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Today's Apps Gone Free: Nuclear Hipster, Craigslist Plus, Above France, And More

Today's Apps Gone Free: Nuclear Hipster, Craigslist Plus, Above France, And More

April 11, 2012

Save your indie rock band from an alien threat by defusing bombs on the back of a retro robot dinosaur in Doriguzzi Studios' action puzzle game, Nuclear Hipster. We also have a beautifully simple Craigslist app, and a travel app that allows you to see France from a bird's-eye view.

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.

iPhone:

Craigslist Plus ($0.99 → Free, 3.9 MB): Leave Craigslist's drab and unintuitive website behind forever with this powerful lifestyle app. With Craigslist Plus you can browse through listings, reply to posters, save searches and posts, and post your own ads even without a Craigslist account. If you have an account, you can manage it from this beautifully simple app as well.

Craigslist Plus is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 257 ratings.

Universal:

Nuclear Hipster ($1.99 → Free, 42.4 MB): Play as a hipster riding a retro robot dinosaur and save your bandmates from an alien threat in this action puzzle game. During each play through you're required to find and defuse a total of 15 bombs before they go off by chomping them up with your retro robot dinosaur. Some bombs are more difficult to reach than others due to radioactive waste rivers and monstrous creatures standing in your way, so you'll need to use your brain to find different ways around the map. The game features remarkably simple controls, and graphics powered by the Unreal Engine.

Nuclear Hipster is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 20 ratings.

Hamsteria! ($0.99 → Free, 29.7 MB): Take out the floating cities with your hamster ball of destruction in this quirky arcade game. The object of the game is to destroy as much of each city as possible before time expires by ramming your hamster ball into buildings. But you'll want to watch out for forcefields and avoid falling off of the edge of the floating cities, because your hamster ball of destruction is not invincible, after all. The game includes eight levels, all kinds of power-ups, Joypad support, leaderboards via Game Center, AirPlay support, and time-aware environments.

Hamsteria! is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 12 ratings.

Above France ($0.99 → Free, 7.6 MB): Get a bird's-eye view of France with this beautiful travel app by National Geographic and Fotopedia. The app includes over 2,000 professionally captured aerial photos of France, allowing you to witness the most spectacular locations it has to offer without ever leaving home. It also includes a slideshow playback option, interactive maps, the ability to share your favorite photos, and even a trip builder so you can create the trip of your dreams.

Above France is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 87 ratings.

Meet Biscuit ($2.99 → Free, 80.7 MB): This interactive storybook tells the tale of how Biscuit, the world's most adorable puppy, got his name. It includes auto-play, read to me, and read to myself modes, so children of all ages can enjoy the story. It also includes interactive items on each page, and four fun activities including a coloring book, sticker book, memory game, and jigsaw puzzle.

Meet Biscuit is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 27 ratings.

The Hacker ($0.99 → Free, 8.0 MB): Hack your way into the system to unravel an evil plot to take over the world in this story-driven collection of mini-games. Follow along with the story through a series of emails and computer prompts, and complete challenging puzzles to uncover the secret the Glider Corporation is keeping from the world. The game includes stat tracking, unlockable extras, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

The Hacker is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 646 ratings.

Glow Worm ($0.99 → Free, 18.7 MB): Take control of a neon glow worm and rescue defenseless bacteria balls in this strategic arcade game. You're able to move your glow worm around the screen by tapping and dragging it, and it will automatically attach its neon tentacles to the bacteria when close enough. Then just drag them back to the spawn point before time expires. The game includes 18 levels with all kinds of treacherous obstacles to avoid.

Glow Worm is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 63 ratings.

Trollaroid ($0.99 → Free, 3.0 MB): Turn friends and family into trolls with this photography app. Just snap a photo from within the app or import one from your library, choose one of the four different face options, and the app will then automatically detect the faces in your photos and warp them. Photos can be shared via email, Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter.

Trollaroid is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 50 ratings.

That concludes today's issue of Apps Gone Free. If you like staying on top of these daily deals, don't forget to check out our free AppsGoneFree app. It provides all the deals each day, and even an archive of past deals that are still active.

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Mentioned apps

Free
Craigslist Plus
Craigslist Plus
Matsvei Tsimashenka
Free
Nuclear Hipster
Nuclear Hipster
Doriguzzi Studios
Free
Hamsteria!
Hamsteria!
Seantron
Free
Above France
Above France
Fotonauts Inc.
Free
Meet Biscuit
Meet Biscuit
zuuka incorporated
Free
The Hacker
The Hacker
Angry Bugs
Free
Glow Worm
Glow Worm
AngryOrange
Free
Trollaroid
Trollaroid
Work of Trolls

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