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Today's Apps Gone Free: Rush City, Grocery List - Marche, Followers On Pinterest And More

Today's Apps Gone Free: Rush City, Grocery List - Marche, Followers On Pinterest And More

August 20, 2012

Play as a little green alien on the run from evil humans in Acceleroto's endless distance game, Rush City. We also have a productivity app that will help you build a more efficient grocery list, and a social networking app that allows you to track your Pinterest followers.

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iPhone:

Steel Runner ($1.99 → Free, 13.8 MB): Run and shoot your way to the top of the Game Center leaderboards in this arcade game. Your Steel Runner speeds ahead on his own, allowing you to focus on jumping over obstacles and blasting your enemies out of the sky. You're able to control your angle of fire by sliding your finger up and down the right side of the screen. The game includes eight upgradable weapons, three character skills to upgrade, 10 enemy unit types, and 50 missions.

Steel Runner is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 42 ratings.

Grocery List - Marche ($0.99 → Free, 8.4 MB): Build a more efficient grocery list with this productivity app. You're able to construct your list from more than 1,700 built-in items. When adding an item, you're able to include a cost and quantity. Lists can include notes, and can be organized by aisle, shared, and filtered. The app also includes a shopping timer, cost chart, support for multiple lists, customizable wallpaper, AirPrint support, icon badging, multiple measuring units, and the ability to set a tax rate.

Grocery List - Marche is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 79 ratings.

Pocket Calc ($0.99 → Free, 407.4 KB): A simple calculator for everyday use. The app includes history that can be copied or shared via email, portrait and landscape orientation support, all of the most common measurement conversions, and a customizable tax button. Nothing more, nothing less.

Pocket Calc is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 69 ratings.

Secret Chamber - Hide my Secret Photo & Video folder Lock, The First non passcode for privacy app ($0.99 → Free, 12.4 MB): Keep your photos and videos away from prying eyes with this utility app. You're able to create as many public and private folders as necessary, and store as many photos and videos as you want within them. Private folders are hidden beneath your public folders, which can be accessed with a two finger pull gesture. The app also includes passcode protection, intruder alert, in-app video player, customizable slideshow, the ability to import content via iTunes File Sharing, and the ability to share content via email.

Secret Chamber - Hide my Secret Photo & Video folder Lock, The First non passcode for privacy app is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 9 ratings.

Photo Slice - Photo Frame & Photo Captions & Pic Titles & Picture Caption for Instagram ($0.99 → Free, 26.3 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, 93 stickers, 14 frames, 29 effects, and 33 backgrounds.

Photo Slice - Photo Frame & Photo Captions & Pic Titles & Picture Caption for Instagram is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 140 ratings.

Universal:

Followers on Pinterest for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch ($1.99 → Free, 2.5 MB): Track your followers on Pinterest with this social networking app. It allows you to discover who on Pinterest is not following you back and who unfollowed you. It also allow you to track new followers, find mutual friends, view your fans, and more. You need to have an active Pinterest account in order to utilize this app.

Followers on Pinterest for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch is available for free today only (08/20). It has a 5-star rating with a total of 12 ratings.

Rush City ($1.99 → Free, 20.3 MB): Rush through the city as a little green alien in this endless runner. A quick tap on the screen will cause your alien to hop over small gaps between buildings. Tap and hold to make your way across larger gaps. Collect the stars scattered across the rooftops in order to unlock special power-ups. The game includes a wide variety of missions to complete in order to increase your multiplier, iCloud integration, iCade support, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Rush City is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 127 ratings.

iPad:

Earth School HD ($0.99 → Free, 25.0 MB): An educational app that allows your child to learn about Earth through a collection of mini-games. The app includes 18 mini-games that will have your child building planets and galaxies, directing comets, and helping dinosaurs survive. It also includes colorful and original graphics, narration, and a child-friendly interface free of ads and in-app purchases.

Earth School HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3-star rating with a total of 9 ratings.

Photo Slice HD ($0.99 → Free, 30.7 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 HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 72 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
Steel Runner
Steel Runner
Magic Cube
Free
Grocery List - Marche
Grocery List - Marche
YunaSoft Inc.
Free
Pocket Calc
Pocket Calc
RJC Enterprise
Free
Secret Chamber - Hide my Secret Photo & Video folder Lock, The First non passcode for privacy app
Secret Chamber - Hide my Secret Photo & Video folder Lock, The First non passcode for privacy app
i-App Creation Co., Ltd.
Free
Photo Slice - Photo Frame & Photo Captions & Pic Titles & Picture Caption for Instagram
Photo Slice - Photo Frame & Photo Captions & Pic Titles & Picture Caption for Instagram
Darinsoft
Free
Followers on Pinterest for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
Followers on Pinterest for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
INNOVATTY, LLC
Free
Rush City
Rush City
Acceleroto
Free
Earth School HD
Earth School HD
Yateland
Free
Photo Slice HD
Photo Slice HD
Darinsoft

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