Today’s Apps Gone Free: Net Status, Open Bar, Onion Force and More

Keep track of what’s happening on your network, create open bars, and save the last king from impending doom with today’s collection of apps and games.

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Universal:

Nice Trace – traceroute ($1.99 → Free, 12.8 MB): This network utility app allows you to trace the route to a host to discover any possible bottlenecks. It’s for network administrators.

Nice Trace allows you to view a wealth of information including IP address, country origin, percentage of packets lost, average packet round trip time, and reverse hostname. You can also share your results via email.

Nice Trace – traceroute is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 873 ratings.

RBL Status ($1.99 → Free, 2.3 MB): Check your hosts against multiple DNS black hole lists with this utility app. It’s for network administrators.

RBL Status is the only multi-DNSBL checker app for iOS. It allows you to quickly determine which RBLs are currently listing hosts from your monitoring list. You’re also able to share your check results via email. The app works over Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE, and GPRS.

RBL Status is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 75 ratings.

Net Status – remote server monitor ($3.99 → Free, 4.2 MB): Keep track of what’s happening with your hosts, routers, and other network devices connected to the web or LAN with this utility app. It’s for network administrators and anyone else interested in securing local networks.

Net Status automatically scans for running services, and allows you to email the results. You can also manually ping hosts. The app works over Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE, and GPRS.

Net Status – remote server monitor is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 1088 ratings.

Onion Force ($1.99 → Free, 123.8 MB): Save the last king from impending doom in Onion Force. It’s a hybrid tower defense/action game.

Onion Force combines the best elements of the tower defense and action genres to provide you with a rather unique experience. Before each battle you’re able to pick between three playable heroes, each with their own unique abilities. As your enemies descend upon the battlefield, tap to attack. The coins you collect can be used to erect one of eight different tower types to help defend your king. The game includes stylish cartoon graphics, 30 levels, and three difficulty settings.

Onion Force is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 12 ratings.

Open Bar! ($2.99 → Free, 59.7 MB): Drag and drop colorful bars into place in order to line them up in Open Bar. It’s quite the treat for casual puzzle game fans.

Open Bar will provide you with instant gratification. The moment you launch the app you’ll begin to appreciate its slick design and animations. The basic idea of the game is to drag and drop bars onto the board in order to create completed lines of the same color. The bars can be rotated with a tap, and merged when crossed over one another. Each puzzle can be completed in three moves or less, and you’re able to use a hint at any time in case you get stuck.

Open Bar! is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 365 ratings.

Bunny Pop! ($1.99 → Free, 114.6 MB): Recuse the baby bunnies from their bubbly confines in Bunny Pop. It’s today’s sponsored game. It’s for fans of matching games.

The baby bunnies have been captures within colorful bubbles by the wicked wolves. It’s up to you to fight back by launching bubbles at the collection above in order to create matches of three or more. You’re able to earn bonus points and save ammunition by breaking off large chunks of bubbles with matches. The game also includes a wide variety of power-ups to choose from, more than 200 levels, and weekly events.

Bunny Pop! is available for free today only (01/13). It has a 5-star rating with a total of 266 ratings.

Cute Bakery stickers by jiyeon for iMessage ($0.99 → Free, 29.9 MB): Put your love of sweets on full display with Cute Bakery. It’s for anyone with iOS 10 who wants to add to their sticker collection.

With Cute Bakery, there’s always time for sweets. It includes 10 unique stickers that have everything to do with donuts. Now you can tell your friends, family, and coworkers how you really feel and still come across as sweet.

Cute Bakery stickers by jiyeon for iMessage is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 5 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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