Transform your iDevice into a beautiful notebook with Fabulously Retro's productivity app, Pad & Quill. We also have an app that will help your child fall asleep faster, and a slick photography app that allows you to quickly create and share panoramic images.
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Smoody ($0.99 → Free, 18.0 MB): Get the colorful Smoodies safely to the black hole in each level by cutting wooden planks with the tip of your finger in this physics-based puzzle game. Other objects such as ropes, magnets, and teleporters appear in later levels, which can be used to your advantage. The game includes a rating system based on the number of cuts used, six chapters, 120 levels, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.
Smoody is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 4389 ratings.
Dots Ball ($0.99 → Free, 16.9 MB): Climb your way up the Game Center leaderboards by bouncing your ball off of the small dot platforms for as long as possible. You'll also want to avoid the big dots with sunglasses at all costs, but if you see one without sunglasses, make your way to it since they will do their best to help you out. The game includes a variety of power-ups, multiple worlds, and achievements via Game Center in addition to the leaderboards.
Dots Ball is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 31 ratings.
DMD Panorama ($1.99 → Free, 2.9 MB): A photography app that allows you to quickly create and share panoramic images. Just hold your iPhone in portrait mode, tap the start button, and then rotate your device left or right. When the two shapes at the top of the screen form a circle, the app will snap another picture. Keep rotating until your image is complete. The app allows you to share your creations via Facebook, Twitter, and email.
DMD Panorama is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 868 ratings.
Lullaby | AmbiScience™ Sleep Aid for Children ($0.99 → Free, 147.7 MB): Take your child on a sonic journey with this music app. It's able to put your young child in a relaxing state of mind by playing binaural and isochronic tones. The app includes 15 ambient tracks, 13 sound samples, six entrainment programs, the ability to create your own custom programs, repeating alarms, a countdown timer, and a full set of instructions.
Lullaby | AmbiScience™ Sleep Aid for Children is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 14 ratings.
Drifts ($1.99 → Free, 14.1 MB): This challenging little arcade game puts you in control of an orange bubble and your job is to collect and cash in as many green bubbles as possible without colliding with a purple bubble. You need to have at least three green bubbles attached to your orange bubble before trying to cash them in, which is accomplished by colliding with a blue bubble. The game includes three modes, and leaderboards via Game Center.
Drifts is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 14 ratings.
My Status - Next Generation Phone Communications ($0.99 → Free, 4.7 MB): A social networking app that allows you to share your current status with friends to help you avoid receiving those untimely calls. Just choose from one of the many different status updates, or allow the app to automatically assign a status based on your location, time, or what you're up to at the moment. As long as your friends have the app installed, they'll always be able to see whether or not it's a good time to get in touch. The app also allows you to favorite friends, and post status updates to social networks.
My Status - Next Generation Phone Communications is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 23 ratings.
VonBruno Microphone ($0.99 → Free, 2.3 MB): A simple but effective utility app that turns your iDevice into a live microphone. Simply connect your iPhone to your sound system or computer via the headphone jack and start speaking into your iDevice's mic. You can change the volume of your voice by swiping up and down on the screen. The app also supports background audio.
VonBruno Microphone is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 35 ratings.
Frame Picture Maker for iPhone & iPad ($0.99 → Free, 4.6 MB): A simple and easy to use photo framing app. You're able to add a photo to a frame by simply tapping on an open one, and you can move and resize the image using multitouch controls. The app includes 16 different layouts and four ratios to choose from, the ability to rotate images, fully adjustable frames, and the ability to share your creations via Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr.
Frame Picture Maker for iPhone & iPad is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 14 ratings.
ABA Problem Solving Game – What Rhymes? ($0.99 → Free, 30.3 MB): This educational app displays four images at a time and requires your child to find the rhyming target item. You can have the app choose the target, or you can manually select your own. The app includes 350 images, an optional timer, discrete data recording, and audio pronunciation.
ABA Problem Solving Game – What Rhymes? is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 286 ratings.
Pad & Quill ($0.99 → Free, 16.3 MB): Take notes on your iDevice in style with this productivity app. Pad & Quill allows you to jot down notes in digital books and organize them however you wish on a customizable shelf. Notes can also be synced over iCloud, and shared via email. The app includes 10 different book covers, 10 adjustable fonts, a variety of ink colors and paper styles, the ability to bookmark individual notes, and the ability to create an infinite number of books.
Pad & Quill is available for free today only (04/04). It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 172 ratings.
Smoody HD ($0.99 → Free, 34.5 MB): Get the colorful Smoodies safely to the black hole in each level by cutting wooden planks with the tip of your finger in this physics-based puzzle game. Other objects such as ropes, magnets, and teleporters appear in later levels, which can be used to your advantage. The game includes a rating system based on the number of cuts used, six chapters, 120 levels, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.
Smoody HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 207 ratings.
Drifts HD ($2.99 → Free, 14.8 MB): This challenging little arcade game puts you in control of an orange bubble and your job is to collect and cash in as many green bubbles as possible without colliding with a purple bubble. You need to have at least three green bubbles attached to your orange bubble before trying to cash them in, which is accomplished by colliding with a blue bubble. The game includes three modes, and leaderboards via Game Center.
Drifts HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 33 ratings.
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