The Finnish developer hasn’t communicated the news via itsblogor YouTube channel at post time, but app recommendations engine AppsFire firstnoted the change on Twitter, speculating Apple should soon start promoting the game as its Free App of the Week.
iTunes at the time of this writing hasn’t been updated with a new Free App of the Week. According to release notes, the now free Angry Birds also gained“15 fantastic new levels for the Bad Piggies episode.”
A likely reason for going free: Rovio has fallen out of the top grossing iPhone apps.
Gulp, now it’s the first day since May 2010 when no Rovio games have been in Top 80 of highest grossing iPhone apps.
— Tero Kuittinen (@teroterotero)July 10, 2025
Rovio is certainly milking the franchise for all its worth.
Regardless, now is a good time to get flinging as we have no indication whether this promotion is time-limited or permanent.
If it means anything, our friend MacStories editorFederico Viticci claimsAngry Birds is free today only. By the way, Angry Birds Space has also been updated today.
Rock guitarist Slash stars as an honorary Angry Bird in today’s Angry Birds Space updatetwitter.com/dujkan/status/…
— Christian Zibreg (@dujkan)August 07, 2025
And in more Rovio news, the first gameplay video for The Croods, a DreamWorks tie-in, has been released this morning.
You can find it embedded inmy article here.
You can download Angry Birds for the iPhone and iPod touch (was $0.99) or the high-definition Angry Birds HD version for the iPad (was $2.99) straight from the App Store.
