iOS Apps in this article are not free, but paid. Though you like the
free Christmas Apps, these apps are worth downloading.
Name: Dr. Seuss Camera - The Grinch Edition
What is it? It is an adorable Christmas app for kids or anyone who could use some extra holiday spirit. It includes 20 “Grinchmas” cards that you can personalize with your own photos -- and who doesn't want a picture of themselves dressed as the Grinch? The cards can be emailed to friends or saved to the app’s photo library. If you’re only going to download one Christmas app this season, make it this one.
Best for: iPhone, iPad and iPod
Price: $0.99 for one week holiday sale (original $1.99)
Rated: 4+
Features: Over 20 cards based on original artwork by Dr. Seuss; Take a picture with your face in the cutout or alongside the characters; Load images from your Photo Library; Add crazy borders and stamps to your cards; Move, rotate, scale and delete stamps to further customize your Grinchmas Cards; Save cards to your Photo Library or e-mail them to family & friends.
Name: The Christmas List
What is it? If you are overwhelmed with holiday shopping each year, the Christmas List app is for you.
Best for: iPhone, iPad and iPod
Price: $0.99
Rated: 4+
Features: Sync lists via email...no need to re-enter info; Shopping list view to get you through the stores quickly; Enter gift once, assign to multiple recipients; Track budgets per person; Optional password protection
; Add your favorite stores to a pick list of popular retailers
; Add people from your iPhone contacts
; Track gifts by status: shipping, received, and wrapped
; Keep photos of people and gifts
; Countdown of shopping days until Christmas
; Share list using Messages or Email
; At-a-glance view of shopping progress
; Custom Christmas backgrounds.
Name: Christmas Radio
What is it? The Christmas Radio app won me over with its festive interface and collection of more than 31,000 radio stations.
Best for: iPhone, iPad and iPod
Price: $0.99
Rated: 4+
Features: Access to over 31,000 radio stations on your iphone (via EDGE, 3G or wifi ) or ipod touch (wifi); Christmas theme; Search the vast directory of SHOUTcast via keywords; Maintain your favorite radio channels list; High quality streaming; Easy to use.
Name: Good Food Festive Recipes
What is it? The BBC’s Good Food Festive Recipes app includes more than 100 holiday recipes with step-by-step instructions and photos for each dish.
Best for: iPhone, iPad and iPod
Price: $2.99
Rated: 4+
Features: Festive Recipes has been featured by Apple as New AND NOTEWORTHY, in the Holiday Cooking Apps collection and as a Staff Pick. Our original app, it's now part of a family of Good Food recipe apps: other iPhone apps include the HEALTHY RECIPES app, the CAKE RECIPES and QUICK RECIPES apps. For the iPad we’ve also got the Healthy Recipes and Quick iPad apps and the BBC Good Food magazine iPad app.
Name: Christmas Sudoku
What is it? Christmas Sudoku is a traditional Christmas game app.
Best for: iPhone, iPad
Price: $0.99
Rated: 4+
Features: Play with Christmas Goodies or Numbers; Put your skills to test in Easy, Medium & Hard modes; Progress through 30 levels in each mode; 5 cheerful themes: 'Santa Red', 'Merry Green', 'Icy Blue', 'Mystic Gems' & 'Valentine's'; Universal game with Retina display support; Spread the Christmas cheer by making a holiday postcard for family and friends.