Today’s Apps Gone Free: Guitar Tuner, Sea of Giants, ScanBee and More

Ensure your guitar sounds just right, head out on a magical journey, and turn your iDevice into a portable scanner with today’s collection of apps and games.

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iPhone:

Change – Currency Converter | Foreign Exchange Rates ($0.99 → Free, 40.8 MB): Convert currencies in a snap with Change. Frequent travelers.

Change adds a bit of a style to a normally dull app category. You’re able to choose the currencies you’re converting from and to by swiping across the fields at the top of the screen. As you swipe, you’ll see the conversions instantly performed. You’re also able to reorder, activate, and deactivate currencies by tapping on the “+” button at the bottom of the screen. Change includes a total of 85 currencies.

Change – Currency Converter | Foreign Exchange Rates is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 32 ratings.

Universal:

ScanBee – Scanner & copier to digitize your papers ($2.99 → Free, 4.7 MB): ScanBee is an easy to use portable scanner. Anyone who needs to scan and save documents as PDFs.

ScanBee’s interface is clutter-free, making it easy to get the job done quickly. Just tap the “New Scan” button at the bottom of the screen and snap a photo of your document. You’re then able to manually adjust the borders and crop it down. Multiple scans can be included in a single PDF file, and you’re able to share them via email or open them within other apps. Scans can also be stored within ScanBee for later use.

ScanBee – Scanner & copier to digitize your papers is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 72 ratings.

Guitar Tuner+ Tuning Simplified ($2.99 → Free, 38.0 MB): Ensure your guitar sounds just right with Guitar Tuner+. Musicians of every level.

Guitar Tuner+ is all about simplicity. It automatically hears the string you are tuning and expands the area for maximum visibility. After you’re done tuning a string, you’ll see its last tuned position represented as a line. Tap on a note to play a reference pitch to help tune by ear. The app includes adjustable fine tuning, 25 alternate tunings, light and dark themes, and iPad split screen support.

Guitar Tuner+ Tuning Simplified is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 5 ratings.

Escaping Blocks ($0.99 → Free, 10.8 MB): Find out how far you can travel through a world of blocks in Escaping Blocks. Fans of endless distance games.

In a world of blocks, there’s only one thing to do: Run! You play as a simple stickman capable of running across and jumping over an assortment of blocks. Blocks are made up of a variety of colors, most of which are safe to touch, except for the black ones. Simply tap to jump over and swipe to glide underneath them. Go as far as you can to achieve a high score. New characters can be unlocked by discovering special coins and traveling great distances.

Escaping Blocks is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 5 ratings.

Sea Of Giants: Explore A Secret Island ($0.99 → Free, 104.3 MB): Head out on a magical journey in search of your long lost mother in Sea of Giants. Fans of point-and-click adventure games.

The story begins on a dark and stormy night in your mother’s house where you discover a letter that may lead you to her whereabouts. It’s up to you to travel across exotic and uncharted lands gathering items and searching for clues in order to reunite with your mother. The game includes two levels of difficulty, in-game hints, and five languages to choose from.

Sea Of Giants: Explore A Secret Island is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 79 ratings.

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