Black Friday 2017: Some of the Best Apps, Games, and iTunes Movies on Sale

[MacRumors]

Today is Black Friday, meaning many people are out shopping at physical stores to take advantage of the best deals, but there are also discounts hitting apps and movies that you can buy at home on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. Because of this, we've taken a look at the best games, productivity apps, and movies you can buy at a discount today. Of course, this is just a glimpse into the extensive sales you can find by checking out the App Store and iTunes Movies Store.

We've listed some of the best deals on the most popular apps below, but to find tons more apps and games that are on sale, make sure to visit our sister sister site AppShopper.

Games
- Strike Team Hydra - $0.99, down from $7.99
- Mini Metro - $1.99, down from $4.99
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Classic - Free, down from $2.99
- Demon's Rise 2 - $0.99, down from $7.99
- Arkanoid vs Space Invaders - $0.99, down from $4.99
- Lara Croft GO - $0.99, down from $4.99
- Thomas Was Alone - $0.99, down from $4.99
- Bastion - $1.99, down from $4.99
- Alto's Adventure - $0.99, down from $4.99
- Forbidden Desert - $1.99, down from $6.99
- Another Lost Phone - $1.99, down from $2.99

Apps
- Fantastical 2 for iPhone - $2.99 (40% off)
- Fantastical 2 for iPad - $4.99 (50% off)
- Calendars 5 - $2.99, down from $6.99
- PDF Expert - $4.99, down from $9.99
- Printer Pro - $2.99, down from $6.99
- Scythe - Free, down from $3.99
- Be Focused Pro - $0.99, down from $1.99

Mac Apps
- iStat Menus 6 for Mac - $9.99, down from $18
- iStat Menus 6 Family Pack - $14.99, down from $25
- Git Tower for Mac - $39.50, $50 off regular $79 price
- Audible - Hundreds of audiobook titles discounted to $4.95
- SmartMockups - $32, 35% off regular $49 price
- CleanMyMac 3 - 30% off
- MacPaw App Bundles - 30% off
- Fantastical 2 for Mac - $39.99 (20% off)
- Cardhop for Mac - $14.99 (25% off)
- Chatology for Mac - $14.99 (25% off)
- RapidWeaver 7 - $44.50
- Squash 2 - $7.50
- Little Snitch - 50% off
- Unclutter - $4.99, down from $9.99
- Civilization V - $9.99, down from $29.99
- Civilization VI - $29.99, down from $59.99
- Sim City Complete Edition - $9.99, down from $29.99
- Sim City 4 Deluxe - $4.99, down from $19.99
- Sims 2 Super Collection - $14.99, down from $29.99
- Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum - $4.99, down from $19.99
- Call of Duty Black Ops - $19.99, down from $39.99

If you want to build up your iTunes Movies library, this week is the time to do it because Apple is discounting a long list of films on iTunes for Black Friday. Prices have dropped on everything from holiday favorites to new releases, all encompassing multiple genres. We've rounded up some notable deals below, with additional sales available through iTunes on Mac and iOS devices, as well as the Apple TV.

Under $10 Holiday Movies
- Elf
- Jingle All The Way
- Home Alone
- Die Hard
- A Christmas Story
- The Holiday
- The Family Stone

Under $12.99 4K iTunes movies to buy
- Labyrinth
- How to Be Single
- The Maze Runner
- Assassin's Creed
- Alien: Covenant
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- War for the Planet of the Apes
- Transformers: The Last Knight
- Baby Driver
- Wonder Woman

$4.99 HD iTunes movies to buy
- Fruitvale Station
- Big Eyes
- The Evil Dead
- Southpaw
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Ender's Game
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- 27 Dresses

$9.99 HD iTunes movies to buy
- Kidnap
- A Ghost Story
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
- Snatched
- The Big Sick

Catch up with all of the latest deals in our Black Friday Roundup.

Article Link: Black Friday 2017: Some of the Best Apps, Games, and iTunes Movies on Sale

 

[canadianreader]

Also lots of games on sale on Steam
Edit: Gotta have an eGPU with a good card to play conformably

 

[peppespizzapie]

A: I dont buy app's anymore. Apple prove's to be a very un-reliable partner. After every major update a couple of app's dont work anymore. Now im on the Ihone X with the latest IOS and all together i have 12 app's that dont work anymore. ALL apple does is mentioning it and telling you, you should send an email to the sellers!! No Apple, YOU are selling this, and making a LOAD of money on it!! SO YOU fix this!!

I dont buy "4K" movies anymore! I dont like to be swindled!! By Apple, again. Selling movie's from 1950 en 1952 as 4K i call swindle!! They look, at the most, as a copy from a copy from a VHS tape from the seventies! You can ONLY call a 4K movie 4K when it's been recorded in 4K, anything else is SWINDLE!
Stop swindling people!! 1300 for an Iphone X with the MOST faillure's i ever experienced.

 

[TouchMint.com]

I put my award winning game “Adventure To Fate” on sale for free as well. (Was $3.99)

A winner of TouchArcade Game of the year awards for 2016.


https://itunes.apple.com/app/adventure-to-fate-quest-to/id1060178390?mt=8

 

[Weaselboy]

You can ONLY call a 4K movie 4K when it's been recorded in 4K, anything else is SWINDLE!

That is actually not the case. Many movies were made using 35mm film that exceeds 4K resolution. Then some were made with 70mm film that far exceeds 4K resolution.

 

[iMi]

A: I dont buy app's anymore. Apple prove's to be a very un-reliable partner. After every major update a couple of app's dont work anymore. Now im on the Ihone X with the latest IOS and all together i have 12 app's that dont work anymore. ALL apple does is mentioning it and telling you, you should send an email to the sellers!! No Apple, YOU are selling this, and making a LOAD of money on it!! SO YOU fix this!!

I dont buy "4K" movies anymore! I dont like to be swindled!! By Apple, again. Selling movie's from 1950 en 1952 as 4K i call swindle!! They look, at the most, as a copy from a copy from a VHS tape from the seventies! You can ONLY call a 4K movie 4K when it's been recorded in 4K, anything else is SWINDLE!
Stop swindling people!! 1300 for an Iphone X with the MOST faillure's i ever experienced.

Totally agree with the first part. Apple generates revenue from sales. They should work with developers to make sure the apps they sell work on the latest OS.

4K movies don’t cost any more than regular HD movies. As a consumer, you should also be aware that vintage films will not have modern image quality. The reproduction may be presented in 4K and that may have some advantages, but old movies are... old.

 

[lkrupp]

A: I dont buy app's anymore. Apple prove's to be a very un-reliable partner. After every major update a couple of app's dont work anymore. Now im on the Ihone X with the latest IOS and all together i have 12 app's that dont work anymore. ALL apple does is mentioning it and telling you, you should send an email to the sellers!! No Apple, YOU are selling this, and making a LOAD of money on it!! SO YOU fix this!!

I dont buy "4K" movies anymore! I dont like to be swindled!! By Apple, again. Selling movie's from 1950 en 1952 as 4K i call swindle!! They look, at the most, as a copy from a copy from a VHS tape from the seventies! You can ONLY call a 4K movie 4K when it's been recorded in 4K, anything else is SWINDLE!
Stop swindling people!! 1300 for an Iphone X with the MOST faillure's i ever experienced.

Err, ah, no one believes you own an iPhone X or any Apple product actually. Why would you buy anything from a company you despise so much, a company you accuse of swindling you, a company you allegedly paid $1300 for a product that you find the worst ever? Nope, simply not a believable story, more like an invented troll.

1) You have 14 days to return the despicable iPhone X you allegedly bought.

2) Apple warned and warned for months that with iOS 11 32 bit apps would no longer work. You could even go to ‘Settings’ and view a list of your apps that would not be supported.

3) You simply are wrong about the 4K movie nonsense.

 

[IJ Reilly]

I always do my best shopping at the metaphysical stores.

 

[MagicWok]

In the UK iTunes store there are some pretty great deals. There are more than I've quickly noted down:

£1.99 4K films to buy:
Life of Pi

£1.99 HD films to buy:
Big Trouble in Little China
I, Robot
Lincoln
The Momuments Men
Robots
Fantastic Mr Fox

£2.99 4K films to buy:
The Longest Ride
Exodus: Gods and Kings

£2.99 HD films to buy
Die Hard
The Theory of Everything
The World's End

£3.99 4K films to buy:
The Martian
Star Trek
X Men Apocalypse
Prometheus

 

[peppespizzapie]

That is actually not the case. Many movies were made using 35mm film that exceeds 4K resolution. Then some were made with 70mm film that far exceeds 4K resolution.

Have you EVER looked at a movie like that? Grain like pigeon eggs. Screw up the color and contrast that it hurts your eyes.
Check up the movies on IBDM, they where never shot in 4K, or anything like it.

 

[samcolak]

Dutch store = No discounts whatsoever...

 

[Weaselboy]

Have you EVER looked at a movie like that? Grain like pigeon eggs. Screw up the color and contrast that it hurts your eyes.
Check up the movies on IBDM, they where never shot in 4K, or anything like it.

Nope... what you have seen are just bad transfers. Look at the list on this site for true 4K transfers. For example, look at Bridge on the River Kwai filmed on 70mm film in 1957. That has better resolution than any 4K digitally filmed movie. There is no grain and the color is great.

http://4kblurays.com

 

[Tokenfreak]

You can't even watch the movies in 4K on the iMac. You have to have an Apple TV and I don't so whats the point....sigh.

 

[BODYBUILDERPAUL]

A: I dont buy app's anymore. Apple prove's to be a very un-reliable partner. After every major update a couple of app's dont work anymore. Now im on the Ihone X with the latest IOS and all together i have 12 app's that dont work anymore. ALL apple does is mentioning it and telling you, you should send an email to the sellers!! No Apple, YOU are selling this, and making a LOAD of money on it!! SO YOU fix this!!

I dont buy "4K" movies anymore! I dont like to be swindled!! By Apple, again. Selling movie's from 1950 en 1952 as 4K i call swindle!! They look, at the most, as a copy from a copy from a VHS tape from the seventies! You can ONLY call a 4K movie 4K when it's been recorded in 4K, anything else is SWINDLE!
Stop swindling people!! 1300 for an Iphone X with the MOST faillure's i ever experienced.

Oh dear. I suggest you give it all up and live in the wilderness my friend. You sound so unhappy with your life. Become a monk

 

[neliason]

Nope... what you have seen are just bad transfers. Look at the list on this site for true 4K transfers. For example, look at Bridge on the River Kwai filmed on 70mm film in 1957. That has better resolution than any 4K digitally filmed movie. There is no grain and the color is great.

http://4kblurays.com

A good explanation for how old movies like Ben Hur can be released in HD or 4K.

https://www.howtogeek.com/199182/as...-versions-of-decades-old-movies-and-tv-shows/

 

[killr_b]

There's more, if you look at the Genre row it now says "$4.99 by Genre"

 

[Cocoi]

FWIW, we put our camera app Halide on sale too - 40% off til Monday.

 

[Alek M]

Geekbench 4 is currently free.

 

[0990848]

Ya'll got any of dem free apps tho?

 

[justperry]

Wow, Little Snitch is 50% off, good deal.
I got a better deal about 5 months back, I bought a digital copy of some german magazine, I got a big discount on Little snitch, the Upgrade was cheap as well, just spend a bit more than the amount you have to pay now.
It's a great App, but not for dummies/beginners.

 

[adnbek]

A: I dont buy app's anymore. Apple prove's to be a very un-reliable partner. After every major update a couple of app's dont work anymore. Now im on the Ihone X with the latest IOS and all together i have 12 app's that dont work anymore. ALL apple does is mentioning it and telling you, you should send an email to the sellers!! No Apple, YOU are selling this, and making a LOAD of money on it!! SO YOU fix this!!

I dont buy "4K" movies anymore! I dont like to be swindled!! By Apple, again. Selling movie's from 1950 en 1952 as 4K i call swindle!! They look, at the most, as a copy from a copy from a VHS tape from the seventies! You can ONLY call a 4K movie 4K when it's been recorded in 4K, anything else is SWINDLE!
Stop swindling people!! 1300 for an Iphone X with the MOST faillure's i ever experienced.

Reading your posting history makes me wonder why you still even use Apple products? You have severe anger issues, so do yourself a favour and stop using these products that bring you so much rage.

 

[MJedi]

Monument Valley 2 is now $1.99 (from $4.99)

 

[SBlue1]

I dont buy "4K" movies anymore! I dont like to be swindled!! By Apple, again. Selling movie's from 1950 en 1952 as 4K i call swindle!! They look, at the most, as a copy from a copy from a VHS tape from the seventies! You can ONLY call a 4K movie 4K when it's been recorded in 4K, anything else is SWINDLE!
Stop swindling people!!

Omg LOL. I just saw a b&w movie from the 40ies in HD the other day. Chrystal clear picture. You have no clue what you are talking about. Those movies had better resolution than even 4K! Go educate yourself.

 

[IJ Reilly]

A good explanation for how old movies like Ben Hur can be released in HD or 4K.

https://www.howtogeek.com/199182/as...-versions-of-decades-old-movies-and-tv-shows/

Wow, are we so far down the road that we need an explanation of the difference between digital and analog media?

Yet, this article doesn't get it right. They make no mention of the importance of the brightness of the lens, lighting, and the speed of the film on film grain. It isn't necessarily the case that 70mm provides inherently more information for digital transfer, it depends far more on the quality of the film and lens. It also depends on whether they have access to the original negatives or have to use a print that may well be generations removed from the original. We've so many really stunning digital restorations of black and white 35mm movies. This can be done because the source material is good.

They also don't mention that a lot of TV was shot in analog interlaced video. Not a lot you can do to make it transfer well.

 

[ackmondual]

A: I dont buy app's anymore. Apple prove's to be a very un-reliable partner. After every major update a couple of app's dont work anymore. Now im on the Ihone X with the latest IOS and all together i have 12 app's that dont work anymore. ALL apple does is mentioning it and telling you, you should send an email to the sellers!! No Apple, YOU are selling this, and making a LOAD of money on it!! SO YOU fix this!!

I don't really buy much in the way of apps anymore either. While I'm not pleased at having to eventually buy new hardware to get updates to apps that have moved on to later version of iOS, my main issue is more so I'm "apped out". I have a backlog of them that I figure I oughtta get to playing them more than buying them. I do have a few, key choice apps that I will auto/insta-buy. Otherwise, I've also been buying more and more for Android since I've built up credit on Google Surveys. That, and some games require internet access. Even though I have wifi at home, and can tether to my phone, I'd rather skip those inconveniences to be able to play away from home.


Speaking of which...
- Arkanoid vs Space Invaders - $0.99, down from $4.99
- Lara Croft GO - $0.99, down from $4.99
- Another Lost Phone - $1.99, down from $2.99
... all look intriguing.

I have Forbidden Desert on Ipad (IIRC, it's still Ipad only), and played the physical board game a few times. Great app!
- Forbidden Desert - $1.99, down from $6.99