Today’s apps gone free: Overview Calendar, Shades, Orderly and more
Get an overview of all of the events in your life with Overview Calendar. We also have a shady puzzle game, and a gesture-driven productivity app.
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iPhone:Orderly – Tasks & To Do Lists ($1.99 → Free, 5.2 MB): Keep your life in order with this gesture-driven productivity app. Orderly is for AppsGoneFree users who want a more fluid way to manage their tasks.
Orderly is all about prioritizing tasks to ensure you complete the most important ones on time. When creating a task list you’re able to title the group and add as many items as necessary. The menu bar icons at the top allow you to quickly change the background color, text, and font to make the list stand out. A priority level, reminder, and proximity reminder can be attached as well. All of your task lists will appear as little notes on the app’s home screen presented in order of importance.
Orderly – Tasks & To Do Lists is available for free today only (10/25). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 222 ratings.
Overview Calendar ($2.99 → Free, 5.9 MB): Get an overview of all of the events in your life with Overview Calendar. It’s great for anyone who is tired of getting lost in a mess of calendar details.
Overview Calendar provides a whole new perspective on the events in your life. The calendar is presented as an infinitely scrollable timeline instead of one big grid. You can swipe up and down to glide right over it. Tap on an event to bring it into full view, where you can attach a location, note, and color. Your events can also be shared on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. List views are available for single days and entire weeks.
Overview Calendar is available for free today only (10/25). It has a 4-star rating with a total of 143 ratings.
Universal:Boom Brigade 2 ($2.99 → Free, 69.1 MB): Command your troops to fight off the alien invasion in this line drawing game. Boom Brigade 2 is ideal for gamers who enjoy a mix of strategy, top-down shooting action, and line drawing.
Boom Brigade 2 takes a bunch of tried and true gaming formulas and simply ups the ante. You get to command your troops by drawing paths for them to follow. They will take on any alien scum that comes within their range. Troops can be upgraded between missions to keep the fight a fair one. The game includes 30 missions and multiple modes to try.
Boom Brigade 2 is available for free today only (10/25). It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 19 ratings.
Disco Bees – The Fun New Match 3 Game ($4.99 → Free, 64.4 MB): A brand new match-three game from the team that brought you Mini Golf MatchUp and Jewel Buddies. Complete the first world tutorial to receive a $4.99 package of 5 extra lives and power-ups! It’s for casual gamers who enjoy colorful graphics, disco tunes, and lots of bee puns.
Disco Bees has everything you could want from a matching game. It’s absolutely loaded with unique and innovative puzzles that allow you to create matches in six different directions. Just make sure to achieve the target score before you run out of moves. You’re also able to employ super bees to climb the leaderboards and surpass your friends. Daily tournaments are available, which allow you to level up faster and unlock new content.
Disco Bees – The Fun New Match 3 Game is available for free today only (10/25). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 3586 ratings.
Shades: A Simple Puzzle Game ($1.99 → Free, 28.5 MB): Combine blocks to create and remove different shades in this unique puzzle game. It’s for casual gamers who want a zen-like puzzle experience.
We love games like Shades. It’s simple on the surface, but rather difficult once you get going. The idea is to drag the falling blacks into position in order to create rows of the same color, which will remove them from the board. Things get interesting when you stack blocks of the same color, as they will get darker in shade. This gameplay element creates some sticky situations, but also allows you to create cascading combos. The game includes four color schemes and Game Center leaderboards.
Shades: A Simple Puzzle Game is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 159 ratings.
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