Today’s apps gone free: Proun+, NC, Quest and more
Race through levels constructed of modern art, view your Twitter timeline within Notification Center, and turn completing tasks into a game with today’s collection of apps and games.
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iPhone:ClipBook – BookMarker & Sentence Collector ($0.99 → Free, 30.8 MB): Manage your book collection and save quotes with this productivity app. It’s ideal for avid readers.
ClipBook makes it easy to capture and share memorable quotes from your favorite books. You’re able to catalog your book collection and define the amount of pages in each one. When you come across a memorable quote in a book, you can write it out or snap a photo of it and record the page it was on. Quotes can then quickly be recalled, shared, or stored within Evernote or Dropbox. The app also allows you to create a wish list.
ClipBook – BookMarker & Sentence Collector is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 59 ratings.
QUEST : Level up your life ($1.99 → Free, 6.6 MB): Turn completing the most mundane tasks into a game with Quest. It’s ideal for anyone who has trouble sticking with a task manager.
On the surface, Quest is your everyday task manager. Swipe down to add a task. Swipe left to right to complete a task. Swipe right to left to delete a task. Nothing to it. However, every time you complete a task you’ll earn a gem, which will not only level up your little 8-bit character but also allow you to customize it with new items. It adds a pleasant incentive to get your tasks completed on time. You’re also able to categorize tasks, set reminders, and access your tasks from a Today widget.
QUEST : Level up your life is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 6 ratings.
Universal:Amigo Pancho ($1.99 → Free, 69.3 MB): Help Pancho float to the highest places in the world in this physics-based puzzle game. Amigo Pancho is for gamers that enjoy interactive physics and mastering new concepts.
Amigo Pancho has you interacting with the various colorful environments in a wide variety of ways, which is why we can’t recommend it enough. There’s something new around every corner. The basic idea of the game is to help Pancho ride his two very small and fragile balloons to the highest places in the world. Along the way you’ll have to clear debris, redirect cactus spines, and even block fireballs to ensure his balloons don’t pop. The game includes a total of six locations and 120 levels, so you better be ready for a challenge.
Amigo Pancho is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 814 ratings.
NC – Twitter Widget for Notification Center ($1.99 → Free, 34.2 MB): View your Twitter timeline and mentions within Notification Center with NC. It’s for social media addicts who can’t live without checking Twitter every few minutes.
Just launch NC and sign into your Twitter account. Then swipe down to bring up Notification Center and scroll all of the way down to the bottom to find the “Edit” button. Add the new NC widget to Notification Center with a tap, and you’ll immediately see the last five tweets in your Twitter timeline. You’re able to favorite and retweet tweets right from Notification Center as well. NC also offers the ability to display mentions instead of your timeline.
NC – Twitter Widget for Notification Center is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 19 ratings.
Proun+ ($3.99 → Free, 346.4 MB): Race through levels constructed of modern art in this arcade game. It’s ideal for those who enjoy tunnel racers like Unpossible.
Like other games in the genre, Proun+ simply requires you to guide a ball down a pipe while dodging obstacles. It includes both tilt and touch control options, so anyone should be able to get the hang of it. What makes Proun+ stand out among the crowded field is its various modes and visual style. You’re able to race against opponents, find out how long you can last, collect points, and perform time trials all in crazy colorful environments.
Proun+ is available for free today only (04/16). It has a 4-star rating with a total of 7 ratings.
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