July 10, 2013 will be the App Store's fifth anniversary, and on Monday, Apple began a sale of iOS apps ahead of it. These apps are all free, including ones that have never been free in the App Store before, and some pricey ones, to boot.
There is nothing on Apple's site about the sale, nor do the apps indicate the reason for their discounts. However, with the App Store anniversary coming up, and with the fifth anniversary being significant, it seems like an obvious reason for a sale.
Among the apps seen for sale, thus far, are expensive ones such as Traktor DJ for iPad, which normally sells for $19.99. Traktor DJ advertises itself as "the world’s #1 pro DJ software." Popular games like Where's My Water are also among the newly free apps.
The current list of free apps, which could expand, is below:
Traktor DJ ( iPad / iPhone ) Infinity Blade II Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP Tiny Wings ( iPad / iPhone ) Badland Where’s My Water Day One Barefoot World Atlas Over
The App Store opened up about a year after the first iPhone was released. Those who remember those days will recall that -- at first -- Apple felt that it wasn't really necessary to provide an SDK and APIs for third-party apps, but admitted that it was something everyone wanted.
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