This Weekend in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates
Here are some of the best free apps, app updates and new apps that have landed in the App Store recently. All app prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly, so grab them while you can.
Apps Now Free
Slated - Translation Keyboard [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $4.99] Slated is a keyboard extension - it can replace your keyboard in other apps, letting you converse in another language.
Smart Office 2 [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $9.99] View, edit, create, print, and share documents on all your mobile devices.
Holographium - The 3D Light Painting Machine [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $4.99] Meet Holographium, the next-generation light painting machine with a twist!
Ephemerid: A Musical Adventure [iPad; Now free, down from $3.99] Ephemerid is a musical adventure game about insects, bugs, and rock n' roll.
SoundBard Desktop [OS X; Now free, down from $4.99] SoundBard is the perfect soundboard companion for your weekly gaming get-together.
CVS [OS X; Now free, down from $4.99] New year's gift, for the health of your eyes!
xClipboard [OS X; Now free, down from $9.99] xClipboard is a whole new way to use your clipboard.
New and Notable Apps
synth-Q [iPad; $4.99] Introducing the queuing synthesizer for iPad.
Docking Sequence [iOS Universal; $0.99] Pilot your ship across 10 systems to dock in 100 stations and make your way home! Swipe to move, tap + hold to stop!
Stair: Slide the Blocks to Ascend [iOS Universal; $1.99] Slide the blocks to ascend!
Updates you don't want to miss
Infuse Pro [iOS Universal; $9.99] gnite your video content with Infuse Pro – the beautiful way to watch almost any video format on your iPhone or iPad. Version 3.1 brings the following changes:
ALL-NEW TRAKT SYNC: Pro users can now sync watched history, and playback progress across multiple devices using trakt!
New trakt v2 API for improved speed and reliability
Better support for XBMC/Kodi libraries (NFO files and additional image overriding)
Global options for Dolby/DTS audio passthrough
Auto-delete subtitles when a video is removed
Resolved issue with some video types not appearing
Other stability and performance improvements
Disk App - Clean & Create Free Space on your Drive [OS X; $1.99] OS X Yosemite is out and Disk App is ready! Create space for installing Yosemite or clean space post installing Yosemite!! Version 1.2.2 and 1.2.3 brings the following changes:
Made optimizations to Large Files
New "select home folder" intro screen
Squashed a bug that prevented Mavericks users from seeing the start screen
