Update: Looking for 2014's best Black Friday App Deals? Head over to this year's post.
Black Friday's not just for real-world goods; it's also arguably the biggest day of the year for sales on great apps. We've listed a ton of the best deals below, and we'll add more as we see them. If you know of any we missed, let us know in the comments!
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iOS
Games
- FREE World of Goo
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney ($5) | Normally $17 | Free download, but in-app purchase unlocks all three games.
- NBA 2K14 ($3) | Normally $7
- NHL 2K11 ($1) | Normally $4
- Fieldrunners 2 HD ($3) | Normally $5
- 2K Drive ($2) | Normally $7 | Racing
- Limbo ($1) | Normally $5 | Great game
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown ($10) | Normally $20
- Civilization Revolution for iPad ($1) | Normally $7
- Civilization Revolution for iPhone ($1) | Normally $7
- FREE Infinity Blade | Normally $6
- Sid Meier's Pirates! for iPad ($1) | Normally $5
- Pandemic: The Board Game ($3) | Normally $7
- Sky Gamblers: Rise of Glory ($1) | Normally $3
- Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy ($1) | Normally $3
- Shadowrun Returns for iPad ($7) | Normally $10 | RPG
- SOULCALIBUR ($7) | Normally $15
- FREE Pinball HD | Normally $2
Apps
- Agendar Calendar 4 ($1) | Normally $2 | Lifehacker review
- Clear+ (Universal) ($3) | Normally $5
- Clear (iPhone) ($1) | Normally $2 | Iconic to-do list
- Polaris Office ($1) | Normally $20
- Scanner Pro By Readdle ($3) | Normally $6
- Animoog ($5) | Normally $30 | Synthesizer
- PDF Expert ($5) | Normally $10
- Printer Pro ($2) | Normally $4
- Calendars 5 ($3) | Normally $6
- PDF Converter ($3) | Normally $6
- Checkmark ($5) | Normally $10 | Lifehacker review
- Screens ($10) | Normally $20 | VNC
- Today Weather ($1) | Normally $2
- TextTool ($3) | Normally $5 | Manipulate text any way you want
- FREE Blur | Normally $1 | Create iOS 7 style wallpapers
- Delivery Status Touch ($3) | Normally $5 | The best app to track all the stuff you bought today.
- Plex ($2) | Normally $5 | Media streamer
- Paprika Recipe Manager for iPhone ($3) | Normally $5
- Paprika Recipe Manager for iPad ($3) | Normally $5
- 1Password ($10) | Normally $18 | Password manager
- Terminology 3 ($2) | Normally $3 | Powerful dictionary from the creator of Drafts
- Missives ($1) | Normally $3 | Quick-compose emails
- Pinned for Pinboard ($2) | Normally $4
- FREE Millimeter Ruler | Normally $2 | On-screen ruler
- FREE PowerUp - Retro 8-Bit Video Game Camera | Normally $2 | Gizmodo review
- FREE iYoga Premium for iPad | Normally $2
- Final Draft Writer ($30) | Normally $50 | Screenplay writer
- SyncSpace ($10) | Normally $20 | Collaborative white board
- Boxer ($1) | Normally $6 | Email client. Lifehacker review.
- Money by Jumsoft ($1) | Normally $2 | Budgeting app
- Photo Transfer App ($2) | Normally $3 | Transfer photos over Wi-Fi
- Money for iPad ($1) | Normally $5 | Budgeting app
- FREE Trackle | Normally $2 | Project time tracker
- Weather Notifications ($1) | Normally $2 | Push alerts for weather events
- Actions for iPad ($1) | Normally $4 | Automate tasks
- Trails ($2) | Normally $4 | GPS hiking tracker
- Phlo ($2) | Normally $3 | Multiple search engines in one app
Android
Games
- iKoid has a bundle of 5 quality Android games for 2 bucks
- FREE Fruit Ninja | Amazon | Normally $1
- FREE Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run | Amazon | Normally $4
- FREE Angry Birds Space | Amazon | Normally $1
- FREE Angry Birds Space HD | Amazon | Normally $3
- FREE Bloons TD 5 | Amazon | Normally $3
- FREE Quell | Amazon | Normally $1
- FREE Hambo | Amazon | Normally $1 | Rambo, but as a pig
- FREE Sonic The Hedgehog | Amazon | Normally $3
- Drisk (Droid Risk) ($1) | Amazon | Normally $2
- Riptide GP2 ($1) | Google Play | Normally $3
- Type:Rider ($1) | Google Play | Normally $4 | Interesting font game
- The Amazing Spiderman ($1) | Google Play | Normally $7
- Dead Space (Kindle Edition) ($2) | Amazon | Normally $5
- The Bard's Tale ($1) | Google Play | Normally $3
- Need for Speed Most Wanted ($2) | Google Play | Normally $5
- Doodle Farm ($1) | Google Play | Normally $3 | Matching game
- Simple Physics ($1) | Google Play | Normally $2
- Shadowrun Returns ($7) | Normally $10
- Rusted Warfare ($2) | Normally $3 | RTS
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Apps
- SwiftKey Keyboard ($3) | Google Play | Normally $4
- Plex For Android ($2) | Google Play | Normally $5
- Office Suite Pro 7 ($5) | Google Play | Normally $15
- ABBYY Business Card Reader ($1) | Google Play | Normally $10
- Principia ($1) | Google Play | Normally $3
- Planimeter ($1.50) | Google Play | Normally $3 | Measure land area on a map
- Reddit Sync Pro ($1) | Google Play | Normally $2
- SolarMeter ($2) | Google Play | Normally $4 | Measure and optimize solar panel output.
FREEDiary Pro| Amazon | Normally $1- Meeting Minutes Pro ($2) | Google Play | Normally $3
- Paperland Pro Live Wallpaper ($1) | Google Play | Normally $2
Windows Phone
Games
- Halo Spartan Assault ($3) | Normally $7
- The Sims 3 ($5) | Normally $7
- The Game of Life ($2) | Normally $3
- Picnic Wars ($2) | Normally $3
- Monopoly ($3) | Normally $5
- RISK ($2) | Normally $3
- Zuma's Revenge ($1) | Normally $3
- FREE Where's My Water?
- FREE Where's My Water? 2
- FREE Where's My Mickey?
- FREE Wreck It Ralph
- FREE Where's My Perry?
- FREE Monsters University
Mac
Games
- Tons of games are on sale around the web. Check out Kotaku's Best Black Friday Gaming Deals for the full list.
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Apps
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 ($50) | Amazon | Normally $100
- Paprika Recipe Manager ($10) | Normally $20
- DaisyDisk ($5) | Normally $10 | One of our favorite disk analyzers
- ReadKit ($2) | Normally $7 | Feed reader with multiple account support
- Tembo ($8) | Normally $15 | Find files
- Controls+ ($1) | Normally $3 | Like Control Center for your Mac
- Unclutter ($1) | Normally $5 | Store random desktop clutter
- Phlo ($2) | Normally $4 | Search multiple search engines
- ABBYY FineReader Express ($50) | Normally $100 | OCR
- SketchBook Pro 6 ($40) | Normally $60
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Windows
Games
- Tons of games are on sale around the web. Check out Kotaku's Best Black Friday Gaming Deals for the full list.
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Apps
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 ($50) | Amazon | Normally $100
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking Home 12.0 ($50) | Amazon | Normally $100
- Norton 360 Multi-Device 2014 (5 Licenses) ($20) | Amazon | Normally $100
- Kaspersky Internet Security ($19) | Amazon | Normally $25
- 50% off all Binary Fortress Software | Includes DisplayFusion Pro, Clipboard Fusion Pro, FileSeek Pro, and LogFusion Pro.
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