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Today’s apps gone free: 5coins, Loan Calculator, Frame Artist and more

Today’s apps gone free: 5coins, Loan Calculator, Frame Artist and more

App Bargain Bin
March 10, 2016

Find out where your money is going, calculate monthly loan payments, and frame your photos 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:

The Wonder Cat ($1.99 → Free, 26.4 MB): Help The Wonder Cat find his way home in this ridiculously colorful platformer. It’s an adorable pick-up-and-play game suitable for gamers of all ages.

The Wonder Cat is one charming little feline. Even though he’s lost in an untamed land, he always has a smile on his face. He will run along all on his own, so it’s up to you to navigate the platforms with perfectly timed jumps. Try to collect the flowers, stars, and random items the birds carry in to earn new powers and even ride along on friendly creatures. The game includes two distinct modes, and loads of challenges to take on.

The Wonder Cat is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 49 ratings.

Universal:

Bogga Easter ($2.99 → Free, 18.3 MB): Get excited about Easter by decorating and sharing eggs with this interactive entertainment app. It’s fun for the whole family.

Your child must first hunt down the hidden egg. They can then apply all kinds of different designs just by tapping and dragging them onto the egg. After everything looks just right, your child can snap a picture of their unique egg and share it with the family.

Bogga Easter is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 8 ratings.

Loan Calculator — What If? ($0.99 → Free, 4.2 MB): Calculate monthly payments and “what if” scenarios for loans with Loan Calculator. It’s the ideal app for anyone shopping for a home or car, or thinking of refinancing.

With Loan Calculator, you don’t need to have a bunch of reference help files or documentation. Finding out how much your monthly payments will be is as easy as filling out three open fields. Loan Calculator provides you with the option to add additional monthly and yearly payments, helping determine how much faster your loan can be paid off and how much money you’ll save. The total lifetime cost of your loan including interest is calculated as well.

Loan Calculator — What If? is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 720 ratings.

Frame Artist Pro – Photo Collage Editor – Design Scrapbook by Pic Layout and FX Filters For Instagram ($1.99 → Free, 58.3 MB): Combine your photos to create lasting memories with Frame Artist. It’s a great way to share your adventures.

It includes 28 pre-made templates for you to choose from, allowing you to quickly throw together everything from invitations to recipe cards. You can create your very own custom frames as well with up to 56 cells, different background and border colors, custom text, speech balloons, and stickers. The app also includes the ability to apply filters to photos, four output resolutions, and the ability to share your works of art via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Picasa, Tumblr, or Flickr.

Frame Artist Pro – Photo Collage Editor – Design Scrapbook by Pic Layout and FX Filters For Instagram is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 310 ratings.

Storm & Skye – An Animated Magical Adventure Story for Kids ($3.99 → Free, 256.6 MB): Your children can join Storm and Skye on a delightfully animated adventure with this audio storybook. It’s ideal for children of all ages since no reading skills are required.

Storm and Skye is about courage, friendship, and pure imagination. The duo set out on their big adventure to explore a rundown car wash. What they find is a whole new world with dragons and knights. This audio animation storybook is about 45 minutes in length, and features rich visuals that come alive with the stellar narration. Storm and Skye includes short chapters that are meant to mimic real physical children’s books. This way your child can enjoy a chapter or two and then later on pick up where they left off.

Storm & Skye – An Animated Magical Adventure Story for Kids is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 47 ratings.

Star Trek ® – Wrath of Gems ($9.99 → Free, 146.9 MB): Take on Klingons, Cardassians, and Romulans in match-three duels in Star Trek – Wrath of Gems. It offers a fun strategic mix of match-three and RPG elements.

Starting today and going through Saturday, all new players will receive a free premium card pack worth $10. The pack will award you with 10 random characters or starships, which will help you progress even faster.
You don’t have to be a fan of Star Trek to enjoy this hybrid match-three game. The basic gameplay mechanics are quite familiar, requiring you to swap gems to create matches of three or more. But instead of going for a high score, you’re going to try to defeat your enemies by matching gems to fire your weapons, build up your defenses, and unleash special attacks. Just be aware that you share the board with your opponent. This adds another layer of strategy since you’ll want to avoid creating easy matches for them. The cards you earn can be used to upgrade your crew and your starships.

Star Trek ® – Wrath of Gems is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 1308 ratings.

Word Mess ($2.99 → Free, 12.4 MB): Go on the hunt for words in this seek and find game. Word Mess can be thoroughly enjoyed by anyone looking to improve their visual scanning abilities and vocabulary.

We like Word Mess because it’s accessible to gamers of all ages. At the beginning of each round you’re presented with a word or type of word that must be discovered among the mess. You have a limited amount of time to track it down and tap on it. You’re able to play all on your own or compete with your friends in head-to-head battles. You’re also able to compare your skills via Game Center.

Word Mess is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 678 ratings.

5coins – Spend Everyday ($1.99 → Free, 5.3 MB): Find out where all of your money is going with this finance app. It’s designed for anyone who wants to keep track of their daily expenses.

Unlike similar finance apps, 5coins doesn’t try to do it all. Instead, it focuses on just what you spend on a daily basis. No jumping through multiple screens to perform a single task. Just swipe down on the screen to enter a value and attach a note. The app will keep a running total of everything you’ve spent, and you can view your expense history with an upward swipe. 5coins is able to alert you when you’re spending too much and have a chance of going over-budget.

5coins – Spend Everyday is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 534 ratings.

That concludes today’s issue of Apps Gone Free. If you like staying on top of these daily deals, don’t forget to check out our free AppsGoneFree app. It provides all the deals each day, and even an archive of past deals that are still active.

Developers:

If you are a developer who would like to get your app included in our “Apps Gone Free” daily lists, here’s our basic set of rules:

  • It must have at least a three-star average rating at the time it goes free.
  • The app must not have been free numerous times (3+) over the last six months.
  • The free version of your app must not include ads.

To submit an app, simply send a request to tyler@appadvice.com with the subject “Apps Gone Free.” Please include the name of the app, a link to it in the App Store, when and for how long you intend to offer the app for free, and anything else you would like to share. We will take it from there.

Mentioned apps

Free
The Wonder Cat
The Wonder Cat
Futujoy
Free
Bogga Easter
Bogga Easter
Boggatap
Free
Loan Calculator — What If?
Loan Calculator — What If?
Matthew King
Free
Frame Artist Pro - Photo Collage Editor - Design Scrapbook by Pic Layout and FX Filters For Instagram
Frame Artist Pro - Photo Collage Editor - Design Scrapbook by Pic Layout and FX Filters For Instagram
Darinsoft
Free
Storm & Skye - An Animated Magical Adventure Story for Kids
Storm & Skye - An Animated Magical Adventure Story for Kids
digimoo studios
Free
Star Trek ® - Wrath of Gems
Star Trek ® - Wrath of Gems
Genera Mobile
Free
Word Mess
Word Mess
Masala Games
Free
5coins - Spend Everyday
5coins - Spend Everyday
Yuzhou Zhu

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