Today’s apps gone free: Visulax Golf, iDatabase, How to Tie a Tie and more

Improve your golf game, catalogue and organize just about anything, learn how to tie neckties, and play a game of Yahtzee or a hand of poker with today’s apps and games.

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:

iDatabase ($1.99 → Free, 18.8 MB): This productivity app can be your personal database for just about anything. It’s for those who need to catalogue and organize information of any kind.

You’re able to choose from 22 different database templates or start from scratch. Even if you choose to go with a template, you can still modify its fields later on. Each database can be sorted in a vast number of ways, or you can search for something specific by keyword. You can manually reorder and modify items within databases as well. The app also includes passcode protection, the ability to share and duplicate databases, and Dropbox support for data backups.

iDatabase is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 184 ratings.

Visulax Golf – Master the Mental Game and Tips to Score Better Now ($4.99 → Free, 79.9 MB): Celebrate the beginning of the 2015 Masters by working on your own golf game with Visulax Golf. It’s for golfers who need to improve their mental game.

The game of golf is played between the ears as much as it is on the course, which is why Visulax Golf will have no problem helping you bring your score down. It will help you perfect your balance and timing, block out distractions, manage the course, and focus on your targets in no time. Visulax Golf includes both an audio lesson and text-based tips, and it allows you to take notes and track your progress.

Visulax Golf – Master the Mental Game and Tips to Score Better Now is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 10 ratings.

Universal:

Mississippi Stud Premium – 5 Card Poker Game – Vegas Texas Holdem ($1.99 → Free, 7.3 MB): Play a hand of poker whenever you have a spare moment with this simple card game. It’s for fans of five-card poker.

Mississippi Stud is one of the easiest variations of five-card poker to get the hang of, so everyone can enjoy it. This digital version adds another level of competition in the form of levels. Each of the 30 levels allows you to wager more and more of your chips. To complete a level, you must beat all of the challenges. It sounds simple enough, but along the way you must also do your best in order to not run out of chips, otherwise you’ll have to start all over. If you’ve never played Mississippi Stud before, don’t worry, full instructions are available within the game.

Mississippi Stud Premium – 5 Card Poker Game – Vegas Texas Holdem is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 16 ratings.

How to Tie a Tie – advanced guide of animated neckties, man’s scarves, ascots, bow ties and pocket squares ($4.99 → Free, 40.1 MB): Learn how to tie a tie with this instructional app. It’s for business professionals and anyone else who needs to tie neckties and other knots.

This is the definitive tie guide. It includes around 50 total knots including popular tie knots, bowties, ascots, and square folds. The app includes both visual and text-based instructions, but its killer feature is its mirror mode. It utilizes your iDevice’s front-facing camera and overlays the visual guide, making it even easier to follow along.

How to Tie a Tie – advanced guide of animated neckties, man’s scarves, ascots, bow ties and pocket squares is available for free today only (04/09). It has a 5-star rating with a total of 7 ratings.

YAHTZEE® With Buddies ($3.99 → Free, 64.2 MB): LAUNCH DAY SPECIAL: We’re offering a $3.99 ticket package for free! In the classic hit Yahtzee with Buddies, all players will receive a week’s supply of free tournament tickets. To make things even more fun, every time you finish a game we’ll give you a free scratcher ticket, where you can scratch to win amazing in-game prizes! It’s the only officially licensed Yahtzee game in the entire App Store, so if you’re a fan of the classic Hasbro game, check out this digital version today.

Shake, score, and put your opponents to shame in Yahtzee with Buddies. You’re able to challenge friends and family, or you can take on random opponents from all over the world. You can even challenge those who are still playing Scopely’s other turn-based dice game, Dice with Buddies. The more you play, the faster you’ll be able earn achievements and level up your profile, which will allow you to unlock new custom dice.

YAHTZEE® With Buddies is available for free today only (04/09). It has a 5-star rating with a total of 5 ratings.

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