'App Santa' Offers Discounts of Up to 80% Off Popular iOS and Mac Apps

[MacRumors]

Each year, a group of developers behind some of the most popular iOS and Mac apps get together and offer significant discounts on their content as part of an "App Santa" promotion.

This year's App Santa went live this morning, and includes apps like Tweetbot, Screens, Launch Center Pro, Star Walk, and more. Many apps in the promotion are available at a 50 percent discount, but for some apps, prices are down 80 percent. A full list of apps on sale is below, with direct links included.

iOS


[*]Tweetbot - $4.99, down from $9.99
[*]Rando Emoji - $0.99, down from $1.99
[*]Screens - $9.99, down from $19.99
[*]Drafts 4 - $2.99, down from $4.99
[*]Deliveries - $3.99, down from $4.99
[*]Pennies - $0.99, down from $4.99
[*]Vee - $0.99, down from $2.99
[*]Launch Center Pro - $2.99, down from $4.99
[*]Castro - $2.99, down from $3.99
[*]Star Walk - $0.99, down from $4.99
[*]Star Walk HD - $0.99, down from $4.99
[*]Group Text+ - $0.99, down from $2.99
[*]Interact - $2.99, down from $4.99
[*]Soulver - $0.99, down from $3.99
[*]Pcalc - $6.99, down from $9.99

Mac


[*]Tweetbot - $4.99, down from $9.99
[*]Screens - $14.99, down from $29.99
[*]Deliveries - $3.99, down from $4.99
[*]Pcalc - $6.99, down from $9.99
[*]Day One - $29.99, down from $49.99

The App Santa discounts will be available from today, December 22, through December 26. Many other developers are offering holiday discounts on their apps, and our sister site AppShopper is a good way to find all of the apps that are available on the cheap.

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[miniyou64]

Holiday discounts? From December 22 to the 26th? I wonder which holiday we're referring to. Better not say it. We might offend someone.

 

[Jessica Lares]

Not very different to previous years. Can recommend Castro though.

 

[Fall Under Cerulean Kites]

Holiday discounts? From December 22 to the 26th? I wonder which holiday we're referring to. Better not say it. We might offend someone.

Hanukkah falls within this period as well. But go ahead with your Christian-centric passive aggressive diatribe. Sorry if you got butt-hurt.

 

[tobefirst ⚽️]

Upgraded Tweetbot from a previous version. I was considering paying the $7 or whatever it was to "upgrade," but upon seeing this, took advantage immediately. I might even splurge for the desktop version.

 

[miniyou64]

Hanukkah falls within this period as well. But go ahead with your Christian-centric passive aggressive diatribe. Sorry if you got butt-hurt.

Hanukkah goes to January 1. This is a Christmas sale.

 

[TheAppleFairy]

Holiday discounts? From December 22 to the 26th? I wonder which holiday we're referring to. Better not say it. We might offend someone.

What part of App "SANTA" is confusing?

 

[miniyou64]

Hanukkah falls within this period as well. But go ahead with your Christian-centric passive aggressive diatribe. Sorry if you got butt-hurt.

Hanukkah goes to January 1. This is a Christmas sale.

What part of App "SANTA" is confusing?

Nothing to me. Macrumors just refuses to say "Christmas". Its like we're too dumb to figure out that's what they mean but they won't say. Did you read the article about the Festive Tree for the Festive Season?

 

[Fall Under Cerulean Kites]

Hanukkah goes to January 1. This is a Christmas sale.

Maybe it’s a Festivus sale. Festivus falls on Dec 23rd. Well within the boundaries of the sale.

 

[2457244]

What part of App "SANTA" is confusing?

I think it's the fellow with with white beard in the picture. That probably reminds him of his uncle Charles that brought presents when his daddy wasn't home.

 

[TheAppleFairy]

Nothing to me. Macrumors just refuses to say "Christmas". Its like we're too dumb to figure out that's what they mean but they won't say. Did you read the article about the Festive Tree for the Festive Season?

Got'cha...No I didn't read the article. Most of the mods/contributors lean to the left here, so that makes sense.

 

[miniyou64]

Got'cha...No I didn't read the article. Most of the mods/contributors lean to the left here, so that makes sense.

I honestly don't go around offended that people don't say Merry Christmas, but when I'm beat over the head with the avoidance of it, it's starts to make me feel like the people they're trying to protect should be offended. Like are people who don't celebrate Christmas too dumb to know that's which holiday we're talking about? Its insulting to them.

 

[TheAppleFairy]

I honestly don't go around offended that people don't say Merry Christmas, but when I'm beat over the head with the avoidance of it, it's starts to make me feel like the people they're trying to protect should be offended. Like are people who don't celebrate Christmas too dumb to know that's which holiday we're talking about? Its insulting to them.

To each their own, I don't really care what people say or don't say to me. I celebrate Christmas, and I am agnostic. My wife is Shinto. Our kids love Christmas, I am cool with that. Anyhow, it does seem people go out of their way to not offend someone with Christmas. If someone says Merry Christmas I don't understand how anyone can get offended. I have muslim friends who say Happy EID to me every year, and I reply "Same to you" or "Happy EID".

 

[nburwell]

Always wanted to download the Tweetbot for Mac app, but I thought it was a bit overpriced (especially since I don't tweet much from my MBP, mainly iPhone/iPad). Definitely going to check it out now.

 

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

Purchased Tweetbot for Mac. Tried it for 5 minutes and I'm done. Tweetbot may lock up every few minutes but it has far more options and is far more customizable than Tweetbot for Mac. I wanted to like it so badly (I've used their iOS app for years) but it's so basic and offers nothing for power users. Sounds like they rarely fix bugs and update it too. Sad.

 

[lunarworks]

Holiday discounts? From December 22 to the 26th? I wonder which holiday we're referring to. Better not say it. We might offend someone.

I don't care if people say Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas. Both are fine for me.

But I guess you need your safe space, where you don't have to hear the H word.

 

[SBlue1]

Question from a non American? Some get offended when you say Happy Holidays and some when you say Merry Christmas? Seriously?

 

[barkomatic]

Literally everything has become political.

 

[lunarworks]

Question from a non American? Some get offended when you say Happy Holidays and some when you say Merry Christmas? Seriously?

I'm a Canadian, but I'm closely aware of how politicized everything in the US is.

Some non-Christians occasionally get offended by "Merry Christmas", so many people say Happy Holidays instead. Hey, there's more than one holiday in the time span anyway, so it covers them all!

Conservatives, on the other hand, get apoplectic when they hear "Happy Holidays", because the 24 hour news cycle has convinced them there's a "War on Christmas" and the alt-right believes "PC culture is out of control".

Myself, I say Merry Christmas on December 24/25, when it's actually Christmas.

 

[SBlue1]

I'm a Canadian, but I'm closely aware of how politicized everything in the US is.

Some non-Christians occasionally get offended by "Merry Christmas", so many people say Happy Holidays instead. Hey, there's more than one holiday in the time span anyway, so it covers them all!

Conservatives, on the other hand, get apoplectic when they hear "Happy Holidays", because the 24 hour news cycle has convinced them there's a "War on Christmas" and the alt-right believes "PC culture is out of control".

Myself, I say Merry Christmas on December 24/25, when it's actually Christmas.

Thank you, that makes it clear.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Forget all that other nonsense, I'm wondering when they are going to start discounting the most unpopular apps.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

No Final Cut Pro X in the list...

 

[Colonel Blimp]

Hanukkah goes to January 1. This is a Christmas sale.

And Christmas goes to January 5. Ever hear of the Twelve Days of Christmas?
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Myself, I say Merry Christmas on December 24/25, when it's actually Christmas.

I wish people a "Merry Christmas" from Christmas Eve through Twelfth Night (5th January), the Twelve Days of Christmas, which hopelessly confuses most Americans, such is the state of their knowledge of their own cultural history. (Sometimes I wish them a "Happy Christmas" instead, which just confuses them even more.)

Yes, some folks do take offense, but personally, I'm delighted when someone wishes me a Happy Hanukkah, or Eid, or Diwali (even though I don't celebrate any of them), and much prefer that authentic wish for my joy to a generic "Happy Holidays" from, say, a business that's trying to whip me into the holiday spirit in order to sell me something.

 

[tigres]

Grabbed Duet today for 9,99/ 1/2 off for anyone who needs it.

Merry Christmas.

 

[zannah]

MacRumors is just linking to another site. They didn't purposefully avoid saying "Christmas" or anything else; the site in question (which doesn't appear to be owned by MR) is the one that decided to use Santa instead of whatever else.