Today’s Apps Gone Free: Text Mess, Chameleon Run, Duncan and More

Turn your words into art, run while fitting into your surroundings, and share adorable animated stickers with today’s collection of apps and games.

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Universal:

Dino Rush ($0.99 → Free, 172.9 MB): Help Dundy the dinosaur make his way through the tropical wilderness in Dino Rush. Fans of endless distance games.

Tap on the screen to cause Dundy to jump and fly over obstacles. You must continue to eat fruit to keep his energy levels and his speed up. Fail to do so and poor little Dundy will run out of energy and pass out. The game includes five worlds to explore, multiple characters to unlock, power-ups, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Dino Rush is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 5081 ratings.

Text Mess – turn your messages into art ($1.99 → Free, 12.2 MB): Turn your words into art with Text Mess. Basically anyone who wants to send a message.

Text Mess is able to generate art from your personal messages. Simply launch the Messages app and access Text Mess. Then type out a message with spaces between each word. You’re able to utilize emojis as well if you wish. You can then choose a shape, font, color, and text arrangement before generating your image. Your creations can be sent as messages, stickers, or saved as images and used elsewhere.

Text Mess – turn your messages into art is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 9 ratings.

Chameleon Run ($1.99 → Free, 91.4 MB): Run, jump, and switch colors in order to reach the end in Chameleon Run. Want a challenging platformer to sink some time into.

Chameleon Run may look like every other autorunner in the App Store, but looks can be deceiving. The game has you speeding through worlds filled with yellow and purple platforms. Tap on the right side of the screen to jump and double jump over chasms and obstacles. Tap on the left side of the screen to switch between the two colors. The color of your character must match the color of the platform you’re jumping on to, otherwise you’ll have to start all over. The game includes three objectives per level, allowing for max replayability.

Chameleon Run is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 1681 ratings.

Duncan – The Silly Duck ($0.99 → Free, 8.7 MB): Get your point across by sending silly duck stickers with Duncan. Anyone who wants to expand their sticker collection.

Duncan is one silly, and ridiculously adorable, duck. The 24 animated stickers included in this pack will help you tell friends and family you’re hard at work, hungry, angry, having a good time, working out, and more without ever typing a word. Just peel and stick.

Duncan – The Silly Duck is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 8 ratings.

Farm Animal Games and Barnyard Puzzles for Kids HD Free – Best Preschool Activity and Jigsaw Fun for Toddlers and Families ($1.99 → Free, 19.9 MB): A puzzle game that has your child completing a variety of farm scenes. Children will love the positive feedback.

Today only: Unlock everything free of charge! Simply tap the “Unlock” button on the main screen, and enter the provided passcode to confirm your action. All current and future puzzles will be available to you and your child free of charge.
Puzzle pieces appear in the top right corner of the screen, and your child must drag and drop them into the proper cutout space. As each piece is placed, a new piece and cutout will appear. The game includes a variety of adorable animal characters that react in different ways.

Farm Animal Games and Barnyard Puzzles for Kids HD Free – Best Preschool Activity and Jigsaw Fun for Toddlers and Families is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 43 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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