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Today's Apps Gone Free: Audium, CurrencyBox, Grandma's Garden And More

Today's Apps Gone Free: Audium, CurrencyBox, Grandma's Garden And More

April 19, 2014

Experience your music as it was intended with Audium. We also have an easy to use currency converter, and a collection of action-packed mini-games for your kids.

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:

CurrencyBox Pro - Exchange rates and currency converter ($1.99 → Free, 1.8 MB): Convert currencies in a snap with CurrencyBox.

All you have to do is set your base currency with a tap. You’ll then be able to see how all other currencies in the list compare. Swipe left to right to mark a currency as a favorite for quick access. If you swipe right to left, the result will be copied to your clipboard. The app includes support for 240 countries and regions, a built-in calculator, and search. CurrencyBox Pro - Exchange rates and currency converter is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 7 ratings.

SecondBrain ($0.99 → Free, 17.0 MB): Record and protect important ideas or information with this productivity app.

It includes nine different cells, which basically act like folders. You're able to add an unlimited number of text entries to each cell. You can also attach photos taken from within the app or from your library to each text entry. The app includes a dial passcode lock, and the ability to backup and restore data via Dropbox. SecondBrain is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3-star rating with a total of 20 ratings.

blurrred. - Blur Your Wallpapers For iOS7 ($0.99 → Free, 2.6 MB): Create beautifully blurred, iOS 7-style wallpapers with this photography app.

Choose any photo from your library, because they will all look amazing with the Gaussian blur effect applied. Then drag the slider to create the perfect blur effect. That’s it! You’re all done. You’re able to save your photo to your library to be used as a wallpaper, or share it with the world via email, Messages, Twitter, Facebook, or AirDrop. blurrred. - Blur Your Wallpapers For iOS7 is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 22 ratings.

Audium - A Beautiful, Gesture Driven Music Player ($1.99 → Free, 4.3 MB): This elegant music player allows you to experience your albums just as they were intended.

You're able to scroll through all of the albums in your library by swiping over the cover art at the bottom of the screen. Just swipe down to reveal their names. But that's all of the text you're going to see, as Audium encourages you to focus on the album as a whole and not individual tracks. Double-tapping on an album will play its songs, swiping left or right will skip a track, swiping up and down will change the volume, and shaking your device toggles shuffle. Audium - A Beautiful, Gesture Driven Music Player is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 121 ratings.

Universal:

Fractions ($0.99 → Free, 23.1 MB): Improve your understanding of fractions and practice working with them with this education app.

It will teach you the basics and types of fractions, and how to reduce and convert them. You can then test your knowledge of fractions by taking quizzes to try and correctly identify, reduce, convert, and compare them. The app also includes three difficulty levels to choose from. Fractions is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 13 ratings.

Pepi Doctor ($1.99 → Free, 49.6 MB): This adorable educational game will help your child get over their fear of doctors and dentists.

They’re able to choose from three sick little patients: Amber, Eva, and Milo. They will then have to cure five different illnesses using more than 20 tools. Helpful outlines will appear in case your child doesn’t know what to do with the specific tool in question. When a patient has been cured, they will give a smile and some applause. Pepi Doctor is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 48 ratings.

GSN Casino – Wheel of Fortune Slots, Deal or No Deal Slots, Video Bingo, Video Poker and more! ($1.99 → Free, 46.9 MB): Play full games of Deal or No Deal, Wheel of Fortune, and other game shows, which can be unlocked by playing slots.

The Game Show Network has just updated their highly rated game show slots app. Spin the slots to win tokens, but also to open up full games of popular games shows. In Deal or No Deal you get to pick suitcases and take offers from the banker, and in Wheel of Fortune you get to spin an actual wheel for bonuses. They are giving away 1,500 free tokens for a limited time to celebrate the new update. GSN Casino – Wheel of Fortune Slots, Deal or No Deal Slots, Video Bingo, Video Poker and more! is available for free today only (04/19). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 62137 ratings.

Grandma's Garden ($1.99 → Free, 45.0 MB): A collection of action-packed mini-games designed for children under the age of five.

Grandma’s Garden is loaded with fun activities for your little ones. They will be asked to do everything from counting vegetables to identifying shapes in order to keep the garden growing. Grandma will guide them along the way, so you can hand off your iDevice and let your child get to work. The app includes a total of eight mini-games, narrated videos of real life gardening, and loads of fun interactive add-ons. Grandma's Garden is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 157 ratings.

iPad:

Presentation Link - App for interactive presentations on the iPad ($4.99 → Free, 4.9 MB): Get your point across by creating eye-popping interactive presentations with this business app.

You’re able to populate your presentation with as many images and videos as necessary since Presentation Link’s powerful rendering has no problem doing some heavy lifting. You can also attach audio files to specific slides. Hyperlinks can be added to help move seamlessly through slides, which comes in very handy for non-linear presentations. Then when you’re ready for the world to see your presentation, you can play it right on your iPad or connect it to a TV or projector. The app also includes the ability to duplicate presentations and share them via email, Dropbox, YouTube, or iTunes File Sharing. Presentation Link - App for interactive presentations on the iPad is available for free today only (04/19). It has a 4-star rating with a total of 225 ratings.

Writing App ($2.99 → Free, 32.9 MB): Finally write that short story or epic novel you’ve been putting off with Writing App.

To get started, just pick whether you want to write a short story or novel and then give it a title. If you choose to go with a short story, you’ll be provided with a small set of tools like the ability to attach notes and view your word and character counts. If you go with a full novel, you’ll be able to outline chapters, characters, places, and items. The app automatically saves your text on a regular basis, so you won’t have to worry about losing your progress. It also includes the ability to export content to Dropbox, multiple fonts and font sizes to choose from, 20 themes to choose from, and three writing modes. Writing App is available for free today only (04/19). It has a 4-star rating with a total of 46 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.

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Mentioned apps

Free
CurrencyBox Pro - Exchange rates and currency converter
CurrencyBox Pro - Exchange rates and currency converter
Zijun Huang
Free
SecondBrain
SecondBrain
FigtreeLab
Free
blurrred. - Blur Your Wallpapers For iOS7
blurrred. - Blur Your Wallpapers For iOS7
Silentg Ltd.
Free
Audium - A Beautiful, Gesture Driven Music Player
Audium - A Beautiful, Gesture Driven Music Player
Michael Pringle
Free
Fractions
Fractions
Matt Rayner
Free
Pepi Doctor
Pepi Doctor
Pepi Play
Free
GSN Casino – Wheel of Fortune Slots, Deal or No Deal Slots, Video Bingo, Video Poker and more!
GSN Casino – Wheel of Fortune Slots, Deal or No Deal Slots, Video Bingo, Video Poker and more!
Game Show Network
Free
Grandma's Garden
Grandma's Garden
Fairlady Media
Free
Presentation Link - App for interactive presentations on the iPad
Presentation Link - App for interactive presentations on the iPad
Zuhanden GmbH
Free
Writing App
Writing App
Thomas Sillmann

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