Three Mac app bundles for March

We all love a good deal. Especially when that includes a load of Mac applications all bundled up for heft of savings. Over the years there have been many app bundle sales, most prominently by MacHeist, which has inspired the likes of other sales like One Finger Discount. In this article, we will cover three sales of app bundles going on this March.

theMacSale

TheMacSale bundle has a collection of 10 apps for $49.99, claiming that their combined worth is over $500. Among the apps are gems such as Path Finder and Shovebox—both apps that anyone can find use for on a day-to-day basis. Path Finder is a Finder replacement, and Shovebox an information snippet organizer that’s iPhone sync capable; they’re included below in the list with the others:

• Path Finder – a replacement for the Finder ($39.95)
• Shovebox – an information snippet organizer ($24.95)
• Supercard – a quick and easy development environment ($179.00)
• StoryMill – a word processor that’s specially suited for story writing ($49.95)
• MiniOne Racing – a three dimensional kart racing game ($19.95)
• Inkbook – note-taking software with handwriting recognition ($40.00)
• VideoConverter Pro – a video and audio converter, and DVD ripper ($49.00)
• Slideshow – make slideshows as standalone apps for Mac, Windows, Flash, etc. ($55.00)
• MacGourmet Deluxe – organize your recipe and wine collection in a database ($49.95)
• Finance 6 – a way to keep track of your bank accounts and manage your budget ($40.00)

Summing up the individual costs for licenses, you get a total of $547.75—upholding the claim and totalling exactly $497.76 in savings. The whole thing seems to be organized by (or at least collaborated with) macZOT, and you can save an additional 5% by entering in their coupon code “MACZOTROCKS” that would bring down the cost of theMacSale bundle to $47.49. That’s a savings of 90.46%.

Edit 1: The date to purchase this bundle by has now been set at March 15.

MacHeist

MacHeist is a well-known name in the Mac community that spawned the whole bundled apps phenomenon. They often hold sales like this one and usually have a range of high-quality apps included in their bundles. This time ’round they offer a collection of 5 apps for just $19.95, and two additional apps that will be unlocked for all purchasers once they reach the sales quotas. They claim a combined app worth of over $260 on their homepage, and they are:

• MacJournal – journal writing with encryption support ($39.95)
• RipIt – a simple DVD ripper ($19.95)
• Clips – clipboard organizer: think Pastebot for the Mac (€19.99)
• CoverScout – add the album covers to your iTunes library ($39.95)
• Flow – an elegant FTP client ($25.00)
• Tales of Monkey Island – a pirate adventure game, unlocked after quota ($34.95)
• RapidWeaver – website creation and publication, unlocked after quota ($79.00)

As of March 3rd €19.99 is just over US$27, so added together the apps total to about $266.05. While their claimed combined app worth of over $260 is correct, it’s worth noting that the last two apps only unlock after sales quotas are reached. This brings the total app worth down to just $152.10, but for a still impressive savings of 86.88%. Once all the apps are unlocked, the savings jump to 92.5%. The MacHeist sale only lasts ’till March 11, and the quota to unlock Tales of Monkey Island RapidWeaver is 50,000 bundle purchases; it’s almost certain that both quotas will be reached in the end due to MacHeist’s popularity.

Edit 1: Looks like the MacHeist directorate have decided to make RapidWeaver unlock at 50,000 purchases, and make Tales of Monkey Island available for all purchasers immediately.

Edit 2: Three new apps were added to the bundle for just a tweet! And they are: Airburst Extreme ($19.95), Tracks (€7.99), and Burning Monkey Solitaire ($24.95).

Edit 3: Last minute addition of Tweetie ($19.95) as an unlockable.

Edit 4: Both RapidWeaver and Tweetie have been unlocked!

Edit 5: This bundle is over folks!

Macbuzzer

Last but not least is Macbuzzer—a new entrant to the bundled apps playing field. While not exactly a bundle, it does deliver individual apps for a heavily discounted price. It’s organized by the same guy who brought us Thoughts (which we gave a passing mention before) so this is on sale, along with two other apps from creativebe software, MainMenu and Sponge.

• Thoughts is a note and information manager, good for organizing ideas ($34.50)
• MainMenu is a maintenance tool to keep your Mac running like new ($20.00)
• Sponge is an app uninstaller and duplicate file deleter ($26.00)

Rucksack, a delicious-looking archive manager, is being given away free of charge to promote the bundle. The three above are 70% off and the deals only last until March 23rd. Be sure to check Macbuzzer out!

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