Free and on-sale Android apps
How long have you been in love with your smartphone? The free apps of the week for this week are listed below if you feel the need to add a little more flair. We carefully examined the Google Play Store each week for apps that are free since you might wish to spice things up with your device.
These programs normally have a price, but for whatever reason, they are currently accessible to the general public for free for a brief period of time.
Every week, there will be two updates to this list of free apps: one at the start and one at the finish. The standard warning applies in this instance: although these apps were advertised as being free at the time of publication, by the time you read this post or use them, they may have changed to a paid version.
Since there is no set duration for the Google Play Store promotions on apps, they are difficult to spot and can be taken down from the list as quickly as they were added.
Temporary free Android apps on the Google Play Store
Android productivity/lifestyle apps that are temporarily free on the Google Play Store
- Notes (
$5.49): Do you need yet another Notes app on your smartphone? Having more choices is always a good thing… - Rotation Control (
$0.99): Enjoy more flexibility when it comes to rotating your smartphone screen. - How Much Can I Spend? (
$2.99): A premium version of an app that helps you with your cash management. How apt. - Pro MP3 Player (
$1.19): A MP3 player that does not whip the llama’s ass… - 500X Game Booster and GFX Pro (
$0.49): What are the odds of this actually working well, claiming to boost your smartphone’s performance.
Android mobile games that are temporarily free on the Google Play Store
- Dungeon Shooter: Dark Temple (
$1.99): A FPS that lets you loot dungeons while ridding them of unsavory characters. - Paranormal Territory 2 (
$0.99): Touted as a ‘test of courage’, this game aims to scare the crap out of you. Do you dare play it with the lights off while wearing a pair of headphones? - Dementia: Book of the Dead (
$0.49): An adventure game that explores the netherworld during medieval times. - A-2481 (
$0.49): Another horror title where you try to uncover the horrors of military research. - World War 3 Tower Defense (
$0.99): This tower defense game peers into the future with unique weapons in the next world war. - Archery Physics Shooter (
$0.99): Experience lifelike physics applied in this archery title.
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