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Today's Apps Gone Free: My Contacts Backup Pro, StarTracker For iPhone 4S, Kids Fun And More

July 11, 2012

Backup and restore your contacts in a snap with Globile's My Contacts Backup Pro. We also have an app for stargazers, and an app that will keep your children entertained for hours.

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iPhone:

My Contacts Backup Pro ($1.99 → Free, 2.1 MB): A hassle-free contacts backup app. Upon launch, the app displays the total number of contacts stored on your iPhone or iPod touch. Just tap the green backup button to begin backing them up. When the app is finished collecting all of your contacts, you can email the .vcf file to yourself for safe keeping. To import your contacts, simply tap on the backup .vcf file. The app also includes the ability to setup backup reminders, export contacts as .csv files, and download backups via Wi-Fi.

My Contacts Backup Pro is available for free today only (07/11). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 152 ratings.

StarTracker for iPhone 4S ($2.99 → Free, 6.0 MB): Designed for the iPhone 4S, this star gazing app allows you to point your device at the sky and see what stars, constellations, and deep sky objects you're staring at in real-time. The app includes full gyroscope and accelerometer support, over 8,000 stars, more than 100 deep sky objects, 88 constellations that are sketched out in the sky, and much more.

StarTracker for iPhone 4S is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 105 ratings.

Card Wallet ($0.99 → Free, 2.7 MB): A lightweight utility app that allows you to safely store and organize all of your credit, membership, and loyalty cards. When adding a card to the app, you're able to snap a photo of it, categorize it, create an alias, add notes, and then add the card number and expiration date. The app also includes passcode protection, and the ability to alert you when any of your cards are nearing expiration.

Card Wallet is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 5 ratings.

Hungry Sloth ($0.99 → Free, 35.7 MB): Stop the hungry sloths from gobbling up all of the defenseless eggs in this puzzle game. Sloths will attempt to take the shortest path to the eggs, so you must stop them in their tracks by burning the connecting vines in the correct order. The game includes three worlds, 90 levels, and special items.

Hungry Sloth is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 18 ratings. Universal:

Mad Light ($0.99 → Free, 14.2 MB): A tilt-based arcade game where your goal is to cut off the grid. Tilt your iDevice to cause your glowing mass to enter the grid. Make your way across the grid as quickly as possible to cut off chunks of it without allowing enemies to touch your trail. Keep cutting until you reach the target number. The game includes 100 levels, a variety of enemies, and control calibration.

Mad Light is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 10 ratings.

iStoryTime Kids Books - Binky the Pink Elephant ($0.99 → Free, 12.9 MB): Follow Binky the Pink Elephant as she embarks on a journey to discover herself and learn that being different can be admirable. The app includes hand-drawn illustrations, two narration options, auto play and manual modes, and on-screen text.

iStoryTime Kids Books - Binky the Pink Elephant is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 294 ratings.

Sticky Playlists ($2.99 → Free, 572.2 KB): Never again lose your spot in an audiobook or any other type of audio content with this simple music player. While listening to a track in a playlist, you can close out at any time and the app will remember your exact location and even your volume level. The app allows you to listen to any existing playlist on your iDevice, or you can create a new one on the fly. It also includes all of the standard music player controls, and a 15 second skipping option.

Sticky Playlists is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 7 ratings. iPad:

Kids Fun, more than 70 games and activities to play, create, observe, learn and have fun! ($3.99 → Free, 28.1 MB): A collection of educational mini-games and activities. Your child can participate in more than 70 mini-games and activities that focus on nature and its animals. The best part is, they won't need you around to help them navigate the content thanks to the app's simple and intuitive interface. Activities and games range from coloring in images to putting together puzzles.

Kids Fun, more than 70 games and activities to play, create, observe, learn and have fun! is available for free today only (07/11). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 6 ratings.

Zarik HD ($1.99 → Free, 6.3 MB): In this logic-based puzzle game, the goal is to get all of the dice to the outlined zones by rolling them. The number on top of each die indicates the number of moves you can, and have to, make. The game includes 100 levels that become progressively more difficult, stat tracking, and achievements via Game Center.

Zarik HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 92 ratings.

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Mentioned apps

Free
My Contacts Backup Pro
GLOBILE BILISIM BILGISAYAR HIZMETLERI ILETISIM DANISMANLIK SANAYI TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI
Free
StarTracker for iPhone 4S
Shen Ji Pan
Free
Card Wallet
Cengin Studio
Free
Hungry Sloth
Robert Lemoine
Free
Mad Light
ANIV
Free
iStoryTime Kids Books - Binky the Pink Elephant
zuuka incorporated
Free
Sticky Playlists
Mysterious Trousers, LLC
Free
Kids Fun, more than 70 games and activities to play, create, observe, learn and have fun!
toomanyscreens
Free
Zarik HD
Avallon Alliance Ltd.

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