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.
Top Rated Comments
The only time I mention a "holiday sale" is at the bottom of the post and NOT in reference to the App Santa sale that only lasts from Dec. 22 to Dec. 26. I expect discounts to continue not only through Christmas and Hanukkah, but also New Year's, which is why I used "holidays."
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.
But I guess you need your safe space, where you don't have to hear the H word.