Today’s Apps Gone Free: Forecast Bar, Magic Launcher, Dwelp and More
Receive local live weather forecasts, launch apps and actions from your lock screen, and connect the dots with today’s collection of apps and games.
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Universal:Farm Story Maker Activity Game for Kids and Toddlers Premium ($2.99 → Free, 37.7 MB): Put together scenes with Lily and her furry friends in Lily’s Farm Animal Stickers. It’s great for children ages five and under.
There’s so much to do on Lily’s farm. Your child is able to choose from nine different base scenes and populate their favorites with over 100 fun and cuddly stickers. The stickers can be placed anywhere in the scene with a drag and drop, and they can be resized and rotated with common gestures. Tap on a sticker to bring it to life. Stickers are sorted be category, so it’s easy for your child to find exactly what they’re looking for.
Farm Story Maker Activity Game for Kids and Toddlers Premium is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 21 ratings.
Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon ($1.99 → Free, 13.7 MB): Turn your photos into drawings, cartoons, or sketches with Sketch Me. It’s for anyone who wants to give their photos a completely different look.
Sketch Me doesn’t require a lot of tinkering. All you need to do is import a photo from your library or take a new one from within the app. Then tap on one of the 19 effects and enjoy the results. If you choose to, you can adjust other parameters like contrast and brightness. Sketch Me also includes 18 shapes that can be applied in order to show off the distinct effects.
Sketch Me! Sketch&Cartoon is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 212 ratings.
Dwelp ($1.99 → Free, 6.5 MB): An elegant and delightful puzzle game that has you connecting dots. It’s for those who enjoy solving logic puzzles at their own pace.
Dwelp is familiar yet unique. The idea is to link same-colored dots in as few moves as possible by placing them next to each other. The catch, however, is that once two dots have been linked up, the rest of the same color will become locked in place. Each puzzle has more than one solution, but your ultimate goal is to find the one with the least amount of moves. You’re able to undo moves at any time. The game includes a total of 120 hand-crafted puzzles.
Dwelp is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 5146 ratings.
Forecast Bar – Weather, Radar, and Alerts ($3.99 → Free, 141.8 MB): Receive hyper local live weather forecasts with Forecast Bar. It’s a weather watcher’s dream come true.
Forecast Bar aims to be the last weather app you’ll ever need. It allows you to customize the weather summary with any combination of 20 data points including everything from wind speeds to the location of the nearest storms. Forecast Bar also includes a variety of icons and backgrounds to choose from, a fully customizable widget, Apple Watch support, animated radar, and 3D Touch support.
Forecast Bar – Weather, Radar, and Alerts is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 128 ratings.
Pocket Earth PRO Offline Maps & Travel Guides ($4.99 → Free, 49.5 MB): Always know where you’re going even without an internet connection with Pocket Earth. It’s perfect for those who travel outside of their cellular service area or those who are concerned about going over their data limit.
No matter where you are, Pocket Earth will help you find your way thanks to its huge database that includes more than 100,000 locations and points of interest. Before heading out on your adventure, we recommend downloading your maps ahead of time. The storage space they take up is remarkably small. You’re able to search maps while offline, create routes, pin locations, share your current location, and even receive turn-by-turn directions.
Pocket Earth PRO Offline Maps & Travel Guides is available for free today only (10/07). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 702 ratings.
Magic Launcher Pro – Launch anything Instantly ($2.99 → Free, 79.0 MB): Launch apps and actions from your lock screen with Magic Launcher. It’ll change the way you use your iDevice.
Magic Launcher has the ability to launch over 100,000 different apps and actions right from your lock screen. Upon launch it’ll need to determine which apps are supported. After it has finished you’ll able to add quick access icons for your favorite apps, contacts, settings, and services to your lock screen. The app also includes 3D Touch support.
Magic Launcher Pro – Launch anything Instantly is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 14 ratings.
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