Today’s Apps Gone Free: PicSketch, Game Of Watchcraft, GeoBee Challenge And More
February 27, 2014
iPhone:
The main screen provides you with an overview of the current conditions outside along with beautiful hand-painted animations. You can get a quick idea of what the weather is going to be like for the rest of the day via the graph at the bottom of the screen. You're also able to swipe up to reveal the seven-day forecast, and swipe left to view the chance of precipitation, cloud cover, humidity level, visibility, and barometric pressure. Vycloud is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 192 ratings.
Universal:
No matter what type of list you need to make, Clear is able to handle it thanks to its simplicity in design. You’re able to add items to your list by swiping down. Clear sorts all of the items by priority and pushes the most important ones to the top. You’re able to change the priority level of your items by dragging them up and down the list. To mark an item off, swipe left to right. To delete an item, swipe right to left. You’re also able to collapse lists by pinching two fingers together. Clear also includes iCloud support for list syncing. ***Clear is being offered for free today to help users transition from another version of the app. Please be aware that this special offer will expire at any moment due to the nature of the promotion.*** Clear – Tasks & To-Do List is available for free today only (02/27). It has a 4-star rating with a total of 5062 ratings. You’re able to either take a new photo from within the app or import one from your library. You can then leave it as it is, crop it manually, or choose a 1:1 ratio. To apply a pencil sketch effect, just tap on one of the 27 different thumbnails. PicSketch also includes 18 retro sketch backgrounds to choose from. When you’re ready, save your new artistic creation to your library or share it via email, Facebook, or Twitter. The app also includes the option to adjust the brightness and contrast of your photos. PicSketch - Pencil Sketch & Drawing Photo Filter Effects is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 9 ratings. You’re provided with a short introduction to 16 of the most popular espresso-based drinks. Each drink is accompanied by a cut-through visual representation so you can see the layers for yourself, a short description, brewing instructions, and a demonstration video. You’re able to favorite drinks, and share them via Messages, AirDrop, Facebook, Twitter, or email. The app also includes relaxing background music, and a quick tutorial. Great Coffee App is available for free today only (02/27). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 105 ratings. His entire body of work is broken up into five categories. Tap on a category to view thumbnails of all of the included artwork, and tap on a thumbnail to get an even better look. Each piece includes detailed information including the year of completion, size, and location. You’re able to save or share artwork, bookmark it, and read more about it online. The app also includes a full biography with an interactive timeline, and a map filled with locations of all of his artwork. Peter Paul Rubens is available for free today only (02/27). It has a 5-star rating with a total of 6 ratings. You must try to answer the multiple choice questions and discover the locations on the map as quickly and accurately as possible since both are scored separately. You must also hit a target score to move on to the next round, otherwise you’ll have to start all over. The game includes more than 1,300 questions, and more than 1,000 locations to pick out. It also includes achievements and leaderboards via Game Center. GeoBee Challenge HD by National Geographic is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 1046 ratings. Each level has a theme and a collection of letters stacked on top of each other. You must find and highlight themed words to remove them from the stack. If done correctly, your stack will collapse to create new words. Keep going until you’ve cleared every letter. Words can be created in all four directions. The game includes 20 themes and 200 levels. Crush Letters is available for free today only (02/27). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 15 ratings. Words With Monsters plays a lot like Scrabble, where you’re provided with a set of letters and you must place them on a board to score points. However, in Words With Monsters, those points you score are actually hit points that are applied to your enemy’s health. You must try to create the best possible words and place them on letter multipliers to beat the monsters down before they do the same to you. After each victory, you’ll earn random loot. You’re able to purchase new items with your loot or apply whatever you found to your character to become an even stronger word builder. The game is loaded with all kinds of hats, amulets, and weapons to unlock. Words With Monsters is available for free today only (02/27). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 18 ratings.
iPad:
The game has the look and feel of those old 1980s handhelds, but with two separate screens. You’re able to move around the environments using an on-screen directional pad and attack with an action button. Jump between the two screens to attack enemies, grab loot, unleash magic spells, team up with friends, and, above all else, complete quests to earn rewards. The game also includes a never-ending amount of stuff to collect, loads of polish and attention to detail, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center. Game of Watchcraft: Spawn of Squishy is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 8 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.
