Today’s Apps Gone Free: Carmageddon, Hungry Squid, Rabbit Hole and More

Unleash vehicular carnage, save the universe from an epic collapse, and visualize your music with today’s collection of apps and games.

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iPhone:

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 28 ratings.

Universal:

Music Visualizer ~ Rabbit Hole ($2.99 → Free, 5.2 MB): Visualize your music with Rabbit Hole. It’s great for social settings.

Rabbit Hole allows you to load any song or playlist from your library. Then hit play and turn the visualizer to full screen mode. The beats, tempo, and general mood of the music will be represented by shapes and color patterns that will delight the senses. Rabbit Hole is also able to access your microphone and visualize audio in the room. Rabbit Hole’s visualizer can be customized in a variety of ways in order to provide different experiences.

Music Visualizer ~ Rabbit Hole is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 176 ratings.

Coloring Farm Touch To Color Activity Coloring Book For Kids and Family Preschool Ultimate Edition ($2.99 → Free, 18.8 MB): Make the lives of the farm animals a little more colorful in Coloring Farm. It’s an interactive coloring book designed for toddlers.

Your child can fill in more than 10 different scenes just by tapping on the colorless canvases. As your child works their way through each scene, new interactive creatures and items will appear. The app also includes helpful hints, so even young children can join in on the fun.

Coloring Farm Touch To Color Activity Coloring Book For Kids and Family Preschool Ultimate Edition is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 35 ratings.

Hack RUN ($2.99 → Free, 9.2 MB): An adventure game that requires you to hack into a mysterious organization’s computer system to uncover their secrets. It’s for those who have always wanted to be hackers and enjoy text-based games.

Hack Run is about as old school as you can get. You’re required to use command prompts to dig deeper into the system, and you’ll be rewarded for discovering new information. The game includes more than 50 levels, a list of your achievements, and tips and tricks in case you get stuck.

Hack RUN is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 874 ratings.

Calendarium – Everything about this day ($0.99 → Free, 21.6 MB): Discover historical events and holidays that happened on this day with this reference app. It’s for anyone interested in learning something new each and everyday.

Calendarium helps you live in the present and the past. The top portion of the screen displays today’s date, the week of the year, sunrise and sunset times, and the number of days that have passed and are left in the year. The bottom portion includes all of the historical events and major holidays that occurred on this very day. Tap and hold on an event or holiday to share it via Twitter, Facebook, Messages, or email.

Calendarium – Everything about this day is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 350 ratings.

Hungry Squid ($1.99 → Free, 106.7 MB): Save the universe from an epic collapse in Hungry Squid. It’s for fans of logic puzzle games.

Your goal is to get as much of the squid ink off of the grid as possible by rearranging tiles. Tiles have different symbols on them, indicating where the ink will travel from that point on. You must move the tiles as quickly as you can since the clock is always ticking. The game includes six chapters, 90 levels, three modes, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Hungry Squid is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 150 ratings.

Carmageddon ($0.99 → Free, 108.6 MB): Unleash vehicular carnage in Carmageddon. It’s ideal for fans of over-the-top action.

Carmageddon definitely isn’t for everyone. There’s heaps of violence and foul language, but that’s what also makes it so much fun. Jump behind the wheel of your automotive killing machine and complete three different objectives to earn a perfect rating in each level. Upgrade your vehicle to achieve maximum killing efficiency and avoid getting wiped out yourself. The game includes 11 environments, 36 levels, 28 crazy opponents, 30 playable vehicles, iCloud support, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Carmageddon is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 5128 ratings.

iPad:

NedTheNeuron ($2.99 → Free, 50.9 MB): This interactive storybook introduces children to the science of the brain. It’s designed for children ages six through 11, but kids of all ages should enjoy it.

Your child can join Ned the Neuron on his first day working in the brain. Along the way he will teach your child about what the brain does, what is is made of, and how we sense touch on our skin. This digital storybook is loaded with 34 pages of colorful content and filled with interactive items. It also includes 35 concepts about the brain, and three mini-games.

NedTheNeuron is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 37 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.

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