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Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates

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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

Minutes App [iPad; Now free, down from $4.99] Some of the most useful but elusive habits simply require the proper tool to get them integrated in our daily life.

Fonta [iPhone; Now free, down from $1.99] Fonta is a Little Design Studio that allows you to create unique images with special effects.

How It Works: Machines by Geek Kids [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $1.99] How It Works: Machines - by Geek Kids is the first put-it-together-and-make-it-work puzzle app for iPad.

Printability - print Safari page to PDF [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $1.99] Printability is the super instrument for printing pages directly from your browser.

Alarmr Pro - Wake up alarm clock with sleep timer [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $1.99] Waking up to a new day now gets easy with Alarmr pro.

Neato - Jot down note and save to Dropbox or Evernote with iOS8 widget [iPhone; Now free, down from $2.99] Instantly jot down note, without the need to open any app!

Table Top Racing Premium Edition [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $2.99] Table Top Racing is the multi-award winning, combat-racer brought to you by the co-creator of Sony's blockbuster PlayStation franchise 'WipEout'.

Cycloramic for iPhone 6 (Not the 6+) [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $1.99] Cycloramic Revolutionizes the way you take panoramic photos and videos!

Super Lemonade Factory [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $2.99] Post World War II, a region in political turmoil. Andre's father offers to give him his lemonade factory – but on one condition; he and his wife, Liselot, must journey through the entire factory.

Super Heavy Sword [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $0.99] Monster Robot Studios presents SUPER Heavy Sword! The sequel to the smash hit HEAVY sword.

Newsflow - RSS News Reader [OS X; Now free, down from $1.99] Newsflow brings RSS news from all of your favourite websites right to your desktop.

New and Notable Apps

Unpixelate (3D puzzle) [iOS Universal; $2.99] npixelate is a unique, colorful, and brain twisting 3D puzzle game now available for the first time on iOS devices!

Sunny ~ Sleep Relax Meditate at the Beach with Calm Wave and Ocean Sounds [iOS Universal; $1.99] Relax at the beach with Sunny, the new relaxation app from the creator of Haze, Thunderspace and Windy.

Updates you don't want to miss

Strides: Goals & Habits Tracker [iOS Universal; Free] Strides is the easiest way to track all your goals and habits in one place, with flexible reminders and beautiful charts to keep you motivated. Version 3.0 brings the following changes:

  • This is a massive update:

  • Sync securely between iPhone, iPad & Web

  • Faster Logging - Log right on the Dashboard

  • Log Notes - Optional text description

  • Fixed tons of bugs (incl. new tracker crash)

  • Bad Habits & Consecutive options

  • Cleaned up interface and setup process

  • Fixed and Redesigned Milestones

  • Removed rating prompt popup

  • Launch on last screen viewed

  • Sustainable business model

iSubtitle [OS X; $19.99] Subtitle - Soft subtitled movies for your Apple gear. Version 2.9.1 brings the following changes:

  • Now using themoviedb.org for both Movie and TV Show metadata.

  • More metadata for TV shows, like actors, genre and so on.

  • Now exports to your Movies/iSubtitle folder when not exporting to iTunes.

  • Added a checkbox in Preferences->General for AC3 audio pass through.