Today’s Apps Gone Free: Run Tracker, Chordion, Page2PDF And More
December 16, 2013
iPhone:
Birds attempt to work their way down to the surface Space Invaders-style. You must take aim and fire upon them before they can reach you. As you progress through the story, you'll earn gold and random items, which you can use to craft new weapons. The game includes infinite item and weapon combinations, the ability to play cooperatively with a friend, and leaderobards via Game Center. ArcherCat is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 9265 ratings. Just like the original, you’re required to feed a variety of very hungry patrons before they get up and walk out in a fit of rage. This time around, however, you’ll need to manage multiple restaurants around Tinseltown. Are you up for the challenge? The game includes 25 cafes, 75 levels, 12 bonus levels, 90 recipes to master, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center. Stand O’Food® 3 (Full) is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 74 ratings. Run Tracker utilizes Apple’s powerful motion co-processor to precisely track your distance and steps. Before taking off, you’ll want to set a distance, time, or calorie goal. Then while walking, jogging, or running you’ll be able to hear various announcements instead of having to look at your iDevice. After your exercise is over you can review and share your stats and route. The app also includes the ability to track your body measurements and BMI, export routes, share achievements, and play music while running. Run Tracker by Sport.com: Running, Walking, Jogging with M7 Support is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 5 ratings.
Universal:
You’re able to either point the built-in browser at a webpage or have Page2PDF automatically grab a URL from your clipboard. Then just tap the PDF icon at the bottom of the page and it will be converted instantly. You can share your newly created PDF via email, Messages, or AirDrop, or you can open it within another app. Page2PDF also includes support for A4 and letter formats, and the ability to include the URL, date, and time in your PDF. Page2PDF is available for free today only (12/16). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 38 ratings. The moment your client's hair is combed out, swipe across the screen to snip it off. If you wait too long the hair will go back into place and you will lose a life. Lose three lives and the game is over. As you progress through the game more and more pieces of hair will be combed out at once, and you can utilize the game's multitouch controls to snip off more than one piece at a time. The game includes 20 unlockable characters, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center. Super Cutes is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 172 ratings.
iPad:
You’re able to import PDFs via iTunes File Sharing, from your photo library, or from the web. You can then organize them within folders just by dragging and dropping them into place. When viewing PDFs you’re able to jump to different pages, bookmark pages, search for specific text, and annotate pages. PDF Cabinet’s annotation options are vast and powerful, allowing you to draw freely on the screen with different colors, highlight text with a marker, and add objects, icons, text, and notes. You’re also able to collaborate with your coworkers or friends in real-time by annotating the same document from different iPads. PDF Cabinet 2.0 is available for free today only (12/16). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 37 ratings. Just like the original, you’re required to feed a variety of very hungry patrons before they get up and walk out in a fit of rage. This time around, however, you’ll need to manage multiple restaurants around Tinseltown. Are you up for the challenge? The game includes 25 cafes, 75 levels, 12 bonus levels, 90 recipes to master, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center. Stand O'Food® 3 HD (Full) is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 175 ratings. 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 4.5-star rating with a total of 2702 ratings. Whether you’re a seasoned musician or just looking to create some noise, you’re going to have a lot of fun with Chordion. The left side of the screen allows you to choose different chords while the right allows you to play melodies. The app will automatically follow the chords you play as you strum up and down or pluck on the melody board, and the built-in drum machine will help you keep the beat. As you start to get the hang of things, go ahead and fiddle around with all of the settings in Chordion’s built-in synthesis engine to create all new tunes. The app also allows you to record your tunes and upload them to Dropbox or SoundCloud. Chordion is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 191 ratings. You're able to create as many agendas as necessary. You can then start adding tasks in batches, and they will appear in both list and calendar form. You're able to customize tasks with different durations, people, places, and colors to keep things organized. You're also able to manipulate the calendar and task list via common gestures. Entire agendas can be exported and shared via email. iAgenda - Agenda schedule on Gantt chart is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 7 ratings.
Developers:
If you are a developer who would like to get your app included in our “Apps Gone Free” daily lists, here’s our basic set of rules:- 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.
