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

By Kelly Hodgkins
App Store

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

iMapMe – Always remember where you've been and your favorite places [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $9.99] Always remember your current or found favorite locations by giving the locations a useful name.

Star Tracker HD – Best StarGazing app to Explore the Universe [iPad; Now free, down from $3.99] Hey, get outdoor with your friends and start star gazing! Let StarTracker guide you to explore the universe.

Lapse HD/R [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $2.99] The patent-pending HD/R™ technology in Thalia™ Lapse HD/R takes several different exposures of the same scene for each video frame and works magic (technical term: tonemapping) to turn them into a video stream reflecting the scene's dynamic range.

To Do List for Nozbe HD [iPad; Now free, down from $14.99] To Do List for Nozbe – Simply Get It Done... with this powerful, integrated with Evernote and Dropbox, cloud sync and teamwork supporting application!

To Do List for Nozbe [iPhone; Now free, down from $4.99] To Do List for Nozbe – Simply Get It Done... with this powerful, integrated with Evernote and Dropbox, cloud sync and teamwork supporting application!

Quick Paint [OS X; Now free, down from $6.99] Quick Paint is an easy-to-use, beautiful graphics painting app that provides basic drawing tools like MS Paint.

LiveTodo – Tasks, Reminders & To-Do Lists 2 [OS X; Now free, down from $4.99] LiveTodo – Tasks, Reminders & To-Do Lists is an intuitive app to help you easily creating tasks, events and ideas.

Super Music Converter [OS X; Now free, down from $6.99] Super Music Converter can convert all video and audio formats to any audio format.

New and Notable Apps

Star Nomad Elite [iOS Universal; $3.99] Star Nomad Elite is a top-down 2D sandbox spacesim.

Lucha Amigos [iOS Universal; $1.99] Forget Ninja Turtles, and meet Wrestlers Turtles! Crazier, Spicier and...Bouncier!

Updates you don't want to miss

Kingdom Rush Origins [iPhone; $2.99] Kingdom Rush: Origins is the third installment of the award-winning Kingdom Rush saga, loved by millions and earning accolades from gamers and critics around the globe. Version 1.1 brings the following changes:

  • Gameplay improvements
  • Add sounds to enemy deaths.
  • Fixed a bug for corrupted saves if the game crashed when getting a hero or gems.
  • Fixed some bugs with Panda Hero
  • Fixed a problem with the rating system.
  • Fixed a problem with Push Notifications in iOS8+
  • Minor bug fixes.

Sketch 3 [OS X; $99.99] Sketch: graphic design for a digital world. Powerful tools and an elegant interface, in a single award-winning package. Version 3.2 brings the following changes:

  • Google Material Design template and artboard sizes.
  • Adds support for Sketch-Mirror and @3x scaling.
  • Align and Distribute tools now work for Vector points too.
  • You can now measure the distance from a shape to a grid or guide line using the Alt key as well.
  • Alt + click on the Inspector's align buttons to align the entire selection with their parent artboard.
  • Added a new preference to choose the resolution to which bitmaps are flattened when doing Layer ' Flatten Selection to Bitmap.
  • When rotating objects, the pivot point can now be moved.
  • Shift+Return now inserts a line break instead of a paragraph break in text editing mode.
  • Other improvements and fixes

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