#MacStoriesDeals 2016 Holiday Edition: Best Deals for iPhone, iPad, and Mac Apps & Games

Every year, thousands of iOS and macOS app deals are launched for the holidays. At MacStories, we handpick the best deals for iOS and Mac apps and collect them in a single roundup with links to buy or share discounted products directly. You don’t have to be overwhelmed by app deals; we take care of finding the best ones for you.

Bookmark this post and come back to find updated deals later today. Updates will be listed as new entries at the top of each section; iOS apps are organized in sub-categories for easier navigation.

For real-time updates, you can find us as @MacStoriesDeals on Twitter.

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iOS Apps

Castro: Podcast Player: $3.99 > $2.99

Notebooks 8 - All Your Documents, Files and Tasks: $6.99 > $1.99

Screens VNC - Remote Access To Your Computer: $19.99 > $9.99

Tweetbot 4: $9.99 > $4.99

PCalc: $9.99 > $6.99

Couchy: $2.99 > $0.99

Launch Center Pro: $4.99 > $2.99

Deliveries: $4.99 > $3.99

Soulver: $3.99 > $0.99

Day One Journal: $4.99 > $2.99

Linky: $3.99 > $1.99

Interact - Do more with your Contacts!: $4.99 > $2.99

Drafts: $4.99 > $2.99

Duet Display: $19.99 > $9.99

Working Copy Enterprise: $14.99 > $10.99

iOS Games

Legend of the Skyfish: $3.99 > $1.99

Human Resource Machine: $4.99 > $1.99

Alto’s Adventure: $3.99 > $0.99

Lara Croft GO: $1.99 > $0.99

Mini Metro: $4.99 > $0.99

Nanuleu: $2.99 > $1.99

Reigns: $2.99 > $0.99

The Room Three: $4.99 > $1.99

The Room Two: $1.99 > $0.99

Mac

Qwiki - Find and Read Articles on Wikipedia!: $3.99 > $1.99

Notebooks - All Your Documents, Files and Tasks: $19.99 > $9.99

Deckset: $29.99 > $22.99

Tweetbot for Twitter: $9.99 > $4.99

Ulysses: $44.99 > $32.99

Day One: $39.99 > $29.99

PCalc: $9.99 > $6.99

Screens VNC: $29.99 > $14.99

Deliveries: $4.99 > $3.99

1Blocker - Block ads, tracking scripts, anything: $4.99 > $2.99

Copied – Copy and Paste Everywhere: $7.99 > $1.99

djay Pro: $49.99 > $39.99

PopClip: $9.99 > $1.99

iOS Games

AG Drive: $3.99 > $0.99

Little Inferno: $2.99 > $0.99

Little Inferno HD: $4.99 > $1.99

Shadow Blade: Reload: $4.99 > $1.99

CHRONO TRIGGER: $9.99 > $4.99

Out There Chronicles - Ep. 1: $2.99 > $0.99

Invisible, Inc.: $4.99 > $2.99

BLUK: $1.99 > $0.99

Aralon: Forge and Flame: $4.99 > $1.99

Batman - The Telltale Series: $4.99 > $2.99

Out There: Ω Edition: $4.99 > $0.99

Infinity Blade II: $6.99 > $0.99

Infinity Blade: $5.99 > $0.99

Mr. Robot:1.51exfiltrati0n.ipa: $2.99 > $0.99

Don’t Starve: Pocket Edition: $4.99 > $0.99

CHAOS RINGS Ⅲ: $19.99 > $9.99

Broken Age ™: $4.99 > $0.99

Last Horizon: $2.99 > $0.99

Dead Synchronicity: $2.99 > $0.99

Sid Meier’s Starships: $9.99 > $2.99

Adventures of Mana: $13.99 > $6.99

Assassin’s Creed Identity: $4.99 > $0.99

Botanicula: $4.99 > $2.99

Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies: $6.99 > $1.99

Call of Duty: Strike Team: $6.99 > $1.99

Call of Duty: Zombies HD: $4.99 > $1.99

CHRONO TRIGGER: $9.99 > $4.99

Civilization Revolution 2: $9.99 > $2.99

Crypt of the NecroDancer Pocket Edition: $4.99 > $1.99

Duet Game: $2.99 > $0.99

FINAL FANTASY II: $7.99 > $3.99

FINAL FANTASY III for iPad: $16.99 > $7.99

FINAL FANTASY III: $14.99 > $6.99

FINAL FANTASY IV: $14.99 > $6.99

FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS: $15.99 > $7.99

FINAL FANTASY Ⅸ: $20.99 > $16.99

FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: THE WAR OF THE LIONS for iPad: $15.99 > $7.99

FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: THE WAR OF THE LIONS: $13.99 > $6.99

FINAL FANTASY V: $15.99 > $7.99

FINAL FANTASY VI: $15.99 > $7.99

FINAL FANTASY VI: $15.99 > $7.99

FINAL FANTASY VII: $15.99 > $12.99

FINAL FANTASY: $7.99 > $3.99

FRAMED: $3.99 > $0.99

Goat Simulator GoatZ: $4.99 > $1.99

Goat Simulator MMO Simulator: $4.99 > $1.99

Goat Simulator Waste of Space: $4.99 > $1.99

Hitman GO: $1.99 > $0.99

LIMBO: $4.99 > $0.99

Machinarium: $4.99 > $2.99

NBA 2K17: $7.99 > $2.99

Octodad: Dadliest Catch: $4.99 > $0.99

Rusty Lake Hotel: $1.99 > $0.99

Samorost 3: $4.99 > $3.99

Secret of Mana: $7.99 > $3.99

Space Marshals 2: $5.99 > $0.99

Symmetrain: $1.99 > $1.99

The Bug Butcher: $3.99 > $0.99

Transistor: $9.99 > $1.99

WWE 2K: $7.99 > $2.99

XCOM: Enemy Within: $9.99 > $2.99

iOS Apps

Mextures: $1.99 > $0.99

LightScreen 2 - a screenshot manager: $5.99 > $2.99

Traktor DJ for iPhone: $1.99 > $0.99

Traktor DJ: $9.99 > $4.99

iMaschine 2: $9.99 > $4.99

Streets – Street View Browser: $1.99 > $0.99

Pennies – Personal Money, Budget & Finance Manager: $4.99 > $0.99

CardioBot: $2.99 > $1.99

Faded - Photo Editor: $1.99 > $0.99

Vee for Video: $2.99 > $0.99

Star Walk HD: $4.99 > $0.99

Star Walk: $4.99 > $4.99

MathX - Scientific Graphing Calculator: $1.99 > $0.99

Group Text+: $2.99 > $0.99

Byword: $5.99 > $2.99

Carbo - Handwriting in the Digital Age: $7.99 > $3.99

djay Pro: $19.99 > $9.99

Forest: Stay focused, be present: $1.99 > $0.99

Hydra - Amazing Photography: $4.99 > $2.99

Mac Games

Tomb Raider: $29.99 > $11.99

Rayman Origins: $14.99 > $5.99

SEGA Superstars Tennis: $9.99 > $2.99

Tropico 4: Gold Edition: $19.99 > $11.99

LEGO The Lord of the Rings: $19.99 > $9.99

Batman: Arkham City GOTY: $19.99 > $9.99

Sid Meier’s Railroads!: $19.99 > $9.99

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes: $19.99 > $9.99

Tomb Raider: Underworld: $19.99 > $9.99

Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Ultimate Edition: $19.99 > $9.99

Batman: Arkham Asylum: $19.99 > $9.99

LEGO Batman: $19.99 > $5.99

Borderlands Game Of The Year: $29.99 > $8.99

Alien: Isolation - The Collection: $49.99 > $14.99

Napoleon: Total War - Gold Edition: $29.99 > $20.99

XCOM 2: $49.99 > $34.99

LEGO Indiana Jones 2: $19.99 > $5.99

BioShock: $19.99 > $9.99

LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4: $19.99 > $5.99

Sid Meier’s Pirates!: $14.99 > $5.99

Rome: Total War - Gold Edition: $19.99 > $11.99

Tropico 3: Gold Edition: $14.99 > $5.99

XCOM Enemy Unknown - Elite Edition: $34.99 > $20.99

Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition: $29.99 > $11.99

Medieval II: Total War Collection: $24.99 > $19.99

LEGO Jurassic World: $39.99 > $19.99

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY: $29.99 > $14.99

Tomb Raider: Anniversary: $9.99 > $5.99

GRID Autosport: $39.99 > $19.99

Thief: Shadow Edition: $34.99 > $9.99

Human Resource Machine: $9.99 > $5.99

Dead Island GOTY: $19.99 > $3.99

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: $29.99 > $11.99

The LEGO Movie Videogame: $19.99 > $9.99

Transistor: $19.99 > $3.99

LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham: $29.99 > $11.99

Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Fall of the Samurai Collection: $39.99 > $27.99

LEGO The Hobbit: $19.99 > $9.99

Tengami: $3.99 > $1.99

Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing: $9.99 > $2.99

Mafia II: Director’s Cut: $29.99 > $20.99

BioShock Infinite: $29.99 > $9.99

Botanicula: $9.99 > $3.99

Bulb Boy: $9.99 > $0.99

Call of Duty: Black Ops: $39.99 > $19.99

Civilization V: Campaign Edition: $29.99 > $9.99

Jade Empire: Special Edition: $9.99 > $4.99

LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars: $19.99 > $9.99

LEGO Star Wars Saga: $19.99 > $9.99

LIMBO: $9.99 > $3.99

Machinarium: $9.99 > $3.99

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum: $19.99 > $9.99

SimCity: Complete Edition: $29.99 > $9.99

Star Wars: Empire At War: $19.99 > $9.99

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: $9.99 > $4.99

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: $9.99 > $4.99

The Sims 2: Castaway Stories: $19.99 > $4.99

The Sims 2: Life Stories: $19.99 > $4.99

The Sims 2: Pet Stories: $19.99 > $4.99

Mac Apps

Polarr Photo Editor: $9.99 > $1.99

Byword: $11.99 > $5.99

Home Inventory: $29.99 > $19.99

Hydra - Beautiful HDR Imaging: $59.99 > $29.99