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Today's Apps Gone Free: FreeSkate Xtreme, Twang The Fox, Weathercube And More

Today's Apps Gone Free: FreeSkate Xtreme, Twang The Fox, Weathercube And More

November 29, 2012

Use your hands and your head to skate as far as you can in today's AppBump featured game, FreeSkate Xtreme. This is the first time FreeSkate Xtreme has ever been offered for free, so make sure to take advantage of this opportunity while you can!

We also have a ridiculously colorful physics-based game where you get to play as a fox trying to save his cubs, and a beautifully designed gesture-driven weather app.

All app prices are subject to change at any time and without notice regardless of stated free duration. Price changes are solely under the control of the developers.

iPhone:

EpicLyrics ($0.99 → Free, 3.2 MB): Get lyrics for almost any song in your library with this music app. Just start playing any song in your library, and then launch EpicLyrics to view its complete lyrics. You can share the lyrics via your favorite social networks, and you can view the official YouTube video for the song. The app also allows you to search for lyrics, view your history, and customize the lyric text size, alignment, and scroll speed.

EpicLyrics is available for free today only (11/29). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 15 ratings.

FreeSkate Xtreme ($0.99 → Free, 51.4 MB): Skate to the top of the leaderboards in this endless distance game. Tilt your iDevice left and right to avoid obstacles and skate up ramps. Shake it to leap over barriers, cars, and onto rails. When sliding down rails, the game will go into bullet-time mode and begin to track the movements of your head via your iDevice's front-facing camera to control your skater. Try to grab coins and power-ups along the way to achieve the greatest possible distance. FreeSkate Xtreme also includes achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

FreeSkate Xtreme is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 162 ratings.

Flick Golf! ($0.99 → Free, 62.6 MB): Drive the ball through the air to score a hole-in-one in this flick-based arcade game. Just swipe from the bottom of the screen towards the top to smash the ball off of the tee. You can control the curve of the ball while it's in the air and put some spin on it to grab the green by swiping some more. The game includes three modes, eight courses, varying wind conditions, stat tracking, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Flick Golf! is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 6319 ratings.

Calculus Pro ($0.99 → Free, 812.6 KB): This education app offers a rich collection of calculus examples, tutorials, and solvers for a wide range of topics. You're able to scroll through the large list of topics, or you can search for something specific. Topics include limits, arc length, differentiability, partial derivatives, chain rule, fluid problems, theorems, integral tables, and much more.

Calculus Pro is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3-star rating with a total of 123 ratings.

Weathercube - Gestural Weather ($1.99 → Free, 9.2 MB): A beautifully designed gesture-driven weather app. Every single part of the app can be controlled with a swipe, pinch, pull, or tap, and the initial tutorial will guide you through every step of the process. The app includes the ability to store multiple locations, hourly, daily, and weekly views, wind speed and direction, humidity levels, precipitation totals, and the percentage of cloud cover. You can also personalize the app with seven different color themes.

Weathercube - Gestural Weather is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 33 ratings.

5K Pro - Run Your First 5K from Zero ($2.99 → Free, 11.9 MB): This fitness app will help you reach your 5K goal in as little as nine weeks. The app features three daily sessions per week that incrementally increase in distance and difficulty to help you safely achieve your goal. A male or female coach will guide you along the way, so you will always know whether you should be walking or running. The app also includes achievements, an animated graph, reminders, and the ability to share your accomplishments via Twitter or Facebook.

5K Pro - Run Your First 5K from Zero is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 6 ratings.

Universal:

Twang the Fox ($0.99 → Free, 36.4 MB): Help Twang the Fox rescue his cubs from the evil circus manager in this ridiculously colorful physics-based game. Guide Twang through the air by drawing bands for him to bounce off of. The smaller the band, the higher he will fly. Collect the mascots on your way up and avoid all of the obstacles to earn a perfect rating. The game includes six worlds, 60 levels, iCloud support, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Twang the Fox is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 47 ratings.

iPad:

Flick Golf HD ($0.99 → Free, 53.9 MB): Drive the ball through the air to score a hole-in-one in this flick-based arcade game. Just swipe from the bottom of the screen towards the top to smash the ball off of the tee. You can control the curve of the ball while it's in the air and put some spin on it to grab the green by swiping some more. The game includes three modes, eight courses, varying wind conditions, stat tracking, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Flick Golf HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 510 ratings.

Cursive Writing HD ($0.99 → Free, 10.0 MB): Your child can practice the lost of art of cursive writing anytime, anywhere with this education app. They can practice each letter separately with step-by-step directions on how to form uppercase and lowercase letters. Your child can then move on to single words to learn how to connect letters. Finally, they can practice entire sample sentences or you can create your own. The app also includes five colors to choose from, guide lines, and three line thicknesses.

Cursive Writing HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 11 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.

Developers:

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  • It must have at least a three-star average rating at the time it goes free.
  • The app must not have been free numerous times (3+) over the last six months.
  • The free version of your app must not include ads.
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Mentioned apps

Free
EpicLyrics
EpicLyrics
dchohfi
Free
FreeSkate Xtreme
FreeSkate Xtreme
PunchBox Studios
Free
Flick Golf!
Flick Golf!
Full Fat
Free
Calculus Pro
Calculus Pro
Larry Feldman
Free
Weathercube - Gestural Weather
Weathercube - Gestural Weather
Appsuperb
Free
5K Pro - Run Your First 5K from Zero
5K Pro - Run Your First 5K from Zero
XIAO DAN LIN
Free
Twang the Fox
Twang the Fox
PikPok
Free
Flick Golf HD
Flick Golf HD
Full Fat
Free
Cursive Writing HD
Cursive Writing HD
Jiwoo Studio

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