Today’s apps gone free: Edge Extended, Mystery Math Town, Alien Buddies and more

Push a cube around geometric environments, collect fireflies using math skills, and allow your child to learn on their own with today’s collection of apps and games.

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iPhone:

Mystery Math Town for iPhone ($2.99 → Free, 100.6 MB): Your child must help a friendly ghost rescue the fireflies hidden all over Mystery Math Town. It’s a fun educational game that will help your young child work on their math skills.

To help the ghost get from house to house and room to room, your child will need to collect numbers and build equations to solve problems. Along the way they’ll earn talking portraits to add to their gallery. The portraits have different stories to tell through colorful characters. The game includes eight themed houses, support for multiple user accounts, bonus challenges and unique rewards, and customizable skills.

Mystery Math Town for iPhone is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 18 ratings.

Universal:

Forever Lost: Episode 1 HD ($2.99 → Free, 357.8 MB): Try to discover who you are, where you are, and how to escape in Forever Lost: Episode 1. Episode 1 is for anyone who enjoys a good mystery.

Piece together the puzzle of your life by following the clues scattered around the 3-D environments. Collect items, scribble notes, and snap photos to work your way out of the haunted nightmare. The game also includes an eerie soundtrack, and a full hint guide so you’ll never be stuck for too long.

Forever Lost: Episode 1 HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 780 ratings.

Animal Math Games for Kids in Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st Grade Premium ($3.99 → Free, 31.5 MB): Your little ones can join Emma, the great math explorer, on a journey to guide her animal friends home in this educational game. It’s for parents with children in preschool and first grade.

To help each animal make their way home, your child will need to successfully complete a variety of math activities. Math activities range from adding and subtracting to counting and identifying geometric shapes. The app includes a total of 13 adorable animals to help home, and more than 100 activities. It also includes professional narration and instructions, and loads of positive encouragement.

Animal Math Games for Kids in Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st Grade Premium is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 28 ratings.

EDGE Extended ($2.99 → Free, 20.7 MB): Develop your telekinetic strength by pushing a cube around geometric environments in Edge Extended. It’s for fans of logic puzzle games.

The follow-up to Mobigame’s critically acclaimed puzzling platformer, Edge. You’re required to guide a cube through 3-D geometric landscapes as quickly as possible by avoiding obstacles and traveling over moving platforms. The cube can be maneuvered using three different controls schemes, so you won’t have an excuse for continuously falling off of the edges. The game includes 48 levels, 15 bonus levels, 23 unique tunes, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

EDGE Extended is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 3550 ratings.

Alien Buddies – Preschool Learning Activities ($2.99 → Free, 42.6 MB): An educational game filled with four activities that are so fun and colorful your children won’t even know they’re learning. It’s ideal for parents with children between the ages of three and seven.

Alien Buddies allows your child to participate in four educational games and play modes: matching, dot to dot, puzzle, and stickers. Each one offers a variety of activities to participate in, and reinforces fundamental skills. Alien Buddies includes a total of 40 activities, an adorable cast of characters, all kinds of stickers to earn, and instructional audio with constant positive feedback.

Alien Buddies – Preschool Learning Activities is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 271 ratings.

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