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Fri, 28 Nov 2008 App Store UK sale underway, many apps free today

Black Friday sale hits the UK App Store, with hundreds of discounts on iPhone and iPod touch Apps

Mark Hattersley

As well as reductions on the Apple UK online store, the Black Friday sales (the day after Thanksgiving), have hit the App Store in the UK with hundreds of apps having their prices slashed for the next 24 hours.

Pangea Software, makers of some of the most popular iPhone games has cut the price of all games to 59p. These include new games such as Bugdom 2, Nanosaur 2, and Billy Frontier, plus classics such as Enigmo and Cro Mag Rally.

There are also huge cuts on business software, with apps such as stock tracker Forex On The Go Premium slashed £2.99; iSpend cut to £2.99 and shared expenses to just 59p.

Other applications that caught our eye were Cast Catcher Radio and English Premiere League Live Score, both of which can be picked up for the bargain price of 59p.

We also notice a lot of applications, such as Pathways (normally £2.99), Mobile Translator and Scribble Share have had their price removed completely, and being given away free for the next 24 hours.

Sadly there seems to be no central area for finding these deals on the iTunes App store, so but there are so many deals today that it's worth just looking for the app you've been after.

Readers may also want to check out US-based site AppShopper, this Web site has a list of recent price changes on the iTunes Store. Although it lists US prices, many of the items slashed in the US are also cut in the UK.

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mvn said on Fri, 28 Nov 2008

Any chance of VAT reduction for itunes products come Monday? Does anybody know..

Macworld staff said on Fri, 28 Nov 2008

The VAT rate on electronic downloads is 21 per cent because the iTunes Store is registered in Ireland.

Jason said on Fri, 28 Nov 2008

You can find many of the apps on sale quicly by typing "sale" in the iTunes store search box and selection the Applications search results

Jason said on Fri, 28 Nov 2008

You can find many of the apps on sale quicly by typing "sale" in the iTunes store search box and selection the Applications search results

Mvn said on Fri, 28 Nov 2008

Does that mean that iTunes users inthe Uk are at the mercy of the Irish economy? So we will get price rises next week when Ireland raise their VAT rates? Rip off UK once more and apple are milking the profits.

hang on said on Sat, 29 Nov 2008

I thought the iTMS was based in Luxembourg s othey could take advantage of low vat rates on music that exist there.. it was the case when they started

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