Today’s Apps Gone Free: The Interactive Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Calendarium, Baby Lava Bounce and More

Experience Sherlock Holmes in a whole new way, measure the distance between points, and bounce baby lavas across a tropical landscape with today’s collection of apps and games.

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Universal:

Maps of States in U.S.A. stickers by Şebnem ($0.99 → Free, 32.3 MB): Show where you’ve been or where you’re headed with Maps of States in U.S.A. sticker pack. Expand your sticker collection.

Maps of States in U.S.A. includes all 50 states. Each state is represented as a colorful outline. The stickers include the name of the state along with the abbreviation, which are artistically contoured around the outlines. Just peel and stick.

Maps of States in U.S.A. stickers by Şebnem is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 6 ratings.

Baby Lava Bounce ($0.99 → Free, 23.3 MB): Bounce baby lavas across a tropical landscape in Baby Lava Bounce. It’s for fans of one-touch gameplay.

Baby lavas want nothing more than to live fast and die young. It’s up to you to help them do just that. Once a baby lava is released from the confines of the volcano, tap to bounce it off of the islands below. You can refuel the baby lava by colliding with things like palm trees, cars, cows, and more. Time your taps just right in order to ride up hills into the atmosphere and cover even more distance. Avoid the water at all costs.

Baby Lava Bounce is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 26 ratings.

Calendarium – Everything about this day ($0.99 → Free, 52.4 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 364 ratings.

The Interactive Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ($2.99 → Free, 264.2 MB): Enjoy the very first Sherlock Holmes adventure with this highly interactive reading experience. It’s for the young and old.

The Interactive Adventures of Sherlock Holmes brings Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tale to life. In Scandal in Bohemia, the first of his Sherlock Holmes adventures, you get to experience over an hour of interactive stories. Pages are filled with more than 50 illustrations and 65 animations. Swipe, shake, and rotate your device to uncover all kinds of juicy secrets. The app also includes a variety of extras, more than 25 minutes of original music, and support for English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

The Interactive Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 41 ratings.

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