This Week's Top Downloads

Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week.

The 50 Free Apps We're Most Thankful For

It's the time of year where we all give thanks, and among many other things, we here at Lifehacker are thankful for all the free apps out there that improve our lives (and the developers that make them!). Here are 50 of our favorites.

Dungeon Runner: Fitness Quest Turns Exercise Into an Old School RPG

iOS: Gamifying your workout routine is a great way to incentivize yourself to get things done, and Six to Start, the makers of Zombies, Run have a new app built just for that. Dungeon Runner uses motion tracking to see what you're doing, track your workouts, and reward you with a little dungeon crawl.

Get Lollipop's Incoming Call Banner On KitKat and Earlier

Android: Lollipop's new incoming call banner slides in from the top of the screen when you get a call, instead of kicking the current app to the background. You can get it now, even without Lollipop.

Stringer Gives You More Control Over Music on Shuffle

iPhone: Shuffling your music is usually a pretty simple affair, but if you're looking for a bit more control, Stringer is an app that gives you a ton of control over how shuffle works.

Better Diary Makes it Easy to Track and Review Your Journal

Android: We know that keeping a journal has benefits to your health and creativity. Most apps aren't geared towards self-reflective journals, though. Better Diary fixes that.

Music Center Adds Your Music Library to Notification Center

iOS: Music Center is a widget for iOS 8 that lets you browse your entire music library from the Notification Center. Once it's enabled, you can start playing music without having to open and browse through the Music app.

KuaiBoard Is a Visual Text Expander Keyboard for iOS

There are a ton of great keyboards for iOS 8, and you even have a few text expansion keyboards to choose from. But if you're more of a visual person, KuaiBoard does text expansion a little differently.

HONK Quickly Connects You with Roadside Assistance

iOS/Android/Web: HONK connects you with a local towing service wherever you are, nationwide. This is especially helpful if you're traveling and don't know your nearby options for roadside assistance or don't belong to a group such as AAA.

Clippit Creates Clips of Live TV As It Airs

Android/iOS: Grabbing video clips from the internet is pretty easy. Getting it from live TV is harder. Clippit helps solve this by allowing you to create up to 30 second clips from live television.

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