If you've held out on the Angry Birds phenomenon but were curious as to what it was all about, here's your chance to find out for no investment but your time. That's right, the Seasons version of one of the top selling App Store games of all time, the cultural touchstone of the iPhone age, is free whether you go big or you go little. But don't let the hype around that blind you to these other fantastic free and price cut apps.

Iconizer

Turn your phone and text favorites into icons ready for one click access, and do it for free with this slick app. 

SMS Pocket Pro

And as long as you're making it easy to quickly send texts, why not make it easy to send smiles and fun text pictures? With SMS Pocket Pro, your friends will have their minds blown for free.

My Great Recipes

Epicurious a little too fancy, too lala for your tastes? Maybe Grandma Betty can whip you up something homey in this free app.

Basil - Smart Recipe Manager

Save your recipes for later so you don't have to go looking with Basil, the digital recipe box, on sale for just $0.99.

Alarm'

Run this pretty alarm clock with big snooze and wake up music, and annoy the heck out of your Facebook friends with your wake up time and music postings. Yay! Free for now.

Priority Matrix Cloud Sync

Manage your priorities like a boss with this $0.99 app that gives you visual cues and syncs to the cloud for effortless tracking of your important to-dos.

watchlater

There are just tons of YouTube videos out there we need to watch later, so with this free app download them to your device and watch anywhere. Great for iPods and Wi-Fi only iPads.

Noteblock - Notes & Drawing

Turn your handwritten notes into text or just leave your scribbles as is. Either way, this note taker for the iPhone/iPod set is free for the moment.

Angry Birds Seasons

With the regular updates the developer gives to this app, you'd be a fool not to grab it for free whether you wan to rock it in your pocket or if you want it embiggened, both routes cost you zip.

Document Manager Pro

Get to work with this currently free full-featured document management app that can handle tons of files and is integrated with Dropbox, iCloud, and Google Docs.

Worms Crazy Golf 

Whether you want these crazy golfing worms big on your iPad or small on your iPhone, one buck either way puts you on the links.

Wordflick Pro

Flick some letters around and make words and blow your friends' scores out of the water and do it all for free.

Age of Enigma Special Edition

Save 7 bucks on this stunning looking game with puzzles and intrigue and get it for free at the Mac App Store, and do it now, people.