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Today's Apps Gone Free: Horizon Calendar, You Record, AutoSnap And More

Today's Apps Gone Free: Horizon Calendar, You Record, AutoSnap And More

October 5, 2013

Find out what the weather will be like for your upcoming events with Applause Code's productivity app, Horizon Calendar. We also have a beautifully simple audio recorder for iPad, and an app that allows you to capture and upload photos without tapping a single button.

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iPhone:

AutoSnap - Automatic Capture & Upload For Facebook, Dropbox, Evernote, Twitter, & Instagram ($3.99 → Free, 23.5 MB): Capture and upload photos without tapping a single button with this unique photography app.

Just launch the app, point your iDevice at your subject, and put it right back into your pocket. AutoSnap will automatically send photos to your desired social network and storage sites including Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Evernote, Instagram, Picasa, and Flickr. It also allows you to edit photos, apply filters, set a capture delay, and attach tags. AutoSnap - Automatic Capture & Upload For Facebook, Dropbox, Evernote, Twitter, & Instagram is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 18 ratings.

LetterSlider - The Word Search Slider Puzzle Game to Play with Friends and Family ($0.99 → Free, 10.3 MB): A word game that allows you to manipulate the board by sliding lettered tiles into place.

The game presents you with a five-by-five tile grid with a single blank space. You're able to utilize this blank space to slide letter tiles around the board to create words. Just tap and drag your finger over the top of adjacent lettered tiles to connect and submit them. Each board features two bonus tiles as well, allowing you to rack up some big points. The game includes two timed modes, word lists, shake-to-clear, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center. LetterSlider - The Word Search Slider Puzzle Game to Play with Friends and Family is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 77 ratings.

SillyTale MahJong ($1.99 → Free, 26.3 MB): Eliminate all of the tiles from the board in this classic Mahjong game.

Tap on a tile to select it, and then tap on a matching tile that's not blocked in by other tiles to remove it from the board. The game includes 16 layouts, multiple levels of difficulty, undo, hints, zoom, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center. SillyTale MahJong is available for free today only (10/05). It has a 4-star rating with a total of 185 ratings.

Horizon Calendar ($4.99 → Free, 3.4 MB): Always know what the weather is going to be like for your next big event with this productivity app.

It successfully combines a slick gesture-driven calendar with weather data. Just tap on an event to view its details and see what the weather will be like. Weather for all of your events can be viewed up to 14 days out. Pull down on the menu bar to get a peek at the calendar, and swipe left and right to change the month. The app also includes natural language event creation, a night mode, imperial and metric support, notifications, and all kinds of calendar customization options. ***If you have trouble getting past the tutorial, there’s a button in the top right that’s invisible. The developer has submitted a fix.*** Horizon Calendar is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 93 ratings.

Universal:

Supercal - the super Calendar ($0.99 → Free, 3.2 MB): Get a better look at all of your upcoming events with this calendar app.

It's able to automatically sync with iCal, iCloud, Outlook, Exchange, CalDav, and Google. You can then view all of your upcoming events as a list or by day, week, or month. If you want to add an event, just tap and hold your finger on the screen. Events can be rescheduled by dragging and dropping them onto a different time slot or day. The app also includes landscape support, time zone support, multiple color themes to choose from, and the ability to change the week start date and font. Supercal - the super Calendar is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 11 ratings.

OSnap! Time-Lapse & Stop Motion ($2.99 → Free, 4.6 MB): Create and share stunning time lapse videos with this photography app.

You're able to quickly jump into the creation process by choosing a preset project, or you can create a more advanced project by fiddling with a whole bunch of customization options. The app includes support for front- and back-facing cameras, a listening mode to snap photos with sounds, a timer mode, all kinds of overlays, the ability to share videos via Facebook or Twitter, and numerous editing options. OSnap! Time-Lapse & Stop Motion is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 146 ratings.

Colors Memory Match! Color Learning Game for Kids ($3.99 → Free, 22.3 MB): Your little one can learn to identify colors and shapes with this memory matching game.

Various amounts of cards will appear on the screen face down. Your child can tap on them to reveal what's on the flip side. They must then find all of the matching pairs of colors and shapes to complete each game. When tapped on, your child is able to hear the color or object pronounced. The app also includes a Show Me mode where the cards are all face up, making it easier to play. Colors Memory Match! Color Learning Game for Kids is available for free today only (10/05). It has a 5-star rating with a total of 12 ratings.

iPad:

You Record ($1.99 → Free, 9.2 MB): A beautifully simple audio recording app.

While recording a clip, you're able to see the audio level and how large your file will be in real time. You can also pause recording at any time and pick right back up where you left off. When you're finished recording, you can go back and trim down the audio, add a label, mark it as played, or share it via email, AirDrop, Messages, or iTunes File Sharing. The app also includes the ability to change playback speed, Bluetooth audio support, sorting, the ability to import recordings, headphone control, and the ability to duplicate recordings. You Record is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 6 ratings.

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Mentioned apps

Free
AutoSnap - Automatic Capture & Upload For Facebook, Dropbox, Evernote, Twitter, & Instagram
AutoSnap - Automatic Capture & Upload For Facebook, Dropbox, Evernote, Twitter, & Instagram
Silver Beech Studios
Free
LetterSlider - The Word Search Slider Puzzle Game to Play with Friends and Family
LetterSlider - The Word Search Slider Puzzle Game to Play with Friends and Family
BakBurner Digital, LLC
Free
SillyTale MahJong
SillyTale MahJong
Petr Mizerov
Free
Horizon Calendar
Horizon Calendar
Applause Code, LLC
Free
Supercal - the super Calendar
Supercal - the super Calendar
DEVART
Free
OSnap! Time-Lapse & Stop Motion
OSnap! Time-Lapse & Stop Motion
Justin Cegnar
Free
Colors Memory Match! Color Learning Game for Kids
Colors Memory Match! Color Learning Game for Kids
Eggroll Games LLC
Free
You Record
You Record
Eval'das Sichyunas

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