Price Drop: The Weekend's Best iOS App Deals, May 24

Holiday weekends usually mean long car rides and time with your family. Distract the kids in the backseat and make music when you're hanging out and do both on the cheap with this week's holiday batch of deals.

Destination: Treasure Island HD

The sequel to Treasure Island has you, Jim Hawkins, seeking out more buried treasure, but this one will only cost you one gold coin.

Jules Verne's Return to Mysterious Island - Deluxe Edition

Since we're talking island trips for only one dollar, pick up Jules Verne's Return to Mysterious Island - Deluxe Edition and find the hidden objects.

Nightfall

A totally different kind of adventure finds you fighting of hordes of bloodthirsty vampires, but still, just one buck puts the adventure in your hands.

The DAILY MONSTER Monster Maker

It's monsters, but a completely different, fun kind, and these monsters are yours to make for free.

Jetpack Junkie

Feel the thrill of jetting around and feel the zero-gravity pull of a no-cost app purchase. Heck yeah! 

Angry Birds Space

Of course, it's not a holiday weekend without those darn Angry Birds getting a price cut. Now you toss those boids for free whether you do it on your iPhone or on your iPad. 

The Sims 3

Another big player in the holiday price cut is Electronic Arts who are having tons of apps on sale (55 of them for a buck a piece) including their Sims franchise, like one dollar for The Sims 3.

The Sims™ Medieval

Or for the same price go medieval on their butts. One dollar.

SimCity™ Deluxe for iPad

Go big with SimCity™ Deluxe for iPad and do it for one dollar.

Freshbox

It's not a game, but then neither is food spoilage. Let your phone keep track of when things are going to go bad and never throw out rotten fruits and veggies again. Theoretically. It's free to try, so give it a whirl.

Songwriter's Pad™

If holiday weekends inspire your songwriting side, then Songwriter's Pad™ is the way to go with rhyming dictionaries, backbeats, and more idea generators than you can shake a Fender at. Just $1.99 for the iPad version and $0.99 for the iPhone one and you get syncing action.

Nota

You're more of a piano player and want tools indispensable for that? Well, then Nota for iPhone and Nota for iPad, both just one dollar, are here to help with chords and scale browsers and more.