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#MacStoriesDeals Holiday Edition: Best Deals for iPhone, iPad, and Mac Apps

MacStories Deals

MacStories Deals

Christmas 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 App Store holiday 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.

Staff Favorites

  • Fantastical 2 - Calendars and Reminders Done Right: $3.99 > $1.99
  • Drafts: $2.99 > $1.99
  • Drafts for iPad: $3.99 > $2.99
  • Fantastical: $19.99 > $9.99
  • Weather Line - Accurate Forecast, Temperature Trend, and Monthly Average: $2.99 > $1.99
  • Due — super fast reminders, reusable egg timers: $4.99 > $2.99
  • Due: $9.99 > $3.99
  • Agenda Calendar 4: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Track 8: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Due: $9.99 > $3.99
  • Radium ~ Perfect Internet Radio: $9.99 > $4.99
  • ScreenFlow 4: $99.99 > $79.99
  • Dispatch: Action-Based Email: $4.99 > $1.99
  • Printer Pro for iPhone - wirelessly print documents, photos, web pages and emails: $4.99 > $2.99
  • Instacast 4 - Podcast Client: $4.99 > $3.99
  • Bugshot: $.99 > Free
  • Localscope: $2.99 > $1.99
  • PowerUp - Retro 8-bit Video Game Camera: $.99 - > Free
  • Missives: $2.99 > $0.99
  • ReadKit: $6.99 > $2.99
  • Fantastical for Mac: $19.99> $9.99
  • djay 2 for iPhone: $1.99 > $0.99
  • djay 2: $9.99 > $4.99
  • iTeleport: VNC & RDP: $29.99 > $19.99
  • Ohai - A Journal for Memories: $4.99 > $2.99
  • iTeleport Remote Desktop - VNC & RDP: $24.99 > $17.99
  • iTeleport Remote Desktop for iPad - VNC & RDP: $19.99 > $14.99
  • Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP: $4.99 > $1.99
  • Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP Micro: $2.99 > $0.99
  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown: $19.99 > $9.99
  • The Room: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Fruit Ninja HD: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Anomaly Warzone Earth HD: $3.99 > $0.99
  • Fieldrunners for iPad: $2.99 > $0.99
  • LostWinds: $3.99 > Free
  • Fieldrunners 2 HD: $4.99 > $2.99
  • SketchParty TV: $4.99 > $2.99
  • Infinity Blade III: $6.99 > $2.99
  • Osfoora 2 for Twitter: $2.99 > $1.99
  • Boom: $6.99 > $4.99
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: $9.99 > $4.99
  • Bastion: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Radium ~ Perfect Internet Radio: $5.99 > $4.99
  • 1Password: $49.99 > $34.99
  • BioShock Infinite: $39.99 > $19.99
  • Gneo: $9.99 > $4.99

 

App Santa Sale

  • Tweetbot 3: $4.99 > $1.99
  • 1Password 4: $17.99 > $9.99
  • Day One: $4.99 > $2.99
  • Vesper: $4.99 > $2.99
  • PCalc: $9.99 > $6.99
  • Delivery Status: $4.99 > $2.99
  • Printer Pro: $6.99 > $2.99
  • Mileage Log+: $9.99 > $4.99
  • Perfect Weather: $2.99 > $1.99
  • Launch Center Pro: $4.99 > $2.99
  • Clear+: $4.99 > $1.99
  • Screens VNC: $19.99 > $14.99
  • PDF Converter: $6.99 > $2.99
  • Calendars 5: $6.99 > $2.99
  • Scanner Pro: $6.99 > $2.99

 

iPhone Apps

  • MagicalPad: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Blimp: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Wake Alarm Clock: $2.99 > $1.99
  • Where To? - Discover your next destination using GPS: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Sonic The Hedgehog 4™ Episode I: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Write for iPhone - A Beautiful Note Taking and Writing App: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Traktor DJ for iPhone: $4.99 > $1.99
  • OKDOTHIS: $.99 - > Free
  • Analytics Pro 2: $8.99 > $5.99
  • Anomaly Warzone Earth: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Sid Meier’s Pirates!: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Man of Steel: $2.99 > $0.99
  • ARGUS - Motion and Fitness Tracker by Azumio: $1.99 > Free
  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS-i 2012.: $6.99 > $3.99
  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS-i-: $2.99 > $0.99
  • 8mm Vintage Camera: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Sky Live - Stargazing Forecast: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light: $2.99 > $0.99
  • STREET FIGHTER IV VOLT: $4.99 > $0.99
  • STREET FIGHTER II COLLECTION: $3.99 > $0.99

 

iPad Apps 

  • MagicalPad HD: $19.99 > $0.99
  • Space Miner HD: $4.99 > $1.99
  • Blimp HD: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Sonic The Hedgehog 4™ Episode I HD: $3.99 > $0.99
  • Write for iPad - A Beautiful Note Taking and Writing App: $1.99 > $0.99
  • CameraBag 2 HD: $3.99 > $1.99
  • vjay: $9.99 > Free
  • Inspire Pro — Paint, Draw & Sketch: $4.99 > Free
  • Frozen Synapse: $2.99 > $0.99
  • ArtRage: $4.99 > $2.99
  • Traktor DJ: $19.99 > $9.99
  • Cubasis - Music Production System: $49.99 > $33.99
  • Kingdom Rush HD: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Kingdom Rush Frontiers HD: $4.99 > $2.99
  • Phraseology: $3.99 > $2.99
  • Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light HD: $5.99 > $0.99
  • SPACE INVADERS HD: $4.99 > $2.99

Universal Apps 

  • KAYAK PRO: $.99 - > Free
  • Image Blender: $2.99 > $1.99
  • Toodledo - To Do List: $3.99 > $0.99
  • Sonic The Hedgehog 4™ Episode II: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Sonic CD: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Streets - The Street View App: $1.99 > $0.99
  • JotAgent ~ quick notes for Dropbox, Evernote, SkyDrive: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Sonic The Hedgehog: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Anomaly Korea: $3.99 > $0.99
  • FineScanner: $9.99 > $0.99
  • TextGrabber + Translator: $9.99 > $1.99
  • Waking Mars: $4.99 > $1.99
  • Little Galaxy: $.99 - > $0.99
  • Dropchord: $2.99 > $0.99
  • IM+ Pro7: $4.99 > $1.99
  • Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour: $6.99 > $0.99
  • iDisplay: $4.99 > $1.99
  • BIT.TRIP RUN!: $3.99 > $1.99
  • Lili: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Aralon: Sword and Shadow HD: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Deus Ex: The Fall: $6.99 > $0.99
  • Daedalus Touch – Text Editor for iCloud: $4.99 > Free
  • FTP On The Go PRO: $6.99 > $4.99
  • Pivvot: > $1.99
  • Angry Birds Star Wars II: $.99 - > Free
  • Call of Duty®: Strike Team: $6.99 > $2.99
  • Spark Camera: $1.99 > $0.99
  • LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5–7: $4.99 > $0.99
  • LEGO Batman: DC Super Heroes: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Crow: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Midway Arcade: $1.99 > $0.99
  • Batman Arkham City Lockdown: $5.99 > $0.99
  • SAMURAI SHODOWN II: $3.99 > $1.99
  • METAL SLUG 1: $3.99 > $1.99
  • METAL SLUG X: $3.99 > $1.99
  • House Design: $2.99 > $0.99
  • METAL SLUG 3: $3.99 > $1.99
  • The Amazing Spider-Man: $6.99 > $0.99
  • TiltShift Video - Miniature effect for movies and photos: $4.99 > $1.99
  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’97: $3.99 > $1.99
  • EPOCH.: $.99 - > Free
  • Quell Reflect+: $1.99 > Free
  • METAL SLUG 2: $3.99 > $1.99
  • STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN MOBILE: $2.99 > $0.99
  • MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 2: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Worms 3: $4.99 > $0.99

 

Mac Apps

 

Mac App Store 

  • The Bureau - XCOM Declassified: $34.99 > $14.99
  • TaskAgent - Simple Lists With Dropbox Sync: $4.99 > $1.99
  • LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: $14.99 > $7.99
  • Otto’s Antenna: $1.99 > $0.99
  • LEGO Batman: $19.99 > $9.99
  • Lingvo Dictionary: $69.99 > $44.99
  • Fieldrunners: $6.99 > $3.99
  • LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes: $29.99 > $14.99
  • LEGO Star Wars Saga: $19.99 > $9.99
  • LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5–7: $19.99 > $9.99
  • LEGO Harry Potter Years 1–4: $19.99 > $9.99
  • LEGO Indiana Jones 2: $19.99 > $9.99
  • Anomaly Warzone Earth: $9.99 > $0.99
  • Waking Mars: $9.99 > $2.99
  • Phlo: $3.99 > $1.99
  • Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing: $14.99 > $9.99
  • Nisus Writer Pro: $79.99 > $54.99
  • Nisus Writer Express: $44.99 > $19.99
  • WebCode: $69.99 > $39.99
  • Chronicle - Bill Management: $9.99 > $4.99
  • MacFamilyTree 7: $49.99 > $24.99
  • Worms Revolution - Deluxe Edition: $9.99 > $4.99
  • Worms Special Edition: $4.99 > $3.99
  • Worms Crazy Golf: $2.99 > $1.99
  • LEGO The Lord of the Rings: $29.99 > $14.99
  • Baldur’s Gate II : Enhanced Edition: $24.99 > $19.99
  • Cobook Contacts with Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare, AngelList, Xing profiles: $9.99 > Free
  • Crow: $6.99 > $0.99
  • Chronicle - Bill Management: $14.99 > $4.99
  • Anomaly 2: $14.99 > $3.99
  • Leaf RSS Reader: $4.99 > $1.99
  • House Design: $9.99 > $4.99
  • Borderlands 2: $29.99 > $9.99
  • MarkDrop: $5.99 > $4.99
  • The Cave: $4.99 > $2.99

 

EA Sale 

  • BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 for iPad: $9.99 > $0.99
  • Burnout CRASH!: $4.99 > $0.99
  • COMMAND & CONQUER RED ALERT™ for iPad: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Dead Space for iPad: $9.99 > $0.99
  • MASS EFFECT INFILTRATOR: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Mirror’s Edge for iPad: $9.99 > $0.99
  • MONOPOLY for iPad: $6.99 > $0.99
  • MONOPOLY HERE & NOW: The World Edition for iPad: $9.99 > $0.99
  • MONOPOLY Millionaire for iPad: $4.99 > $0.99
  • MONOPOLY Millionaire: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Need for Speed Shift for iPad: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Need for Speed Hot Pursuit for iPad: $9.99 > $0.99
  • Need for Speed Hot Pursuit: $4.99 > $0.99
  • Need for Speed Most Wanted: $6.99 > $0.99
  • Need For Speed Undercover: $2.99 > $0.99
  • Pictureka! for iPad: $4.99 > $0.99
  • RISK: The Official Game for iPad: $6.99 > $0.99
  • SHIFT 2 Unleashed for iPad: $4.99 > $0.99
  • SHIFT 2 Unleashed: $1.99 > $0.99
  • SimCity Deluxe for iPad: $6.99 > $0.99
  • TETRIS for iPad: $2.99 > $0.99
  • THE GAME OF LIFE for iPad: $4.99 > $0.99
  • The Sims 3 Ambitions: $4.99 > $0.99
  • The Sims 3 World Adventures: $2.99 > $0.99
  • The Sims 3: $6.99 > $0.99
  • The Sims Medieval: $2.99 > $0.99
  • TRIVIAL PURSUIT Master Edition for iPad: $4.99 > $0.99

 

Square Enix Sale

  • CHAOS RINGS: $7.99 > $2.99
  • CHAOS RINGS II: $15.99 > $3.99
  • CHAOS RINGS Ω: $8.99 > $2.99
  • CHAOS RINGS for iPad: $9.99 > $2.99
  • CHAOS RINGS II for iPad: $16.99 > $3.99
  • CHAOS RINGS Ω for iPad: $11.99 > $2.99
  • FINAL FANTASY II: $8.99 > $3.99
  • FINAL FANTASY III for iPad: $16.99 > $7.99
  • FINAL FANTASY III: $15.99 > $7.99
  • FINAL FANTASY IV: $15.99 > $7.99
  • FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: THE WAR OF THE LIONS for iPad: $17.99 > $7.99
  • FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: THE WAR OF THE LIONS: $15.99 > $6.99
  • FINAL FANTASY V: $15.99 > $7.99
  • FINAL FANTASY: $8.99 > $3.99
  • Secret of Mana: $8.99 > $3.99
  • The World Ends with You: Solo Remix: $17.99 > $8.99
  • The World Ends with You: Solo Remix for iPad: $19.99 > $9.99
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