With iOS 8, Apple opened one of the biggest and perhaps most controversial barriers for the entire platform that powers iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and that was native third-party keyboards. While we immediately saw an influx of popular Android offerings like TouchPal, SwiftKey and Swype, which also spelled that developers would now be able to come up with better text input methods for iOS devices that shook the traditional norms established around this practice. With exactly this in mind, enters mazec; a new 'keyboard' for the iPhone and iPad that offers an accurate handwriting input method.

As you'll be very much aware if you're a regular reader of ours, iOS apps seem to go free on a regular basis. But whilst we do our utmost to pick the best of the bunch, it's very rare that an immensely popular application drops its price tag completely. Yet one of our all-time favorite apps has just done exactly that, and if you like a bargain - as well as the idea of using your device as a makeshift scanner - then we've the full details and download link for this freebie after the leap.