Today’s Apps Gone Free: Reckless Racing 3, Help Volty, Cuecard and More

Go on a wild ride, help Volty escape from magical boxes, and visualize your tasks with today’s collection of apps and games.

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iPhone:

Artprint – Personalized Canvas Christmas Gift ($9.99 → Free, 146.3 MB): Transform your photos into artistic canvas paintings with Artprint. They make great gifts.

Artprint includes more than 80 professionally designed effects to choose from. The effects can be previewed through the live camera feed, or you can apply them to any photo in your library. After you’ve made a decision, you can simply save the photo to your camera roll, or you can order a print directly from the app. Photos are printed on a 12 inch by 12 inch canvas. Prints cost $69 and can be shipped anywhere in the world for free.

Artprint – Personalized Canvas Christmas Gift is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 21 ratings.

Cuecard – Visual To-Do List, Tasks & Reminders ($0.99 → Free, 7.1 MB): Visualize your tasks with Cuecard. It provides a fast and easy way to recall tasks.

Cuecard focuses on visual cues instead of text. When recording a new task, simply choose from a vast library of built-in cues or create your own from a photo. You’re able to attach notes if need be, but the idea is to keep things simple. Then whenever you want to see what needs to be done, just glance at your grid of visual cues. Cues that are more important than the rest can be highlighted in red.

Cuecard – Visual To-Do List, Tasks & Reminders is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 25 ratings.

Universal:

Reckless Racing 3 ($2.99 → Free, 747.7 MB): Strap in and get ready for a wild ride in Reckless Racing 3. It’s for fans of top-down racing.

You’re able to compete against AI-controlled opponents in a variety of modes, or you can compete online against your friends. Career mode allows you to earn money, which can be used to purchase and upgrade vehicles. The game includes 60 events in career mode, 24 arcade challenges, 28 vehicles to choose from, iCloud support, full gamepad support, and the ability to record and share videos.

Reckless Racing 3 is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 260 ratings.

Hoopa City ($2.99 → Free, 232.3 MB): Your child is going to have a ton of fun planning and building up Hoopa City. It was designed for children with big imaginations.

Hoopa City allows your child to build their very own city however they like. They can experiment with seven building materials like water, electricity, plants, and brick. Everything can be placed with a tap and it will take on its own form. Progress is saved automatically, and your child can have multiple cities going at once. Hoopa City is free of timers, stressful elements, and rules, so your child can enjoy it however they want.

Hoopa City is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 419 ratings.

iPad:

Help Volty ($2.99 → Free, 180.4 MB): Help Volty escape from magical boxes in this atmospheric puzzle game. It’s for gamers who like to explore on their own.

The game is totally void of menus, pop-ups, tutorials, and even text, so you must utilize visual clues and find your way through each puzzle completely on your own. The series of magical boxes include all kinds of gears to spin, knobs to turn, wires to connect, and other objects that will test your brain and dexterity. Good luck. The game also includes achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Help Volty is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 295 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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