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Today's Apps Gone Free: Extreme Skater, Doodlecast Pro, Robbery Bob And More

Today's Apps Gone Free: Extreme Skater, Doodlecast Pro, Robbery Bob And More

August 30, 2012

Go extreme skateboarding down treacherous hills in Miniclip's side-scrolling arcade game, Extreme Skater. We also have a productivity app that allows you to throw together entire presentations in a snap, and a top-down stealth game from Chillingo.

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iPhone:

Animation Desk™ for iPhone ($1.99 → Free, 48.8 MB): Create your own animated works of art with this entertainment app. It features an intuitive interface that's meant to look and feel like a professional animator's work environment, providing you with quick access to all of your tools. The app includes layer support, dynamic and static backgrounds, audio support, stamps, a frame manager, onion skinning, and the ability to share your work via YouTube and Facebook.

Animation Desk™ for iPhone is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 78 ratings.

Extreme Skater ($0.99 → Free, 31.0 MB): Go extreme skateboarding down huge hills and through lush environments in this side-scrolling arcade game. You're able to jump into the air by swiping up on the screen and perform crazy tricks by tilting. Grab coins along your journey to unlock all kinds of new content. The game includes two worlds, 78 levels, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Extreme Skater is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 970 ratings.

AnyShape - Photo Editor ($1.99 → Free, 3.4 MB): This powerful photo editor allows you to crop even the most irregular shapes. The app's main selling point is its highly effective bezier selection tool, which allows you to crop almost any shape by adding points all over the screen. The app also includes 15 professional photo enhancement tools, the ability to select the inverse of your image, 30 colors to choose from, 20 photo filters, undo, and the ability to process images up to 25MB in size.

AnyShape - Photo Editor is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 2 ratings.

Universal:

National Gallery, London HD ($1.99 → Free, 265.8 MB): A collection of 1,635 of the best paintings stored in the National Gallery in London. The collection can be broken up by genre, name, or century. You can also search for specific paintings by artist or name. Paintings can be saved as favorites, viewed in a slideshow, and even saved to your library. The app also includes 20 classical melodies that are played as background music.

National Gallery, London HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 29 ratings.

Word Tumble ($1.99 → Free, 19.2 MB): String together letters to create words and then watch them tumble in this simple word game. You're able to gain more points by not only including multiple letter tiles in your words but also by attaching letter tiles diagonally. The game includes five modes, and achievements for finding groups of related words.

Word Tumble is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 116 ratings.

Robbery Bob™ ($0.99 → Free, 69.7 MB): Help Bob steal his way out of the crime life in this top-down stealth game. You're able to steer bob past security guards, residents, and sleeping dogs via an on-screen joystick. Grab all of the loot in each level as quickly as possible and without being detected to earn a perfect rating. The game includes three environments, loads of levels, the ability to upgrade Bob's skills, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Robbery Bob™ is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 334 ratings.

iPad:

Extreme Skater HD ($2.99 → Free, 33.8 MB): Go extreme skateboarding down huge hills and through lush environments in this side-scrolling arcade game. You're able to jump into the air by swiping up on the screen and perform crazy tricks by tilting. Grab coins along your journey to unlock all kinds of new content. The game includes two worlds, 78 levels, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Extreme Skater HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 147 ratings.

Doodlecast Pro ($1.99 → Free, 7.5 MB): Create presentations for almost any occasion with this productivity app. It allows you record your voice as you draw, and then share your presentation as a video. The app includes multiple brush and pointer styles, the ability to import your own images or choose from one of the many built-in backgrounds, undo and redo, and support for multiple pages.

Doodlecast Pro is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 14 ratings.

Cursed Treasure HD ($2.99 → Free, 31.5 MB): Defend your ill-gotten gains in this fixed-path tower defense game. Play as a ruthless overlord that has amassed a treasure of stolen gems, and try to defend them from the heroes trying to take them back. You're able to place towers along the path just by dragging them into place. Towers can be upgraded with the loot earned during battle. The game includes 30 levels, 12 tower types, 33 skills to unlock, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Cursed Treasure HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 90 ratings.

iColorama ($2.99 → Free, 16.8 MB): Edit and enhance your photos with all kinds of filters and effects with this photography app. You're able to apply filters and effects by swiping your finger over areas of your photo, or you can choose from more than 200 presets and make quick work of it. When you're project is finished, you can share it via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr.

iColorama is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 2 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
Animation Desk™ for iPhone
Animation Desk™ for iPhone
Kdan Mobile Software LTD
Free
Extreme Skater
Extreme Skater
Miniclip.com
Free
AnyShape - Photo Editor
AnyShape - Photo Editor
Samer Azzam
Free
National Gallery, London HD
National Gallery, London HD
Evolution Games LLP
Free
Word Tumble
Word Tumble
Faster Than Monkeys
Free
Robbery Bob™
Robbery Bob™
Chillingo Ltd
Free
Extreme Skater HD
Extreme Skater HD
Miniclip.com
Free
Doodlecast Pro
Doodlecast Pro
zinc Roe
Free
Cursed Treasure HD
Cursed Treasure HD
Ninja Kiwi
Free
iColorama
iColorama
talonsodev

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