Today’s apps gone free: Smart PDF Scanner, GeoTrend, Vidblend and more

Scan documents with your iDevice, view statistical trends, and blend your videos with today’s collection of apps and games.

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iPhone:

Smart PDF Scanner: Scan Documents to PDF ($4.99 → Free, 4.9 MB): Ditch your home or office scanner and utilize your iDevice instead with Smart PDF Scanner. It’s ideal for business professionals and anyone else in need of turning physical documents into digital copies.

Smart PDF Scanner is perfect for all your scanning needs. Its powerful capturing and rendering engine ensures you’ll come out with crystal clear scans every time. It’s able to automatically detect the edges of your document, and you can manually change the parameters afterward if need be. Smart PDF Scanner utilizes a simple tagging system, allowing you to color code categories and properly sort your scans. Scans can be shared via email or AirDrop, or you can upload them to the cloud.

Smart PDF Scanner: Scan Documents to PDF is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 83 ratings.

GeoTrend ($1.99 → Free, 1.4 MB): Compare stats from countries all over the world with GeoTrend. Curious minds will be delighted.

GeoTrend taps into data servers worldwide in order to provide the most current statistics possible. It offers more than 25 comparison modes including population, energy consumption, military expenditures, fertility rates, gas prices, and arms exports. Just choose two of the more than 175 included territories and countries and absorb the data.

GeoTrend is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 9 ratings.

Universal:

My Water Balance - Hydration daily tracker & drink water reminder ($0.99 → Free, 30.1 MB): Stay happy and healthy with My Water Balance. It’s for anyone who wants to ensure they drink enough fluids.

The human body is made up of around 60 percent of water, so it’s clearly vital to your health. My Water Balance will ensure you drink enough by helping you track your intake throughout the day. Unlike similar apps, it allows you to record any type of fluid. It also allows you to receive notifications, earn rewards, and record data to the Apple Health app.

My Water Balance - Hydration daily tracker & drink water reminder is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 231 ratings.

Vidblend Video Blender: Merge & blend video clips into one single video & share on Instagram,Facebook & Vine ($1.99 → Free, 13.0 MB): Combine two videos to make one amazing movie with Vidblend. It’s for iPhoneographers with a desire to get creative.

Vidblend turns the ordinary into extraordinary. Start off by choosing a background video and a foreground video. They can either be imported from your library or recorded right form within the app. Vidblend will automatically combine your videos, and you can then tinker with the single merged video by applying filters, sounds, and blend effects.

Vidblend Video Blender: Merge & blend video clips into one single video & share on Instagram,Facebook & Vine is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 23 ratings.

Compass++ Digital PRO – Get a great looking compass! ($9.99 → Free, 64.7 MB): This navigation app will point you in the right direction. It’s ideal for iPad users since the device lacks a native compass app.

Compass allows you to view true north coordinates, magnetic north coordinates, and the general direction you are heading all on the same screen. Tap the middle of the screen to switch to the compass view. You’re able to switch between the 15 different themes by swiping left or right. The app also includes a built-in flashlight.

Compass++ Digital PRO – Get a great looking compass! is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 61 ratings.

Critter Escape ($0.99 → Free, 116.9 MB): Play as a test specimen and break out of a secret research facility in Critter Escape. It’s for fans of stealth-based games.

You’re able to draw your critter’s path through the environments, or you can have it simply follow your finger around the screen. Try to complete challenges while avoiding the many guards before reaching the exit to earn a perfect rating. The game includes more than 120 levels, power-ups, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Critter Escape is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 1522 ratings.

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