Slice up your favorite photos and put them back together again to create works of art with Darinsoft's fun photography app, Photo Slice. We also have a music player that allows you to visualize your favorite songs, and a tranquil ball rolling physics puzzler.
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Flashy Thingy ($0.99 → Free, 27.8 MB): Are you going to see Men in Black III in theaters this weekend? Well, don't forget your very own Flashy Thingy! This entertainment app allows you to flash away memories just like they do in the popular MIB series. Just pick one of the three Flashy Thingy models, set the memory wipe time, and then flash away! The app also includes instructions for each model, and original music and sound effects.
Flashy Thingy is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 7 ratings.
Photo Slice ($0.99 → Free, 12.7 MB): Cut your favorite photos up and put them back together to create works of art with this photography app. You're able to import photos from a variety of sources, including your own library, and then slice them up in four different ways. After your photos have been sliced, you can rearrange, rotate, resize, and apply effects and frames to each piece. When everything looks in order, share your work of art via Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Flickr, Picasa, Twitter, or email. The app includes 22 built-in templates, 59 stickers, 14 frames, 29 effects, and 33 backgrounds.
Photo Slice is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 2 ratings.
Boom Boat ($0.99 → Free, 15.1 MB): This physics-based puzzle game requires you to accomplish specific tasks, like stopping oil leaks, by dropping bombs and other objects from your Boom Boat. You are able to control your Boom Boat‘s movements by tilting your device, and you can drop bombs and other objects by tapping the buttons on the right side of the screen. The game includes 60 levels with three objectives in each, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.
Boom Boat is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3-star rating with a total of 210 ratings.
Fx Photo Editor ($0.99 → Free, 3.0 MB): FX Photo Editor allows you to apply hundreds of different filters and effects to your photos. Import any photo from your library or take a new one, determine the resolution you want to save it at by swiping up or down, and then start applying filters and effects. The app also allows you to crop your photos, and share them via email.
Fx Photo Editor is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3-star rating with a total of 43 ratings.
ABOVE ($1.99 → Free, 25.8 MB): A rather unique and challenging climbing game. Jump from platform to platform by tapping the button in the lower right corner of the screen. If you tap and hold the button, you can charge your jump and leap even higher. Just keep in mind that your character is always running forward, so timing is everything. The game includes three levels with randomly generated platforms, achievements, and local leaderboards.
ABOVE is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3-star rating with a total of 417 ratings.
System Monitor with Battery Max ($0.99 → Free, 2.8 MB): Keep a close eye on your iDevice's battery life, memory usage, storage space, CPU load, and running processes with this utility app. Most of System Monitor's views offer more detailed breakdowns by double-tapping on the screen. For example, when viewing memory in use, you can double tap to see how much is free, inactive, active, and wired. The app also includes other detailed information like your IP address, MAC address, UDID, last boot time, and CPU and BUS frequency.
System Monitor with Battery Max is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 337 ratings.
Simply B&W ($0.99 → Free, 17.1 MB): A photography app that lives up to its name by allowing you to quickly and easily turn everyday photos into black and white works of art. Imported photos are immediately turned into black and white images, but you can refine your work by dragging a variety of sliders until you find what you're looking for. The app exports images at up to 3264×3264 resolution. It also supports EXIF data and PhotoAppLink, which allows you to send or receive photos with compatible apps.
Simply B&W is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 102 ratings.
Tutor for Lion ($1.99 → Free, 799.8 MB): Learn all about your new Mac and how to get the most out of its operating system with this video tutorial app. It includes 51 different videos, resulting in over four full hours of content. The app covers all of Lion's major new features, like iCloud, Mission Control, Launchpad, and Airdrop, and how to best utilize them.
Tutor for Lion is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 17 ratings.
Unstoppaball DX ($0.99 → Free, 101.9 MB): Guide a fragile ball through dangerous environments in this tilt-based game. Steer your ball across bridges, up ramps, and around dangerous obstacles to collect all of the hidden fragments and make it safely to the exit point in each level. The game includes 36 ball types, 30 levels, two distinctly different environments, hidden secrets, stat tracking, and achievements.
Unstoppaball DX is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 5 ratings.
Carmen ($2.99 → Free, 1.3 MB): This music player allows you to visualize your favorite tunes. Pick any song from your library and watch as it comes to life through one of seven funky visualizers. You're able to control your music using on-screen buttons or simple gestures, and you can even switch between each visualizer on the fly by swiping with two fingers left or right. The app also includes portrait and landscape orientation support, shuffle, AirPlay support, and the ability to choose music by song, artist, album, or playlist.
Carmen is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 5 ratings.
Frog Storm ($0.99 → Free, 18.5 MB): An arcade game where you must stop the hordes of frogs from reaching the firefly colony. Frogs of different colors and sizes stream down from the top of the screen, and you must fling them into each other in order to stop them from reaching the bottom. Little bioluminescent bugs are trying to make their way down as well to help power the firefly queen, so you'll want to avoid taking them out when flinging the frogs. The game includes colorful neon graphics, simple controls, and leaderboards via Game Center.
Frog Storm is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3-star rating with a total of 1 ratings.
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