Today’s Apps Gone Free: LeechTunes, Moku Hanga, Art Authority and More

Customize your music-listening experience, turn photos into block prints, and enjoy thousands of pieces of art with today’s collection of apps and games.

All app prices are subject to change at any time and without notice regardless of stated free duration. Price changes are solely under the control of the developers.

Universal:

Moku Hanga ($4.99 → Free, 19.9 MB): Turn your favorite photos into wood block prints with Moku Hanga. iPhoneographers.

Moku Hanga is the Japanese method of wood block printing. It creates a neat chiseled relief effect that will grab anyone’s attention. You’re able to import a photo from your library or take a new one from within the app. Moku Hanga will automatically apply an effect, but you can choose different styles and adjust it in a variety of ways. The app includes a randomizer, undo and redo, and loads of presets.

Moku Hanga is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 278 ratings.

LeechTunes ($1.99 → Free, 20.1 MB): A highly customizable and gesture-driven music app. Anyone who has grown tired of the native music player in iOS.

LeechTunes is simply beautiful. You’re able to select from 21 built-in skins and themes or make the app truly your own by utilizing a photo from your library as your background. The customizable gestures make it easy to control your music no matter if you’re in the car or on an outdoor adventure. The app also includes voice notifications, a sleep timer, the ability share what you’re listening to via your favorite social networks, landscape orientation support, and artist info.

LeechTunes is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 413 ratings.

Cubes : brain teaser ($0.99 → Free, 303.1 MB): Move cubes to recreate patterns in Cubes. Fans of brain teasers.

Cubes is good clean fun. The idea is to move cubes around the screen with a swipe in order to recreate the patterns. The catch is that all of the cubes move in unison, so the only way to rearrange them is to push them up against the various barriers. The game includes 127 levels in all.

Cubes : brain teaser is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 30 ratings.

iPad:

Art Authority for iPad ($9.99 → Free, 171.3 MB): Enjoy thousands of pieces of art with Art Authority for iPad. Connoisseurs of art.

This is the ultimate art gallery app. It’s filled with works by over 1,500 of the world’s greatest artists all of the way from ancient times to today. With more than 100,000 paintings and sculptures, there will be no end to what you can see. Each piece can be presented on a virtual wall and zoomed in on in great detail. You’re able to browse freely, have content randomly shown to you, or you can search for something specific by artist, location, or period. See something you like? Order your very own museum-approved framed reproduction directly from 1000Museums.com.

Art Authority for iPad is available for free today only (12/11). It has a 4-star rating with a total of 475 ratings.

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Developers:

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It must have at least a three-star average rating at the time it goes free.
The app must not have been free numerous times (3+) over the last six months.
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