Today’s apps gone free: Audio Notebook, Magic Sorter, Megamassive and more

Record a whole day’s worth of audio, help your child develop cognitive and fine motor skills, and change physical states to reach black holes with today’s collection of apps and games.

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iPhone:

Megamassive ($0.99 → Free, 46.8 MB): Find your way to the black hole in each level by changing the state of your character in Megamassive. It’s ideal for fans of both physics puzzlers and platformers thanks to its unique mix of gameplay elements.

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You’re able to roll, bounce, and fly your way through each level by changing into a solid, liquid, or gas. You’re able to change your form just by tapping the icons at the bottom of the screen. Try to reach the end of each level as quickly as possible while collecting all of the dark matter to earn a perfect rating. The game includes more than 50 hand-drawn levels.

Megamassive is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 17 ratings.

Universal:

Ping Analyzer – Graphical Network Ping ($0.99 → Free, 313.7 KB): Test network reliability and speed with this simple but powerful ping utility. It’s ideal for network admins and anyone else who wants to track down issues.

You can enter any IP address or a domain and Ping Analyzer will continuously ping and report the real-time average, minimum and maximum round-trip times (RTT), jitter, packet loss percentage, a general line quality rating, and mean opinion score (MOS) estimation. You’re able to create favorite lists from your pings, and share summary reports via email.

Ping Analyzer – Graphical Network Ping is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 38 ratings.

Gentlemen…Ricochet! ($0.99 → Free, 135.8 MB): Bounce tokens around various tables in order to be the first to reach the capture zone in Gentlemen…Ricochet! It’s the ideal game for fans of physics-based puzzle games.

Take a stroll through the town of Smallbridge and enter different buildings to challenge the locals to games of Ricochet. The basic idea is to place your launcher in the best possible position and fire your token across the table to collect the stars and end up in the capture zone. You want to do all of this in as few shots as possible to earn a perfect rating. Each Ricochet table offers a different challenge, like destructible walls, punching gloves, and gravity bending buttons, so you better be up for the task. The game includes 72 levels, more than 50 tokens to unlock, and achievements via Game Center.

Gentlemen…Ricochet! is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 6 ratings.

Magic Sorter – Sea Tales – 10 in 1 – to develop important cognitive and fine motor skills ($2.99 → Free, 72.5 MB): A collection of 10 educational games meant to help your child develop cognitive and fine motor skills. It’s ideal for children ages one through three.

The 10 included games and activities will teach your child about colors, shapes, sizes, counting, and matching. The vibrant animations and upbeat music will keep them engaged for hours, and the uncluttered interface makes it easy for them to enjoy the app entirely on their own.

Magic Sorter – Sea Tales – 10 in 1 – to develop important cognitive and fine motor skills is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 34 ratings.

iPad:

Audio Notebook: All-Day Sound Recorder, Widescreen Notepad, and Color Coded Note Organizer ($2.99 → Free, 4.2 MB): This note taking app will help you stay on top of all of your classes and meetings with only your iPad. It’s ideal for students and business professionals who have trouble keeping up with discussions while taking notes.

Audio Notebook is able to capture a whole day’s worth of audio while you take thorough notes. When creating a new note, you’re able to title and color code it. Then tap record and start typing. The app features a large, legible font and automatic spellcheck, making it supremely easy to blast out notes. You’re also able to take notes in portrait or landscape orientation. When playing back audio, you’re able to seek and choose various speeds. The app includes unlimited audio recording, customizable categories, the ability to filter notes, and the ability to share notes and recordings via email.

Audio Notebook: All-Day Sound Recorder, Widescreen Notepad, and Color Coded Note Organizer is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 58 ratings.

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