The town of Niceville is being invaded by zombies once again, so it's up to you to board up the windows, blast the zombies to bits, and clean up the mess in Chillingo's defense game, Zombie Wonderland 2. We also have a reminders app that's able to post upcoming dates and events to your lock screen, and an app that will help musicians tune their instruments and maintain a beat.
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iPhone:
Do Date ($0.99 -> Free, 4.7 MB): An unbelievably simple reminders app that's able to post daily notifications of upcoming dates and events right to your iDevice's lock screen and Notification Center. Once you have created an event within the app, you'll receive daily reminders for it along with how many days are left before it arrives. Do Date allows you to disable all or individual reminders in case you get tired of hearing about them, and it also allows you to change the time notifications are sent. The app, due to Apple's restrictions, is able to send up to 10 reminders at a time to Notification Center. **We decided to include Do Date for a second time this month since the last time it was featured the App Store was experiencing the "item being modified" issue.**
Do Date is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 28 ratings.
Pig&Chicks ($0.99 -> Free, 8.1 MB): Guide a brave pig and four super chicks safely to the Dark City in this adventure game. You're able to dispose of your enemies by swiping in their direction. The game features an adventure mode with tons of levels, four mini-games, and leaderboards via Game Center.
Pig&Chicks is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 31 ratings.
FlyPic - GPS Slideshow ($0.99 -> Free, 3.7 MB): Travel the world through your photos with this slideshow app. FlyPic takes a second or two to extract all of the available GPS location data from your photos. Then just sit back, relax, and allow the app to take you on a photo tour of all of the places you have visited with your iPhone. You can customize your tour in a wide variety of ways, and share photos with your Facebook friends right from the app.
FlyPic - GPS Slideshow is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 11 ratings.
WonderCraft ($5.99 -> Free, 24.3 MB): A real-time online combat game that has you battling for control of the seven seas in your battleship. In each online match you're required to dodge enemy fire while bombarding your opponents with everything you've got. Collect power-ups and upgrade your ship with the coins you earn during battle to get an advantage over your opponents. The game includes tilt and tap controls, AI opponents that will enter the battle at random, and all kinds of medals to earn.
WonderCraft is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 3 ratings.
Universal:
Universer Unit Converter Pro HD ($0.99 -> Free, 1.0 MB): Make quick work of any conversion with this handy utility app. It includes a simple scrolling interface that allows you to convert 936 different units of measurement in seconds. It also includes 50 categories to choose from.
Universer Unit Converter Pro HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 102 ratings.
TallyPad ($0.99 -> Free, 271.4 KB): This fully customizable tally counter can be used for just about any project. The four tally boxes can be customized separately in order to help you keep track of all kinds of different items. Customization options include the ability to change multipliers, the ability to apply different tally counts to three separate gestures, and three display modes.
TallyPad is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 80 ratings.
Zombie Wonderland 2: Outta Time! ($0.99 -> Free, 54.5 MB): Keep Niceville zombie-free by boarding up windows, blasting and dismembering zombies, and cleaning up after yourself in this defense game. Move from window to window by tapping on each one to keep the zombies from busting in. If they do break through you still can dispose of them, but then you'll have to mop up the mess! The game includes a vast selection of weapons to utilize, a variety of crazy zombies, and leaderboards and achievements via Game Center.
Zombie Wonderland 2: Outta Time! is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 113 ratings.
Tuner&Beat Master ($1.99 -> Free, 10.8 MB): If you play a string instrument, you're definitely going to want to check this app out. It allows you to tune 26 different string instruments by having you play right into your iDevice's microphone. Once your instrument is all tuned up, you can use the app as a metronome to actually create music. Tuner&Beat Master includes 16 calibration settings, 72 tuning modes, 64 time signatures, 42 subdivisions, a tempo range from 30 to 240 bpm, and much more.
Tuner&Beat Master is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 4 ratings.
Zen Wars ($1.99 -> Free, 62.6 MB): This fast-paced strategy defense game simply requires you to take down the opposing forces before they do the same to you. You're able to fire your cannons with pin-point accuracy by tapping on the screen. After each round you will have a limited amount of time to build up your base's walls, and the more bases you acquire, the more cannons you will have at your disposal. The game includes three modes, including online multiplayer, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.
Zen Wars is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 80 ratings.
iPad:
Dinosaurs -by Rye Studio™ ($4.99 -> Free, 197.1 MB): Learn about all kinds of different dinosaurs with this interactive education app. Travel back in time over 250 million years and view interactive 3D models of 30 different dinosaurs. Each listing includes detailed information like the dinosaur's scientific name, period it lived in, diet, and size along with professional narration.
Dinosaurs -by Rye Studio™ is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 29 ratings.
Dartsy ($0.99 -> Free, 6.2 MB): This visually appealing dart scoring app will help you keep track of your Cricket game. The app supports up to four players, and you're able to choose which side of the board each player will be on for easy access. It also supports game sets of one, three, or five players. Scoring is as simple as tapping on an open number space until it is closed.
Dartsy is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 17 ratings.
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