App Store Holiday Sales: Final Fantasy VII, Lara Croft GO, Notability and More

[MacRumors]

In time for the holiday season, a number of paid apps and games for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch have been discounted on the App Store this week, including Alto's Adventure, Final Fantasy VII, Lara Croft GO, Launch Center Pro, PDF Expert 5, Scanner Pro, This War of Mine, Thomas Was Alone and more.

Apple's annual iTunes Connect winter shutdown takes place between December 22 and December 29, during which time the following features are unavailable: new app submissions, app updates, in-app purchase submissions and TestFlight submissions for external testing. All other features, and access to iTunes Connect, remain available.

Apps on Sale

- Agent A ($2.99 -> 99¢)
- Alto's Adventure ($2.99 -> 99¢)
- Aqueduct 101 ($1.99 -> Free)
- Bastion ($4.99 -> 99¢)
- Blek ($2.99 -> 99¢)
- Broken Age ($4.99 -> $2.99)
- Civilization Revolution 2 ($9.99 -> $4.99)
- Clear ($4.99 -> $1.99)
- Day One ($4.99 -> 99¢)
- Deliveries ($4.99 -> $2.99)
- Don't Starve: Pocket Edition ($4.99 -> $2.99)
- Drafts 4 ($9.99 -> $4.99)
- DuckTales: Remastered ($9.99 -> 99¢)
- Fantastical 2 ($4.99 -> $2.99)
- FlightTrack 5 ($4.99 -> 99¢)
- FINAL FANTASY VI ($15.99 -> $7.99)
- FINAL FANTASY VII ($15.99 -> $10.99)
- Grim Fandango Remastered ($4.99 -> $2.99)
- Heroes of Might & Magic III ($9.99 -> $4.99)
- Hitman GO ($4.99 -> 99¢)
- Hitman: Sniper ($2.99 -> 99¢)
- I Am Bread ($4.99 -> 99¢)
- Infinity Blade III ($6.99 -> 99¢)
- Lara Croft GO ($4.99 -> $1.99)
- Launch Center Pro ($4.99 -> $1.99)
- Leo's Fortune ($4.99 -> 99¢)
- Mines of Mars ($4.99 -> $1.99)
- NBA 2K16 ($7.99 -> $3.99)
- Notability ($5.99 -> 99¢)
- Oceanhorn ($8.99 -> $4.99)
- PDF Expert 5 ($9.99 -> $4.99)
- Power Hover ($3.99 -> $1.99)
- Procreate Pocket ($2.99 -> 99¢)
- Rogue Star ($4.99 -> 99¢)
- Scanner Pro ($2.99 -> 99¢)
- Ski Safari 2 ($1.99 -> 99¢)
- Splendor ($6.99 -> 99¢)
- Tetrobot and Co. ($2.99 -> 99¢)
- Tiny Guardians ($3.99 -> 99¢)
- This War of Mine ($14.99 -> $4.99)
- Thomas Was Alone ($4.99 -> 99¢)
- Transistor ($9.99 -> $2.99)
- Trick Shot ($1.99 -> 99¢)
- Wizards and Wagons ($4.99 -> $1.99)
- XCOM: Enemy Within ($9.99 -> $4.99)
- Xenowerk ($1.99 -> 99¢)
There are dozens of other iOS apps discounted for the holidays beyond those listed above. Keep track on our sister website AppShopper.

Article Link: App Store Holiday Sales: Final Fantasy VII, Lara Croft GO, Notability and More

 

[kupkakez]

Time to load up on some games for the long weekend!

 

[braddick]

Very nice, honestly- most of these apps have been discounted many times before, some even at deeper discounts (while some have been offered for free).
Still, if missed the first time around (or, the second...) it's cool here is yet another opportunity.

 

[snebes]

Hitman Sniper already up to $1.99

 

[BeefCake 15]

Anyone have experience with Duplicate Finder app on the Mac?

Please share any recommended apps for any platform that is worth the price drop!

 

[Orlandoech]

Anyone have experience with Duplicate Finder app on the Mac?

Please share any recommended apps for any platform that is worth the price drop!

I have. I used it to find duplicate pictures when I did a data recovery on deleted files. Works good, but be careful.

 

[ButteryScrollin]

Very nice, honestly- most of these apps have been discounted many times before, some even at deeper discounts (while some have been offered for free).

Which ones have been offered for free?
Only one of these apps has been cheaper than this sale, Oceanhorn was 3.99 once.

So, nope.

 

[Tech198]

oh phooey ..... And i paid $6.99 for Infinite Blade III i wanna refund.

 

[Junipr]

Anyone have experience with Duplicate Finder app on the Mac?

You have two Finder apps? Something's definitely wrong.

 

[Orlandoech]

You have two Finder apps? Something's definitely wrong.

I think he is talking about http://macpaw.com/gemini

 

[iLunar]

Ducktales, a-woo-hoo!

 

[2457244]

Is the NBA 2K game any good?

 

[braddick]

Which ones have been offered for free?
Only one of these apps has been cheaper than this sale, Oceanhorn was 3.99 once.

So, nope.

Day One has been free. It's how I downloaded it awhile ago.

So, yep.

 

[wwooden]

Highly recommend Splendor. I have the board game and all my friends love it. $.99 is a steal for the App version.

 

[hollersoft]

oh phooey ..... And i paid $6.99 for Infinite Blade III i wanna refund.

How many hours of entertainment have you gotten for the $7 you paid?

(My point... apps are ridiculously underpriced in general. Even at regular prices, bang for the buck is off the charts for most apps, when you compare to, say, anything else in the real world )

 

[bushido]

bring back 16 days of christmas

 

[dennysanders]

Which ones have been offered for free?
Only one of these apps has been cheaper than this sale, Oceanhorn was 3.99 once.

So, nope.

so, you've been checking in on each of these apps pretty regularly since each one first became available in the app store?

 

[pdaholic]

Which ones have been offered for free?
Only one of these apps has been cheaper than this sale, Oceanhorn was 3.99 once.

So, nope.

Appshopper will show you the price history of all apps. Select the app activity tab.

 

[vjl323]

bring back 16 days of christmas

I miss the days of MacSanta. Great idea too, but several of those developers have left the Mac or their software.

 

[tacoshell]

Are these games good for offline use, like perhaps on a plane trip to visit relatives?

Looking at you, Ducktales.

 

[bushido]

Are these games good for offline use, like perhaps on a plane trip to visit relatives?

Looking at you, Ducktales.

if i am not mistaken it required an internet connection for whatever stupid reason when i tried to play it on a train

 

[travis64]

Is the NBA 2K game any good?

its great on iPhone 6 plus

 

[mdriftmeyer]

Though technically classified, and with good reason, as an application, I will never classify games as such. They are purely entertainment tools. They are not applications that you use as a tool to add to your tool chest of computer services to get work done. They are what they are: for nothing more than entertaining the mind and taking a break from life and your career.

 

[flat five]

Though technically classified, and with good reason, as an application, I will never classify games as such. They are purely entertainment tools. They are not applications that you use as a tool to add to your tool chest of computer services to get work done. They are what they are: for nothing more than entertaining the mind and taking a break from life and your career.

App Store.. not Application Store.

 

[aneftp]

I've pretty much given up on mobile gaming on iOS. I didn't mind paying $10 for madden. But guess developers feel like they can make more money off consumers with in app purchases.

I always disable in all purchases on all my iOS devices. This is a full proof method for me not to spend any more money.