Strap in and prepare for the ride of your life in Polarbit's high-octane racing game, Reckless Racing 2. We also have a fitness app that guides you through yoga poses, and a productivity app that allows you to record and highlight audio.
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PlainDiary ($0.99 → Free, 15.4 MB): A clean and simple diary app. You are able to record entries in portrait or landscape orientation, add photos, sort entries, choose from a wide variety of fonts, password protect each entry separately, and backup all of your content through iTunes File Sharing.
PlainDiary is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 61 ratings.
Yoga with Janet Stone ($4.99 → Free, 20.3 MB): This health and fitness app allows you to discover the joy of Vinyasa yoga by following along with a premiere instructor. Janet Stone will personally guide you through over 100 flows, so you'll never feel lost even if you haven't performed yoga before. The app includes over three hours of video, five hours of instructional audio, more than two hours of music, 13 five-minute meditations, six programs that change daily, and the ability to track and share your results.
Yoga with Janet Stone is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 54 ratings.
Reckless Racing 2 ($1.99 → Free, 125.1 MB): Strap in and get ready for a wild ride in this reckless top-down racing game. You're able to compete against AI-controlled opponents in a variety of modes, or you can compete online against your friends. Career mode allows you to earn money, which can be used to purchase and upgrade vehicles. The game includes a total of four modes, five event types, 40 challenges, 17 characters to choose from, 18 cars, customizable controls, absolutely gorgeous graphics, and achievements via Game Center.
Reckless Racing 2 is available for free today only (09/05). It has a 4-star rating with a total of 1783 ratings.
Cube Smash ($0.99 → Free, 35.5 MB): A first-person cube shooter that requires you to clear your path by knocking down walls. Take aim by sliding your finger across the screen, and fire upon the walls of blocks by tapping the button in the bottom right corner of the screen. You have a limited number of shots before your cube shooter needs to be recharged, but you can speed up the process by matching the color of your shot to the cubes. The game includes power-ups, and leaderboards via Game Center.
Cube Smash is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 9 ratings.
THOR: Son of Asgard ($2.99 → Free, 317.8 MB): Defend Odin's Kingdom of Asgard as the Mighty Thor in this 3D action game. Asgard is under siege from forces both inside and outside its walls. Protect the kingdom by wielding your great hammer and aligning yourself with powerful allies. The game includes epic environments, awesome powers to unleash, an original story and script by Marvel writer Bryan J.L. Glass, and an original soundtrack.
THOR: Son of Asgard is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 1463 ratings.
Depict ($0.99 → Free, 10.2 MB): A pixel art version of Pictionary. You are able to take on your friends in private matches, or you can battle random strangers online. The game includes a variety of colors to choose from when drawing, the ability to create your own avatar, online play via Wi-Fi or 3G, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.
Depict is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 5100 ratings.
TapDot ($0.99 → Free, 7.6 MB): Give your fingers a workout with this hectic tapping game. All you have to do is tap the blue dots as they appear as quickly and accurately as possible. Over time other blue shapes will be introduced, and you'll have to go against every desire to tap them. Orange shapes will also be introduced as you progress, and you'll actually have to tap all shapes but the dots to turn them all blue again. The game includes three skills levels, funky music, and leaderboards via Game Center.
TapDot is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 98 ratings.
Highlight by Cohdoo ($4.99 → Free, 5.2 MB): Record audio in a whole new way with this productivity app. It allows you to jump right into recording and worry about all of the specifics later on. While recording you're able to highlight sections for quick reference. When the recording is finished, you can view all of your highlights, add notes, rate and title it, and share it via email or add it to Dropbox. The app also includes iTunes File Sharing support, variable playback speeds, and the ability to add highlights after the fact.
Highlight by Cohdoo is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 17 ratings.
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