Free Apps - Find Paid Applications That Are On Sale
Description of App
Powered By AppTrakr - Now tracking iPad apps!
By PBJ Studios
Lengthy description (from App Store):
With 100k+ apps on the app store, developers often put their apps on sale to pump up their downloads, generate some buzz, and boost the popularity of their apps. This is great for all of us app-addicts, but the problem becomes: How do I sift through 100,000 apps and find the ones that have recently come on sale?! That's where AppTrakr.com comes in. AppTrakr is constantly searching for price changes, popularity ranks, new apps, updates, you name it. Computers are a wonderful thing, aren't they!? This app - "Free Apps" - is a condensed version of what AppTrakr offers. It only lists the apps that used to cost something, but now are FREE! This of course is usually because a developer is putting on a special promotion for a limited time. You'd have to be pretty lucky to find out about it on the web. With "Free Apps" powered by AppTrakr, all of the newly FREE apps are right there within reach!
"Free Apps" powered by AppTrakr also reaches out across the inter-web and shows you all of the app information that you'd see if you were in iTunes, so you don't waste your time bouncing back and forth between the app and the app store. It also sorts the free apps by category, then by app popularity, so we're showing you the best free apps right away. Alternatively, you can see all current free apps sorted alphabetically if you're not categorically inclined.
"Free Apps" powered by AppTrakr is a free download, and the service itself is free to use for 30 days. If you like getting good quality apps for free (and who wouldn't?) then you can continue your "Free Apps" service through In-App purchases for periods of 30 days at a time. Think of it as an investment. Pay one low-low price, and get dozens and dozens of free apps every day for 30 days. Sounds like a no-brainer to me! If you really don't like spending ANY money, then you have the option to continue using an Ad-Supported "Free Apps" with full functionality. Either way, since it's completely free to use for 30 days, no strings attached, what do you have to lose? Download this app now, and start loading up on FREE APPS!!! And as of the 1.2 release, you can now tweet about the great free apps you've found. Have you found an awesome app that is free for a short time, and you want to tell the world about it? Tweet Away!
Note: Some of the app store reviews seem to indicate that some users are having a hard time understanding the concept of "Free Apps". Of course if an app is listed as free in "Free Apps", it will appear as free in the actual app store. That's the whole point. The key point is: a short time ago, that app used to cost something, and you wouldn't have known about it the sale if not for "Free Apps"!
Also Note: AppTrakr is constantly tracking the App Store for price changes, but depending on when the developer changes the app back to its regular price, an app may still show up as a free app for a certain period of time in "Free Apps". MAKE SURE the app is still listed as 'Free' when you are redirected to the App Store before you download, otherwise you will be paying for it.
Accessibility Comments
AppleVis Editor Note: this app was submitted before Usability Ratings were introduced, so one has been chosen on the basis of the accessibility comments made by the original poster. If you have used this app, please post a comment to let us know if you agree with the Rating.
Original Comments: All key areas of this application are fully accessible with VoiceOver. Browsing app listings and viewing application details feels a lot like using the actual App Store, and once the "Get It" button on an app info page is double tapped, you are taken to the App Store to install it.