Today’s apps gone free: Azkend 2, Tiny Tiles, Couch Music Player and more

Find your way out of the bowels of the earth by matching tiles in Azkend 2. We also have a minimalist word game, and a music player that allows you to create dynamic playlists.

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iPhone:

Cutie Mini Monsters ($3.99 → Free, 47.1 MB): This educational app helps your child learn to recognize numbers and count just by hanging out with a bunch of Cutie Mini Monsters. It’s perfect for any parent looking to educate and entertain their child.

What’s better than a bunch of regular monsters? Cute mini ones, of course! Your child is presented with more than 30 beautifully illustrated pages, each featuring an interactive monster. They can flip through the pages on their own, or they can listen to the narrator sound out words for them. They’re also able to put together a collection of jigsaw puzzles.

Cutie Mini Monsters is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 18 ratings.

Universal:

Lockscreen Wallpaper Designer ($1.99 → Free, 7.1 MB): Create beautiful wallpapers that look great on your lock screen with this utility app. Lockscreen Wallpaper Designer is intended for AppsGoneFree users that are tired of trying to find a wallpaper that plays nice with iOS 8.

The parallax effect in iOS 8 can cause misalignments with regular wallpapers since it zooms in. Lockscreen Wallpaper Designer helps you avoid this issue by dynamically generating blur containing the colors of your chosen photo. The subject of your photo can be framed within seven shapes, and you’re able to preview how it looks before saving it to your library. It really couldn’t be easier.

Lockscreen Wallpaper Designer is available for free today only (09/26). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 14 ratings.

Tiny Tiles ($0.99 → Free, 3.5 MB): A minimalist word game that’s loads of fun. Drag and drop tiles onto the board to create as many words as possible before the entire thing fills up. Tiny Tiles is for those who like their word games easy and breezy.

Tiny Tiles couldn’t be any more charming or simple. The tiles you’re able to use are located at the bottom of the screen. Drag and drop them into the empty space at the top to create words in any direction. Valid words will be highlighted in white, and you can tap on them to score and remove them. Keep playing until you can’t place any more tiles. Oh, and try tapping the side of your iDevice while playing. You’ll be in for a pleasant surprise!

Tiny Tiles is available for free today only (09/26). It has a 5-star rating with a total of 5 ratings.

City Maps 2Go Pro – Offline Map and Travel Guide ($3.79 → Free, 25.9 MB): Download entire city, county, district, and province maps for offline viewing with this navigation app. It’s ideal for world travelers that aren’t able to utilize data while out and about.

City Maps 2Go Pro covers almost the entire globe, so no matter where you are you can be prepared for the adventure ahead. You’re able to browse through maps by country, or you can search for something specific by name. Downloaded maps include the ability to search for specific streets, view points of interest, and bookmark your favorite locations. The app includes a total of 6,700 downloadable maps.

City Maps 2Go Pro – Offline Map and Travel Guide is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 7064 ratings.

Azkend 2 HD – The World Beneath ($0.99 → Free, 177.3 MB): The sequel to 10tons’ smash-hit casual matching game. This time around you’re tasked with acquiring pieces of items that will help you find your way out of the bowels of the earth and return to civilization. It’s perfect for anyone that can appreciate gorgeous visuals in their matching games.

Not only is Azkend 2 beautiful, it also has a great story that will take you to astonishing worlds. The game requires you to match three or more adjacent tiles with the same symbol in order to remove them from the board. This will not only cause new tiles to appear, but also unlock more of the board. Once the entire board has been revealed, a piece of the item you’re trying to construct will appear, and you must work it out of the bottom of the to collect it.

Azkend 2 HD – The World Beneath is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 125 ratings.

iPad:

Couch Music Player ($2.99 → Free, 5.4 MB): Put your feet up and create dynamic playlists from the comfort of your couch with this music player. Couch Music Player should be installed on your iPad if you always find yourself mixing up your music.

Couch Music Player’s drag and drop interface makes creating playlists a breeze. Your entire music library is presented on the left side of the screen. You’re able to sort it by artist, album, or song. Then drag and drop content from the left side into the queue on the right to create a playlist. You’re able to drag single songs and entire albums, and you can reorder them within the queue at any time. It also allows you to save multiple queues.

Couch Music Player is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 63 ratings.

Cutie Monsters Jigsaw Puzzles ($4.99 → Free, 47.9 MB): The non-mini version of Paul Smith’s educational app. It helps your child learn to recognize numbers and count just by hanging out with a bunch of Cutie Monsters. It’s perfect for any parent looking to educate and entertain their child.

Your child is presented with more than 30 beautifully illustrated pages, each featuring an interactive monster. They can flip through the pages on their own, or they can listen to the narrator sound out words for them. They’re also able to put together a collection of jigsaw puzzles.

Cutie Monsters Jigsaw Puzzles is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 38 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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