Today’s apps gone free: Special Enquiry Detail, MarcoPolo Ocean, Orby and more

Solve a murder mystery, explore the ocean, and utilize a bunch of widgets with today’s collection of 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:

Special Enquiry Detail® : The Hand that Feeds (Full) ($2.99 → Free, 144.7 MB): Investigate a murder and try to bring the killer to justice in Special Enquiry Detail: The Hand that Feeds. It’s a great addition to any hidden object adventure game fan’s collection.

Help detectives Turino and Lamonte discover clues at crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to find the killer. The game includes 12 chapters, 30 locations, 25 mini-games, and achievements via Game Center.

Special Enquiry Detail® : The Hand that Feeds (Full) is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 366 ratings.

Universal:

100 Binaural Beats and Isochronic Tones! | AmbiScience™ ($1.99 → Free, 210.4 MB): Attune your brain to different states of mind by listening to binaural and isochronic tones with this health app. It’s the ideal app for those who need help sleeping or simply relaxing.

It includes 13 long ambient tracks, 100 binaural and isochronic tones, 10 nature loops, and three noise tracks. It also includes a full set of instructions, background audio support, the ability to create your own custom programs, repeating alarms, and a countdown timer.

100 Binaural Beats and Isochronic Tones! | AmbiScience™ is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 196 ratings.

Gravity Hook HD ($0.99 → Free, 15.5 MB): Latch onto nodes to climb as high as you can in Gravity Hook. It’s classic gaming at its best from the team that brought you Canabalt.

How high can you climb? Gravity Hook requires you to climb to the surface by launching hooks from your robot arms. Just tap to latch onto different nodes to go screaming upwards. If the reach is too far, gravity will take over and you’ll plummet back to the ground. Also, some nodes are more dangerous than others, so pay close attention to which you latch onto.

Gravity Hook HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3-star rating with a total of 550 ratings.

MarcoPolo Ocean ($2.99 → Free, 193.0 MB): This highly interactive educational app allows your child to explore and play in the ocean. It’s for parents who want to expose their children to early skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

They’re able to explore the ocean all on their own from the shoreline all of the way down to the sea floor. They’re also able to populate the ocean waters with more than 30 different species and interact with them in a wide variety of ways. When they’re done exploring, your child is able to learn about ocean creations through five build-and-play activities.

MarcoPolo Ocean is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 396 ratings.

Orby Widgets – To Make Notification Center Even More Useful ($0.99 → Free, 15.8 MB): Orby will tell you everything you need to know about your iDevice right from within the Today view. It’s a useful app for iOS 9 users who want to keep tabs on things like storage space and data usage. It’s also great for quick app launching.

The app now includes 13 different Today view widgets: App Launcher, Conversations, Calculator, Converter, Memory, CPU, Storage, Battery, Share, Speed Call, Network, Network Addresses, and Runtime. To add any or all of the widgets, simply scroll all of the way down to the bottom of the Today view and tap on the “Edit” button. You can arrange the widgets however you wish. Some of the widgets include customizable settings and colorful themes.

Orby Widgets – To Make Notification Center Even More Useful is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 116 ratings.

iPad:

Special Enquiry Detail® : The Hand that Feeds HD (Full) ($4.99 → Free, 138.8 MB): Investigate a murder and try to bring the killer to justice in Special Enquiry Detail: The Hand that Feeds. It’s a great addition to any hidden object adventure game fan’s collection.

Help detectives Turino and Lamonte discover clues at crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles to find the killer. The game includes 12 chapters, 30 locations, 25 mini-games, and achievements via Game Center.

Special Enquiry Detail® : The Hand that Feeds HD (Full) is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 1523 ratings.

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