • Tower of Fortune 2: $1.99 > Free
  • Mimpi: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Grafio - Diagrams & ideas: $9.99 > $5.99
  • Writedown: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Remoter Pro (VNC, SSH & RDP): $9.99 > $4.99
  • Filterstorm Neue: $3.99 > $0.99
  • The Elements in Action: $3.99 > $1.99
  • iStudiez Pro: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Cloud Outliner: $4.99 > $1.99
  • FineScanner: $1.99 > $0.99
  • TextGrabber + Translator: $5.99 > $1.99
  • SlowCam - Realtime Slow Motion Video Camera: $1.99 > $0.99
  • NaturalPomo: $2.99 > Free
  • Tide Graph Pro: $3.99 > $1.99
  • DrumKick: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Gestrument: $7.99 > $5.99
  • Plus One - A Nice Tally Counter: $.99 - > Free
  • Lingvo Dictionaries: English ‹-› Spanish, French, German, Italian Dictionary Titles: $5.99 > $0.99
  • Gifquick - The Animated GIF Cloud Camera: $1.99 > Free
  • Montessori Math: Add & Subtract Large Numbers: $3.99 > Free
  • Pocket Informant Go!: $3.99 > $1.99
  • Barefoot World Atlas: $4.99 > $2.99
  • FlickStackr for Flickr: $1.99 > $0.99
  • PhotoStackr for 500px: $.99 - > Free
  • Pix’n Love Rush DX: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Pocket Informant Pro: $8.99 > $6.99
  • Gneo: $9.99 > $4.99
  • Impaktor - The drum synthesizer: $4.99 > $0.99
  • A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving: $5.99 > $2.99
  • Solar Walk - 3D Solar System model: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Jottings - Dropbox Notes: $3.99 > $1.99
  • BeatMaker 2: $19.99 > $4.99
  • Print n Share: $7.99 > $2.99
  • GPS Log: $7.99 > $4.99
  • Photo Transfer App: $2.99 > $1.99
  • Circles Memory Game: $4.99 > Free
  • Sky Gamblers: Rise Of Glory: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Linky — Post webpage links to Twitter and App.net: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Air Hockey: $.99 - > Free
  • The Amazing Spider-Man: $6.99 > $0.99
  • Phlo: $2.99 > $1.99
  • Filapp for App.net: $1.99 > Free
  • Trails - GPS tracker: $3.99 > $1.99
  • CanOpener — for Headphones: $2.99 > $0.99
  • House Design: $3.99 > $0.99
  • Extreme Contacts: $.99 - > Free
  • Pinner - social bookmarking with Pinboard.in: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Recordium - pro voice recorder, record memos & note taking: $4.99 > $0.99
  • SyncSpace: Collaborative Zoomable Whiteboard: $19.99 > $9.99
  • Prizmo - Scanning, OCR, and Speech: $9.99 > $4.99
  • NBA 2K14: $7.99 > $2.99
  • Toca Builders: $2.99 > Free
  • iTeleport Remote Desktop - VNC & RDP: $24.99 > $14.99
  • WriteRight: $4.99 > $2.99
  • Boxer For Gmail, Outlook, Exchange and more: $5.99 > $0.99
  • MEGA MAN X: $4.99 > $0.99
  • LostWinds: $3.99 > $1.99
  • LostWinds2: Winter of the Melodias: $3.99 > $1.99
  • SOULCALIBUR: $14.99 > $6.99

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Mac App Store

  • Otto’s Antenna: $3.99 > $0.99
  • Tadam: $3.99 > $1.99
  • Manico: $2.99 > $0.99
  • You Need a Budget 4 (YNAB): $59.99 > $29.99
  • Raskin: $24.99 > $11.99
  • Chronicle - Bill Management: $14.99 > $4.99
  • Sypher: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Leaf RSS Reader: $4.99 > $1.99
  • Cloud Outliner: Outlining tool with Evernote integration: $9.99 > $4.99
  • MoneyWiz - Personal Finance: $24.99 > $14.99
  • iStudiez Pro: $9.99 > $2.99
  • CopyLess: $6.99 > $0.99
  • Blast Utility: $9.99 > $4.99
  • Tembo - Find Files: $14.99 > $7.99
  • Controls+ for iTunes, Display & Timer in Menu Bar: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Singlemizer: The Duplicate Finder: $19.99 > $9.99
  • Fortis: $1.99 > $0.99
  • The Bard’s Tale: $9.99 > $4.99
  • Radium ~ Perfect Internet Radio: $8.99 > $5.99
  • LilyView: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Phlo: $3.99 > $1.99
  • Unclutter: $4.99 > $0.99
  • House Design: $9.99 > $4.99
  • iTeleport: VNC & RDP: $29.99 > $19.99
  • Better Rename 9: $19.99 > $0.99
  • ABBYY FineReader Express: $99.99 > $49.99
  • Scida: $9.99 > $5.99
  • Tabular: $19.99 > $14.99
  • TaskPaper: $24.99 > $9.99
  • Prizmo 2 - Scanning, OCR & Speech: $49.99 > $24.99
  • PaintCode: $99.99 > $74.99
  • SketchBook Pro 6: $59.99 > $39.99
  • Trickster: $9.99 > $4.99
  • Money by Jumsoft: $38.99 > $19.99

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Readdle Apps

  • Calendars 5: $6.99 > $2.99 - Review
  • Scanner Pro by Readdle: $6.99 > $2.99
  • PDF Expert: $9.99 > $4.99
  • PDF Expert (iPhone): $9.99 > $4.99
  • Shakespeare Pro: $9.99 > $4.99
  • PDF Converter - Save Documents, Web Pages, Photos to PDF: $6.99 > $2.99

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Disney Apps

  • Bambi: Disney Classics: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Brave Interactive Comic: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Brave: Storybook Deluxe: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Cars 2 Storybook Deluxe: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Cinderella: Storybook Deluxe: $3.99 > $0.99
  • Disney Animated: $9.99 > $6.99
  • Disney Princess Royal Salon: $2.99 > $0.99
  • FINDING NEMO INTERACTIVE COMIC: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Finding Nemo Storybook Deluxe: $6.99 > $0.99
  • La Luna: The Story Project: $3.99 > $0.99
  • Letters with Pooh: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Wildlife Count Along: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Monsters University Storybook Deluxe: $3.99 > $0.99
  • Monsters, Inc. Storybook Deluxe: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Planes: Storybook Deluxe: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Tangled: Storybook Deluxe: $2.99 > $0.99
  • The Lion King: Timon’s Tale: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue—A Magical Adventure: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Toy Story 2 Read-Along: $3.99 > $0.99
  • Toy Story Read-Along: $5.99 > Free
  • Toy Story: Story Theater: $1.99 > $0.99
  • UP: My name is Dug: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Wreck-It Ralph Storybook Deluxe: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Wreck-it Ralph: Hero’s Duty Interactive Comic: $1.99 > $0.99

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DEVONtechnologies Apps

  • DEVONthink To Go: $14.99 > $9.99
  • DEVONsphere Express: $9.99 > $6.99
  • DEVONagent Pro: $49.99 > $34.99
  • DEVONagent Express: $4.99 > $2.99
  • DEVONthink: $49.99 > $34.99
  • DEVONnote: $24.99 > $16.99

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  • TomTom U.S. & Mexico: $59.99 > $39.99
  • TomTom U.S.A.: $49.99 > $29.99
  • NAVIGON USA: $49.99 > $24.99
  • NAVIGON U.S. Central: $29.99 > $14.99
  • NAVIGON U.S. East: $29.99 > $14.99
  • NAVIGON U.S. West: $29.99 > $14.99
  • NAVIGON North America: $59.99 > $29.99
  • Garmin N. America: $59.99 > $29.99
  • Garmin U.S.A.: $49.99 > $25.99

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Hardware Deals

  • Blue Yeti USB Microphone: $149 > $79.99
  • Drobo 5N 5-Bay NAS Storage Array, Gigabit Ethernet: $529.99 > $429.99

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Mac Software

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Books, Audio and Video

  • “Delight is in the Details” bundle by Shawn Blanc - 25% off this week
  • “Writing On The iPad: Text Automation with Editorial” by Federico Viticci: $2.99 (preview)
  • “Learning to Love Photo Management” by Bradley Chambers: $2.99
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