Today’s apps gone free: DayGram, Mystery Word Town, Net Status and more

Start a diary, practice spelling, and check on the status of your network devices with today’s collection of apps and games.

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iPhone:

DayGram – One line a day Diary ($0.99 → Free, 9.7 MB): Record your experiences and thoughts with DayGram. It’s a great way to get into the habit of keeping a diary.

DayGram will provide you with insights into your life. All that’s required of you is to record at least one line each and everyday. It can be anything that’s on your mind, whether its something simple like the food you consumed throughout the day or something big that inspired you. Once you get into the habit of keeping a diary, you’ll be able to see how the little things in life change your perception of it. The app features a rather unique e-ink visual style, simple interface, and customizable timeline.

DayGram – One line a day Diary is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 13 ratings.

Universal:

Net Status – remote server monitor ($3.99 → Free, 2.6 MB): Keep track of what’s happening with your hosts, routers, and other network devices connected to the web or LAN with this utility app. It’s for network administrators and anyone else interested in securing local networks.

Net Status automatically scans for running services, and allows you to email the results. You can also manually ping hosts. The app works over Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE, and GPRS.

Net Status – remote server monitor is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 1084 ratings.

Mystery Word Town – Sight Word Spelling ($2.99 → Free, 299.5 MB): Your child must help the sheriff and a friendly ghost capture outlaws in Mystery Word Town. It’s a fun educational game that will help your young child build spelling confidence.

To help the ghost get from room to room and building to building, your child will need to collect letters and spell words. 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 nine themed buildings, support for multiple user accounts, bonus challenges and unique rewards, and customizable skills.

Mystery Word Town – Sight Word Spelling is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 38 ratings.

Nice Trace – traceroute ($1.99 → Free, 4.6 MB): This network utility app allows you to trace the route to a host to discover any possible bottlenecks. It’s for network administrators.

Nice Trace allows you to view a wealth of information including IP address, country origin, percentage of packets lost, average packet round trip time, and reverse hostname. You can also share your results via email.

Nice Trace – traceroute is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 875 ratings.

RBL Status ($1.99 → Free, 1.5 MB): Check your hosts against multiple DNS black hole lists with this utility app. It’s for network administrators.

RBL Status is the only multi-DNSBL checker app for iOS. It allows you to quickly determine which RBLs are currently listing hosts from your monitoring list. You’re also able to share your check results via email. The app works over Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE, and GPRS.

RBL Status is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 75 ratings.

SKEW ($0.99 → Free, 9.0 MB): Turn your photos askew or simply straighten them out with this photography app. It’s ideal for artists or photo editors.

Skew can be whatever you need it to be. You’re able to import any photo from your library or take a new one from within the app. You can then correct your photo by adjusting its rotation, curvature, and skew via sliders and draggable points. You can also use Skew to completely change the look of your photo and add a whole new perspective using the same tools. Skew includes a variety of ratios to choose from along with the ability to flip photos.

SKEW is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 32 ratings.

Monster Math – Easy Common Core Games ($5.99 → Free, 41.5 MB): Your child can work on their mental math skills with Monster Math. It’s ideal for any child who needs to learn and practice addition, subtraction, division, times tables, and basic problem solving.

Maxx the monster’s friend Dextra has been kidnapped by an evil wizard. Your child must help him explore new worlds, battle enemies, and find allies in order to get her back by solving math problems. The app’s intelligent math trainer system automatically adjusts the difficulty depending on your child’s ability, and the disembodied voice will ensure they’re always aware of the task at hand. The game also includes a multiplayer mode, a practice mode, and the ability to create multiple user profiles.

Monster Math – Easy Common Core Games is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 83 ratings.

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