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Today's Apps Gone Free: Feed Me Oil, Mountain Bike Pro Cycling Computer, Converter, and More

Today's Apps Gone Free: Feed Me Oil, Mountain Bike Pro Cycling Computer, Converter, and More

May 17, 2012

Feed the strange land creatures oil to keep them from starving in Chillingo's hugely popular physics-based puzzle game, Feed Me Oil. We also have an app that allows you to track your mountain bike routes, and an app for converting units and currencies.

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:

Feed Me Oil ($0.99 → Free, 15.7 MB): The land is alive and it's hungry for oil! You'll need to feed it that black gooey goodness to keep it from starving in this physics-based puzzle game. Place a variety of objects like fans, magnets, and barriers all over the screen in order to guide the oil from the broken pipe to the mouths of the strange land creatures. The game includes five environments, 75 levels, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Feed Me Oil is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 11110 ratings.

Mountain Bike PRO Cycling Computer powered by runtastic ($5.99 → Free, 18.6 MB): Keep track of your mountain bike rides with this health and fitness app. It's able to record your trip duration, distance, altitude, and calories burned. If you're going for a ride in an area with poor cellular coverage, you can also choose to download map data ahead of time for offline viewing. The app also includes weather data, voice feedback, automatic pause detection, the ability to take pictures on your route, and the ability to share your journey via Facebook, Twitter, or email.

Mountain Bike PRO Cycling Computer powered by runtastic is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 28 ratings.

Cost2Drive ($1.99 → Free, 2.4 MB): A travel app allows you to calculate the cost to drive to your next destination. The cost is based on your vehicle make and model, and the current fuel prices along the route you're taking. Destinations can be imported from your contacts for quick calculations. You can also save up to five vehicles for easy comparison. If you want even more information, tap on "Get Trip Details" to be brought to Cost2Drive's website via an in-app browser.

Cost2Drive is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3-star rating with a total of 29 ratings.

Universal:

Converter! ~ Unit and Currency Calculator ($1.99 → Free, 8.7 MB): This unit and currency converter features an intuitive UI that allows you to make quick work of conversions. Just slide the keyboard down to reveal the unit categories, spin the dials to choose two units, and then slide the keyboard back up to make your conversions. The app also simultaneously displays conversions for additional units right in the middle of the two you chose. The app includes over 400 units, real-time currency exchange rates, the ability to save your favorite conversions, more than 15 backgrounds, and four button styles.

Converter! ~ Unit and Currency Calculator is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 6 ratings.

Organized ($0.99 → Free, 6.3 MB): Organize your life with this productivity app. It allows you to create four different types of notes and 20 types of lists, and then organize them in folders. The app also allows you to drag and drop items between folders, resize notes, reorder items, and prioritize items by color.

Organized is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 15 ratings.

Geek Quiz ($1.99 → Free, 30.5 MB): Put your nerd knowledge to the ultimate test with this trivia game. It includes more than 300 questions from categories like technology, science fiction, video games, and space. It also includes five modes, including local multiplayer, and leaderboards via Game Center.

Geek Quiz is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 3 ratings.

iPad:

Feed Me Oil HD ($1.99 → Free, 31.5 MB): The land is alive and it's hungry for oil! You'll need to feed it that black gooey goodness to keep it from starving in this physics-based puzzle game. Place a variety of objects like fans, magnets, and barriers all over the screen in order to guide the oil from the broken pipe to the mouths of the strange land creatures. The game includes five environments, 75 levels, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Feed Me Oil HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 1657 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
Feed Me Oil
Feed Me Oil
Chillingo Ltd
Free
Mountain Bike PRO Cycling Computer powered by runtastic
Mountain Bike PRO Cycling Computer powered by runtastic
runtastic
Free
Cost2Drive
Cost2Drive
C2G, LLC
Free
Converter! ~ Unit and Currency Calculator
Converter! ~ Unit and Currency Calculator
Pinch Multimedia
$0.99
Organized
Organized
Mobile Simplified
Free
Geek Quiz
Geek Quiz
Mark Bridges
Free
Feed Me Oil HD
Feed Me Oil HD
Chillingo Ltd

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