Save for later or share ideas by quickly and easily converting any Webpage into a packaged PDF. If that weren't handy enough, take perfect portraits with the help of NoBlink. As a finisher, pick from a wide selection of entertaining and even educating adventures.
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Turtles, Huh? ($1.99 → Free, 35.2 MB): Nearly everyone can enjoy this quirky action-arcade game bundle.
The main story involves a bullied little turtle out to seek bird bashing revenge by finding the seven powerful Turtle Balls, which are located somewhere at the North Pole. Help search far and wide with the trusty hang glider. However, before beginning that adventure, you must test those reflexes in several mini-games, which include whacking, saving, and even just frantically counting the shelled soul. The game features cartoony graphics, upbeat music, one endless flying main game and eight various mini games, touch and tilt controls, Game Center leaderboards, plus Facebook integration for free coupons.
Turtles, Huh? is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 5-star rating with a total of 7891 ratings.
NoBlink ($1.99 → Free, 7.9 MB): Capture even better portraits with this intelligent camera app.
Not only does the system recognize faces to optimize focus, it watches everyone's eyes, continuously monitoring for blinks and other pupil obstructions, such as someone turned too far to the side or blocking their face with a cap/hat. Best of all, the app filters out failed captures plus offers real-time checking to alert you before even snapping the shot. Further features include optional geotagging, four quality choices, and automatic saving to the iOS camera roll.
NoBlink is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 6 ratings.
Doodle Kart - Game Center Multiplay ($0.99 → Free, 41.9 MB): This top-down doodle-style racing game allows you to take on up to three AI or human opponents in a battle to the finish line.
On your way around the course you can pick up different items and weapons that will either help you speed by your opponents or take them out. The game includes five environments, 25 tracks, seven items/weapons, the ability to draw your own doodle car, and leaderboards via Game Center.
Doodle Kart - Game Center Multiplay is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3-star rating with a total of 5140 ratings.
Puzzle 26 - The 7th Day ($0.99 → Free, 19.7 MB): Inspired by two classics, this logic-based puzzler is a great way to stimulate and entertain your mind.
Like Sudoku and Minesweeper, every board contains hint tiles for determining how to fill in the blanks. You have a particular number of four different colored symbols to distribute, and there's only one solution. The game features hand-drawn graphics, casual play, 200 levels spanning four levels, and bonus awards.
Puzzle 26 - The 7th Day is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 72 ratings.
Soaring ($1.99 → Free, 14.5 MB): Soar through virtual skies with this weather app.
By utilizing your GPS location and the local time, the app is able to properly position the sun or moon in the virtual sky. Of course, it also provides current time and weather conditions. Additional features include soothing background music, 12-hour and 24-hour time display options, Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature options, as well as Twitter and Facebook integration for sharing.
Soaring is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 149 ratings.
Timegg Pro ($0.99 → Free, 26.4 MB): A visually slick timer, alarm, and reminder app.
The simple two panel UI provides quick access to its many features, so you won't be fumbling around when time is of the essence. The app includes the ability to pre-set eight alarms, save your favorite timers, choose from standard alert tones or music from your library, and have your alarms fade-in.
Timegg Pro is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 40 ratings.
DUBSTEP / Loops / Keyboard / Drums ($0.99 → Free, 46.4 MB): Get your dubstep fix anytime, anywhere with this music app.
You're able to create your own dubstep beats by triggering loops, sound effects, and bass drops. You can also tap away on the drum pads, or blast melodies on the keyboard. The app includes 40 MPC style loops and sound effects pads, and six drum pads.
DUBSTEP / Loops / Keyboard / Drums is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 12 ratings.
Sidekick Cycle ($0.99 → Free, 38.0 MB): Charming and challenging, this side-scrolling auto-peddler allows you to enjoy an awesome bike ride without leaving home.
Don your helmet, grab the gloves, and get ready to bound that bicycle over hills and hazards. Using just a single finger, hop over hay bales and backflip off ramps to collect coins and cogs on a sprint towards the finish line. In between, marvel at the scenery, upgrade your two-wheeler, and enlist a sidekick. The game features 3-D graphics, tribal-style music, 30 tracks spanning three environments, 11 unique bicycles, four skilled sidekicks, plus leaderboards and achievements via Game Center.
Sidekick Cycle is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 5-star rating with a total of 19 ratings.
My Beastly ABCs ($2.99 → Free, 388.3 MB): Beasts and boogeymen teach the ABCs in an interactive storybook of eerie glee.
Most times, "A" may stand for apple, however, not for one seemingly boring boy. You see, today the lad brushes his teeth with an abominable snowman in the shower, the shy white beast just standing like a tower. The app features hand-drawn graphics, professional narration, captions, three reading modes, and 39 fun-filled pages of great interactive content and mini-games, such as ring toss.
My Beastly ABCs is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 5-star rating with a total of 39 ratings.
BabySafari ($0.99 → Free, 53.9 MB): Send your young child on an adventure through the Serengeti plains with this education app.
Kids can go cruising through the plains and watch as little animals jump into view, or they can challenge themselves with memory, counting, and interactive puzzle games. The app also includes the ability to record your own pronunciations of animal names, two languages to choose from, and engaging music.
BabySafari is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 61 ratings.
WEB To PDF ($3.99 → Free, 23.9 MB): Convert any web page into a PDF and then share it with the world using this handy utility app.
Just point the built-in browser at a web page and tap the Add PDF button in the bottom-right. Once WEB To PDF is finished converting the page, it’ll be placed into your files folder. You can immediately send the document or first make some changes by adding text notes, highlighting text, or drawing on it. The app includes five colors to choose from, a night reading mode, and the ability to share your PDFs via email, Dropbox, or iTunes File Sharing.
WEB To PDF is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 53 ratings.
Toca Hair Salon ($2.99 → Free, 14.6 MB): This highly interactive and rather amusing entertainment app allows your child to run their own Toca Hair Salon.
They can choose from six adorable characters and give them brand new hairdos. As your child shampoos, combs, cuts, and colors hair, the character will react with funny faces and sounds. The app includes a wide variety of trimming and styling tools, 12 hair colors, eight accessories to add, and the ability to take snapshots of their unique creations.
Toca Hair Salon is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 901 ratings.
Static Motion ($0.99 → Free, 7.3 MB): Get ready for an all-out tapping frenzy in this mesmerizing action-arcade game.
Various enemy targets will enter the screen from all angles. You must tap on them to collect their energy and keep yours from running out. Precision is key as an errant tap will cause you to lose energy even faster. The game includes two modes, 77 levels, four speed settings, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.
Static Motion is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 4-star rating with a total of 55 ratings.
Bramble Berry Tales - The Story of Kalkalilh ($2.99 → Free, 163.5 MB): Grab this interactive storybook and join your children in an enjoyable and educational adventure.
When Thomas can't stop his mischievous sister Lily from causing problems at their grandparents home, both kids and you, the attentive readers, are treated to the story of Kalkalilh. Similar to stories such as Hansel and Gretel, the tale takes place in a partially mythic land where some children disobey their elders and wind up faced with a scary situation. The app features hand-drawn 2-D and 3-D graphics, two reading modes, built-in glossary of important terms, professional narration, captions, plus support for English, French, Spanish, and Squamish.
Bramble Berry Tales - The Story of Kalkalilh is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 28 ratings.
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