Today’s apps gone free: Neato, Fonta, Printability and more

Our AppsGoneFree collection today consists of apps that will make your life a little easier. Neato will help you jot down notes quickly from Notification Center. Printability provides you with the ability to capture entire pages in a snap. Fonta will help you tell a story with your photos.

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:

Fonta ($0.99 → Free, 15.0 MB): Add stylish text to your favorite photos with Fonta. The app is ideal for anyone that wants to tell a story with their photos.

Fonta has a ridiculous amount of text options, allowing you to stand out from the crowd. Before you get to that point, however, you can edit your original photo by cropping, rotating, framing, filtering, and blurring it. Then come up with a message you want to drive home, and place it wherever you like on your photo. You’re able to select from a wide variety of fonts, colors, opacity levels, and even layer your text. There are also loads of frame and artwork options to choose from. Fonta allows you to share your creations via Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Fonta is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 138 ratings.

Neato – Jot down note and save to Dropbox or Evernote with iOS8 widget ($0.99 → Free, 10.9 MB): Jot down notes right from within Notification Center with Neato. It’s ideal for anyone who needs to take quick and short notes.

As its name alludes, this is one neat note taking app. Launch the app to link your Evernote and Dropbox accounts. Then pull down Notification Center and scroll all of the way down to the bottom of the Today tab. Tap the Edit button to add Neato to Notification Center. You’ll then be able to take notes from within Notification Center and send them off to your favorite services.

Neato – Jot down note and save to Dropbox or Evernote with iOS8 widget is available for free today only (01/19). It has a 4-star rating with a total of 210 ratings.

Universal:

Printability – print Safari page to PDF ($1.99 → Free, 4.1 MB): Quickly turn entire web pages into PDFs with this handy utility app. It’s ideal for iOS 8 users who need to capture content from the web.

Sometimes the best apps are the simplest, and that’s just the case with Printability. Once installed on your iDevice, launch Mobile Safari and tap on the share button. Then scroll right until you see the “More” button and tap on it. Activate Printability’s extension and you’re ready to go. The next time you need to capture a page, simply tap on the Printability icon within the share menu. Printability will grab the page and allow you to adjust its size and layout before saving it as a PDF.

Printability – print Safari page to PDF is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3-star rating with a total of 10 ratings.

iPad:

Tales from the Dragon Mountain: the Lair HD (Full) ($6.99 → Free, 561.6 MB): Join Mina Lockheart on her journey to destroy the darkness that has risen once again in Tales from the Dragon Mountain: the Lair. It’s ideal for gamers who enjoy an adventure story woven into their hidden objects games.

Mina and her best friend Malik are back to take on Lord Strix and his ruthless army. You must look for clues that will help you locate his lair by combing through 63 fantasy scenes. Along the way you’ll come across different creatures that if helped will in turn help you. The game includes three modes, 27 mini-games, and five chapters to enjoy.

Tales from the Dragon Mountain: the Lair HD (Full) is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 9 ratings.

Preschool Farm Fun – Teach your child colors, counting, shapes and puzzles using yummy Vegetables! ($3.99 → Free, 18.5 MB): Your preschooler will get a head start on learning and eating healthy with this educational app. It’s ideal for parents with children between the ages of 18 months and five years.

Put those little fingers to work on the farm. Your child will get to harvest veggies to put into the barn, sort through colorful veggies to find the ones the farmer needs, categorize fruits and veggies into bins, and identify the farmer’s animals. The entire time they will be learning and won’t even know it. Your child will be guided along every step of the way, so just hand your iPad off and allow them to enjoy the experience.

Preschool Farm Fun – Teach your child colors, counting, shapes and puzzles using yummy Vegetables! is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 15 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.
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.

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