Today’s apps gone free: Grocery List Generator, Minigore 2, King Oddball and more

Start your weekend off right with our awesome selection of apps and games! We have everything from a smash hit dual-stick shooter to a powerful recipe and grocery shopping list app.

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Universal:

Grocery List Generator – Create shopping lists and store all your recipes. ($0.99 → Free, 3.8 MB): Change the way you go grocery shopping by organizing your recipes and creating a list from them with Grocery List Generator. It’s ideal for those who want a more efficient way to grocery shop.

Grocery List Generator covers all of your food needs and then some. It’s best to start off by entering all of your recipes including their ingredients. This allows you to quickly create shopping lists from them. If you need items that aren’t part of your recipes, it’s not a problem. You can add items from the massive built-in list. Grocery List Generator also allows you to add all of your stores and make your own custom aisle maps in order to save you time while shopping. Grocery List Generator has a ton of other bells and whistles as well, like the ability to import a grocery list from a friend, share recipes on social networks, and use your grocery list on your Pebble Watch.

Grocery List Generator – Create shopping lists and store all your recipes. is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 31 ratings.

King Oddball ($2.99 → Free, 78.0 MB): Launch boulders at your enemies using only your tongue in this quirky physics-based game. King Oddball is great for casual gamers who have a good sense of humor.

As King Oddball, you must bring the entire world to its knees by destroying the tanks, helicopters, and structures that stand in your way. You’re put in control of King Oddball’s boulder-carrying tongue. It’s up to you to tap on the screen at just the right moment to release the boulder and have it smash through all of the targets. The game includes more than 120 levels, an eccentric art style, and achievements via Game Center.

King Oddball is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 200 ratings.

Themeboard ($0.99 → Free, 24.3 MB): Personalize your keyboard with artwork from some of the best designers from around the world with Themeboard. This is the perfect app for anyone who wants to customize their iOS 8 experience.

Every theme in Themeboard has a story. Tap on a theme to read the description written by its designer. You’re also able to view each designer’s profile and ways to connect with them. Once you’ve decided on a new theme and selected it, you can switch to it by tapping and holding the globe icon on your standard keyboard. But Themeboard isn’t just about gorgeous designs. It also sports some powerful features that set it apart from every other custom keyboard app in the App Store like advanced autocorrection, quick character deletion that accelerates the longer you hold down the button, user-defined shortcuts, double-tap to insert a suggestion or correction, and an Emoji bar in place of switching back and forth between keyboard screens. Themeboard includes a bunch of great free themes to choose from along with some premium themes that can be purchased separately or in packs. New themes are also constantly being added.

Themeboard is available for free today only (12/20). It has a 3-star rating with a total of 354 ratings.

Minigore 2: Zombies ($2.99 → Free, 56.1 MB): A new challenge lies in front of John Gore, and it comes in the form of the undead in this smash hit dual-stick shooter. It’s great for gamers who like competing for high scores.

Take control of John Gore and wipe out all of the murderous enemies reanimated by the legendary Metusalem. Your fallen enemies will drop ammo and loot, the latter of which can be used to upgrade your weapons. Keep the fight going for as long as possible to climb the leaderboards. The game includes 300 challenges, 20 playable characters, 60 enemy types, seven bosses, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Minigore 2: Zombies is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 552 ratings.

Blox 3D ($1.99 → Free, 25.8 MB): Unlock your creative side by building 3-D models with this entertainment app. It’s a fun distraction for both children and adults.

Blox 3D’s intuitive control scheme allows anyone to create. You start off with a single block, and you can build from there by tapping and pulling to create new blocks. Make sure to create your base and move upwards first, otherwise it can be difficult to navigate the blocks. The blocks can be rotated with a swipe and zoomed in on with a pinch. Double tap to delete any blocks you’ve created. Your creations can be played out within the app or saved to your photo library.

Blox 3D is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 18 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.

Developers:

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It must have at least a three-star average rating at the time it goes free.
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