App-O-Da-Week #9

After nearly two months of posting this column, I have realized something very real and very important.


Educators LOVE free stuff. They love the f-word (no! not that one).

I have been posted about paid apps over the last few weeks and while they aren't the most expensive things in the world (think of them like a grande cup of Starbucks Hazelnut Frappe Mocha-chino) they are still $$$. And when it comes to $$$, people can get nutty. 

That's why I decided to focus on an app that promotes FREE APPS. This post is like picture inside of a picture inside.. well you get it. 

The app is called AppsGoneFree - which is pretty self explanitory. You can download it for free and it is a great tool. With over 700,000 apps in the iTunes store and over 50 Billion downloaded (lucky person who was the 50 billionth download got a $10,000 iTunes giftcard! They do not need this app) it can be hard to sort through apps that are worthwhile and that are free. 

This app does just that. It posts daily apps that are free. They pick between 5-10 apps that have been reduced to the sultry price of ZERO and let you know all about them. They also post their ratings as well. 

Don't believe me? Here is their description:

Find great apps without spending a dime! Get high quality paid apps for free each day. Unlike other apps, we offer no paid listings - these are expert-picked top-ranked apps, for FREE! 

** 2012 Best App Ever Award Winner

Every day hundreds of apps reduce their price to free for a limited time to try to stimulate excitement. AppsGoneFree finds ONLY the apps worth owning:

* Our AppAdvice.com app experts personally handpick ONLY the best apps. If it's on the list, it's worth owning. 

* These same experts write a quick summary to tell you about the app, and why you need it (or if you don't).  Not PR, honest personal advice.

* We filter out the junk. Don't waste your time looking at all the free apps generated by robots, scouring through them to find something worth downloading, let us do the work for you. 

* It's an honest to goodness human-curated list of the best free apps each day (about 5-10 each day). 

There are dozens of apps that provide long tedious lists of every single app that ever goes free or short lists of apps that paid a lot of money to be included.  But only AppsGoneFree gives you authored, handpicked recommendations from an AppAdvice.com app expert of apps that belong on your device.  

Unfortunately, free apps don't last forever and when they do go back up in price, the app will let you know that the deal has expired. Some of these apps are worth over $10 each. It is a great investment and a way to find new apps for you to use in your classroom and for personal use.