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Today's Apps Gone Free: Ita, The Magician's Handbook, ClearWeather And More

September 28, 2012

Create and manage multiple lists with Nice Mohawk's beautifully simple productivity app, Ita. We also have a hidden object adventure game, and a weather app that color codes your forecasts.

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iPhone:

iSlash ($0.99 → Free, 21.7 MB): Carve down a variety of shapes as quickly as possible in this fast-paced puzzle game. Just swipe your finger across a section of the shape to lop it off. You must keep all of the bouncing stars in the same section in order for your cut to count. The game includes 180 levels, power-ups, multiplayer, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

iSlash is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 32773 ratings.

Finger Battle ($0.99 → Free, 286.4 KB): Prove you have the fastest tapping finger on the block with this remarkably simple multiplayer game. You must first find a real human opponent to play against. Then just choose which side of the screen you want to compete on and start tapping until your color takes over the entire thing. That's all there is to it.

Finger Battle is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 55 ratings.

The Magician's Handbook: Cursed Valley (Full) ($2.99 → Free, 59.3 MB): Set out with your wand in hand and try to lift the curse from the haunted valley to discover its true name in this hidden object adventure game. It features both casual and timed modes, allowing you to either play at your own pace or race against the clock to find every last object. The game also includes 13 levels, 12 mini-games, secret items to unlock, and achievements via Game Center.

The Magician's Handbook: Cursed Valley (Full) is available for free today only (09/28). It has a 4-star rating with a total of 44 ratings.

Pro Baseball Catcher ($0.99 → Free, 17.5 MB): An arcade game that puts you behind the plate and has you snatching balls out of the air from a pitcher. Just drag your finger around the screen to move your catcher's mitt and align it with the incoming ball. It's much easier said than done since the pitcher can and will put all kinds of spin on the ball. The game includes four modes, and achievements and leaderoboards via Game Center.

Pro Baseball Catcher is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 154 ratings.

ClearWeather - Shows temperature by color ($1.99 → Free, 7.8 MB): Get a colorful look at the forecast with this weather app. It color codes your entire forecast, so you won't have to go digging around to find out what to wear today. The app also features an intuitive interface that allows you to swipe up and down to reveal more detailed information. It includes 24-hour and seven-day forecasts, support for Celsius and Fahrenheit, wind speed and direction, humidity, precipitation, pressure, sunrise and sunset, moon phases, and the ability to add multiple locations.

ClearWeather - Shows temperature by color is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 5 ratings.

Space Station: Frontier ($0.99 → Free, 11.7 MB): You’re the overseer of a deep space mining operation, and you must keep your station safe from an alien attack by bringing the fight to them in this strategy game. You need to harvest precious energy in order to fortify your station with turrets and build up your fire power. The game features five modes, a vast selection of turrets and power-ups to utilize, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Space Station: Frontier is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 1495 ratings.

Talking Lila the Fairy ($0.99 → Free, 39.7 MB): Hang out with your very own fairy with this entertainment app. Lila is a little fairy that lives in a meadow. She can cast spells, sing you a song, dance, and even repeat what you say. You can also interact with her by poking and tickling her, and record and share her reactions. The app includes a total of eight spells, four songs, and the ability to upload videos to YouTube or Facebook.

Talking Lila the Fairy is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 880 ratings. Universal:

Ita – Lists You Like ($0.99 → Free, 38.1 MB): This productivity app makes list-making and note-taking quick and fun. After creating and titling a new list, you can begin to add as many items as you want. Items within the list can be reorder by tapping, holding, and then dragging them into place. Items can also be marked off with a tap, and edited or deleted by swiping right to left. You can reorder and share entire lists as well. The app includes iCloud support, a neat paper wearing effect, AirPrint support, and sharing via Facebook, Messages, Twitter, or email.

Ita – Lists You Like is available for free today only (09/28). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 74 ratings.

Robot Workshop ($2.99 → Free, 14.5 MB): A jigsaw puzzle app that allows your child to put 12 wacky retro robots back together. After selecting a robot, its pieces will be scattered across the screen. Just tap and drag them into place to put the robot back together. The app includes mechanical sound effects, names for each robot, and a child lock.

Robot Workshop is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 7 ratings.

Selector ($0.99 → Free, 2.0 MB): A nifty app that helps you decide who gets to do what. Instead of trying to pick someone out of your group to pay for dinner or a family member to do the dishes, just have everyone put their finger on your iDevice's screen and let it decide. Colored circles will appear for each finger on the screen, and a spinner will randomly stop on one. The app supports up to five fingers on the screen on iPhone and iPod touch, and up to 11 on iPad.

Selector is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 8 ratings.

Radballs ($0.99 → Free, 204.9 MB): A rad matching puzzle game where you get to play to the music. Swipe to move Radballs into groups before the beat wave comes down to remove them from the board. Groups of Radballs are called Mega-Radballs, and they must consist of at least a 2x2 square of like Radballs. The game includes three modes, eight funky themes, loads of electronic tunes, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Radballs is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 172 ratings. iPad:

iSlash HD ($1.99 → Free, 51.1 MB): Carve down a variety of shapes as quickly as possible in this fast-paced puzzle game. Just swipe your finger across a section of the shape to lop it off. You must keep all of the bouncing stars in the same section in order for your cut to count. The game includes 180 levels, power-ups, multiplayer, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

iSlash HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 1101 ratings.

The Magician's Handbook: Cursed Valley HD (Full) ($4.99 → Free, 49.5 MB): Set out with your wand in hand and try to lift the curse from the haunted valley to discover its true name in this hidden object adventure game. It features both casual and timed modes, allowing you to either play at your own pace or race against the clock to find every last object. The game also includes 13 levels, 12 mini-games, secret items to unlock, and achievements via Game Center.

The Magician's Handbook: Cursed Valley HD (Full) is available for free today only (09/28). It has a 4-star rating with a total of 164 ratings.

Space Station: Frontier HD ($2.99 → Free, 16.6 MB): You’re the overseer of a deep space mining operation, and you must keep your station safe from an alien attack by bringing the fight to them in this strategy game. You need to harvest precious energy in order to fortify your station with turrets and build up your fire power. The game features five modes, a vast selection of turrets and power-ups to utilize, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Space Station: Frontier HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 796 ratings.

Talking Lila the Fairy for iPad ($2.99 → Free, 82.0 MB): Hang out with your very own fairy with this entertainment app. Lila is a little fairy that lives in a meadow. She can cast spells, sing you a song, dance, and even repeat what you say. You can also interact with her by poking and tickling her, and record and share her reactions. The app includes a total of eight spells, four songs, and the ability to upload videos to YouTube or Facebook.

Talking Lila the Fairy for iPad is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 914 ratings.

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Mentioned apps

Free
iSlash
Duello Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.
Free
Finger Battle
Rafael Rozendaal
Free
The Magician's Handbook: Cursed Valley (Full)
G5 Entertainment
Free
Pro Baseball Catcher
Neon Play
Free
ClearWeather - Shows temperature by color
Pavel Mikunda
Free
Space Station: Frontier
Origin8
Free
Talking Lila the Fairy
Out Fit 7 Ltd.
Free
Ita – Lists You Like
Nice Mohawk
Free
Robot Workshop
Wombi Apps
Free
Selector
MachWerx
Free
Radballs
Glow Play
Free
iSlash HD
Duello Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.
Free
The Magician's Handbook: Cursed Valley HD (Full)
G5 Entertainment
Free
Space Station: Frontier HD
Origin8
Free
Talking Lila the Fairy for iPad
Out Fit 7 Ltd.

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