Today’s Apps Gone Free: Nimian Legends: BrightRidge, Effexy, Forager and More

Travel through a big and beautiful open world, apply crazy effects to your photos, and lose weight with planned meals with today’s collection of apps and games.

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iPhone:

Yabb: Text Messaging Plus International Calling ($0.99 → Free, 90.0 MB): Stay in touch with friends and family with Yabb. Those who need a unified place to communicate.

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Yabb helps you get social. It allows you to send unlimited text messages to friends and family over 3G, 4G, and even Wi-Fi free of charge. You’re able to better express yourself with stickers, photos, voice messages, animations, videos, and emoticons. Yabb also features local and international calling options, group chat, contact syncing, and even secret messages that can disappear from both devices.

Yabb: Text Messaging Plus International Calling is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 108 ratings.

Tadaa SLR ($3.99 → Free, 27.4 MB): Take fantastic SLR-quality photos with Tadaa SLR. Those who want to put their subject in focus.

Tadaa SLR does most of the heavy lifting for you, but it includes a handful of powerful editing features that will please even the most seasoned iPhoneographers. After taking your photo you’re able to apply a mask to your subject manually or have Tadaa SLR detect the edges automatically. The aperture, highlight and gloss levels, and range of your blur effect can be adjusted via sliders. Circular, linear, and complete blur options are available as well. With your subject fully in focus and background blurred out, go ahead and add some filters before sharing it.

Tadaa SLR is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 566 ratings.

Juggle: Pocket Machine ($0.99 → Free, 10.4 MB): This juggling machine fits right into your pocket. Anyone who wants to work on their hand-eye coordination.

The game features three modes, all of which require you to keep the colored disks in the air by bouncing them off your laser bumper. Disks are constantly being added to the mix, so try to keep as many on the screen as possible to earn bonus points. The game also includes a fantastic retro-inspired look, and leaderboards via Game Center.

Juggle: Pocket Machine is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 133 ratings.

Forager – The Diet Meal Planner and Tracker! ($6.99 → Free, 41.7 MB): Plan your meals and lose weight with Forager. Those who struggle with diets.

Forager’s rapid fat loss diet meal plan lasts 30 to 90 days. The program is designed to help you lose eight to 10 pounds each month through diet alone. Each meal is customized to your body, health, and fitness goals, allowing you to simply choose the foods you want and have Forager take care of the rest. The app includes more than 80 foods, a shopping list, a supplements list, and built-in calorie and macronutrient counters.

Forager – The Diet Meal Planner and Tracker! is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 29 ratings.

Universal:

Nimian Legends : BrightRidge HD ($1.99 → Free, 352.8 MB): Travel through a big and beautiful open world in BrightRidge. Gamers who enjoy exploring.

BrightRidge is whatever you want it to be. You’re able to wander around in a large 3-D world at your own pace. Run through fields. Swim through rivers. Fly through the air. Hunt wild animals. Just explore! The dynamic weather will keep you on your toes while you unlock new abilities and learn the lore of BrightRidge from the locals. The game also allows you to customize the world in a wide variety of ways and snap photos as you go.

Nimian Legends : BrightRidge HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 45 ratings.

Effexy – Photo Effects ($0.99 → Free, 94.3 MB): Turn your photos into works of art with Effexy. Anyone who wants to go hands-on with their photos.

With a name like Effexy, it’s no wonder the app is all about its interactive effects. You’re able to choose from 10 interactive effects, like liquefy, melt, and motion blur, and then drag your finger across your photo to dramatically alter it. Effects and filters can be layered to create something wholly unique. You’re also able to adjust the intensity of each effect and the parameters of your photo. Your creations can be shared via Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, or Instagram.

Effexy – Photo Effects is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 55 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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