Today’s apps gone free: Bronko Blue, Loving U, Project Reno and more

Ride the wind with an umbrella, tell your love story, and manage your projects with today’s collection of apps and games.

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iPhone:

Loving U (Date Diary / Anniversary) ($1.99 → Free, 3.5 MB): Tell your love story through a personal diary with Loving U. It’s for those who want to reflect.

Start off by creating mini profiles for you and your significant other and record the day you met. The app will keep track of all of the days, months, and years that have passed. Loving U is also able to display the days since you met as an icon badge or within Notification Center. When adding a new entry to your diary, you’re able to attach a photo for reference. You’re also able to get in touch with your significant other through quick link buttons on the main screen, and quickly calculate important dates. The app also includes passcode protections, love quotes, the ability to share entries, and the ability to backup and restore your data via Dropbox.

Loving U (Date Diary / Anniversary) is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 71 ratings.

Project Reno ($1.99 → Free, 23.2 MB): Plan, monitor, and track your projects with this business app. It’s ideal for architects, contractors, and even home owners who are constantly juggling projects.

Project Reno provides you with complete control over all aspects of your projects. You’re able to attach contacts to your projects, provide details, outlines costs, update statuses, and define start and due dates. Photos and geo-location information can be attached as well to provide more context. The projects in your main box can be filtered out by status, number, name, or contact to keep things tidy and help you stay focused.

Project Reno is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 26 ratings.

Universal:

SwipeList Pink ($1.99 → Free, 810.4 KB): Stay on top of your daily tasks with SwipeList Pink. It’s for those who prefer to keep things simple.

SwipeList Pink allows you to create to-do lists, shopping lists, and any other kind of basic list through common gestures. Tasks and items can be created with a downward swipe. Left and right swipes allow you to complete and delete. Tap and hold to reorder tasks and items. Each task and item can also take on a different color by tapping on the right side.

SwipeList Pink is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 7 ratings.

Around The World in 80 Days – Hidden Object Games ($0.99 → Free, 268.5 MB): Go on an adventure around the world in search of hidden objects in Around the World in 80 Days. It’s perfect for casual gamers who want to jump right in and enjoy the fun.

Join Phileas Fogg and his servant Passepartout as they try to travel around the world in 80 days. Their journey starts off in England, and each stop along the way acts as a new scene to search for hidden objects. While searching for objects within a scene you’re able to get a closer look using the usual pinch-to-zoom gesture, and you can receive a hint if you get stuck. Don’t just tap wildly on a scene, as it will cost you points and remove your multiplier. The game includes a total of 20 scenes in all and hundreds of objects to track down.

Around The World in 80 Days – Hidden Object Games is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 308 ratings.

Bronko Blue, the kitten copter ($0.99 → Free, 16.6 MB): An atmospheric side-scroller that has you flying a small blue cat through seasons and nightscapes to collect his lost wool. It’s ideal for gamers who enjoy one-touch gameplay.

Bronko Blue is moody, atmospheric, and a whole lot of fun. Bronko rides the wind with his umbrella. It’s up to you to guide him up, under, and through obstacles by tapping on the screen. As you progress through the game, Bronko will gain new abilities like the ability to light his way and shoot down angry crows, which will make it a lot easier to collect all of those lost balls of wool.

Bronko Blue, the kitten copter is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 28 ratings.

Kids Card Matching Educational Color and Shapes Early Learning Game for Toddlers ($2.99 → Free, 25.4 MB): Your little one can learn to identify colors and shapes with this memory matching game. It’s the perfect addition to your collection if your child enjoys playing education games on your iDevice.

We’re recommending Colors Memory Match today because it’s easy for your child to just pick up and play thanks to its relatable card system. Various amounts of cards will appear on the screen face down. Your child can tap on them to reveal what’s on the flip side. They must find all of the matching pairs of colors and shapes to complete each game. When tapped on, your child is able to hear the color or object pronounced.

Kids Card Matching Educational Color and Shapes Early Learning Game for Toddlers is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 40 ratings.

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