Today’s Apps Gone Free: Build With Grandpa, Spite and Malice, Stackables and More

Build With Grandpa, play a game of cards, and transform photos by stacking layers of effects, textures, and filters with today’s collection of apps and games.

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iPhone:

Stackables – Layered Textures, Effects, and Masks ($1.99 → Free, 164.7 MB): Transform your photos by stacking layers upon layers of effects, textures, and filters with Stackables. iPhoneographers of all levels thanks to its flexibility.

Choose any photo from your library or take a new one from within the app. You’ll then see a scrollable list of more than 200 unique effects, filters, and textures appear down the right-hand side of the screen. Stackables allows you to apply as many or as few of these as you like by creating separate layers for each. The layers can be customized in a variety of ways, and you’re able to rearrange them after the fact by dragging and dropping them into place. The app also includes 20 professional adjustment tools, the ability to create your own formulas and share them via email, and three resolutions to choose from.

Stackables – Layered Textures, Effects, and Masks is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 348 ratings.

Universal:

Shutterfly: Prints, Photo Books, Cards Made Easy ($1.99 → Free, 131.2 MB): Manage your photos and turn them into personalized memories with Shutterfly. Anyone who wants to share a moment.

Shutterfly allows you to make one-of-a-kind creations in mere minutes. You’re able to upload an unlimited number of photos from your photo library, or import photos from Facebook or Instagram. Once photos have been uploaded to Shutterfly, you can access them from anywhere. Shutterfly features a vast number of ways to share your memories including as prints, books, cards, stationary, mouse pads, puzzles, mugs, and more. You’re able to order unlimited 4×6 and 4×4 prints for free through the app. You just have to pay tax and shipping.

Shutterfly: Prints, Photo Books, Cards Made Easy is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 53183 ratings.

Chinese Checkers ($1.99 → Free, 45.3 MB): The ultimate digital version of Chinese Checkers. Anyone looking to entertain this holiday weekend.

This is our favorite version of Chinese Checkers since there are so many ways to play. You’re able to choose from three different board styles and then guide your bugs or koi fish across the board to win. All of the usual rules apply, but in case you’re not overly familiar with the game, there is a training mode available. As for the ways to play, you can take on computer controlled opponents, play against friends on the same iDevice, play locally via Bluetooth, or head online and challenge friends via Game Center.

Chinese Checkers is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 633 ratings.

Spite & Malice HD ($4.99 → Free, 71.7 MB): This game of cards is full of spite and malice. Anyone who enjoys going head-to-head with friends in turn-based card games.

Unleash your inner demon with the fiendishly fun Spite & Malice. Your goal is to be the first person to play all of the cards from your own pile by placing them on the middle piles in numerical order. Don’t worry about the suits of the cards because in Spite & Malice they don’t mean a thing. Just remember that the best way to beat your opponent is to block them from ever playing their cards. The game includes a single player mode, and online real-time and turn-based multiplayer.

Spite & Malice HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 2931 ratings.

Solitaire King ($4.99 → Free, 27.6 MB): Prove you’re a solitaire pro by competing for the top spots on the leaderboards in Solitaire King. Anyone who enjoys playing cards.

There’s a version of Solitaire for everyone in Solitaire King. It includes 16 unique game types, all of which sport their own Game Center leaderboards and achievements. When you do obtain that ultimate high score, send a Game Center challenge to a friend and see if they can best it. Solitaire King also helps you branch out by including rules and tips for each and every game type.

Solitaire King is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3-star rating with a total of 871 ratings.

Build With Grandpa ($2.99 → Free, 87.8 MB): Your little ones get to Build With Grandpa with this educational app. Children ages five through nine.

Build With Grandpa is loaded with activities for your little ones to enjoy. On their adventure they’ll get to demolish an old house, clear the lot with a bulldozer, design a new house using blueprints, mix cement, choose equipment, piece together walls, and paint and decorate the finished house. Grandpa will guide them along the way, so you can just hand off your iDevice and let your child enjoy. The app includes six educational mini-games, seven interactive activities, and loads of fascinating videos about building narrated by Grandpa.

Build With Grandpa is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 5 ratings.

iPad:

Stackables for iPad – Layered Textures, Effects, and Masks ($1.99 → Free, 153.9 MB): Transform your photos by stacking layers upon layers of effects, textures, and filters with Stackables. iPadographers of all levels thanks to its flexibility.

Choose any photo from your library or take a new one from within the app. You’ll then see a scrollable list of more than 200 unique effects, filters, and textures appear down the right-hand side of the screen. Stackables allows you to apply as many or as few of these as you like by creating separate layers for each. The layers can be customized in a variety of ways, and you’re able to rearrange them after the fact by dragging and dropping them into place. The app also includes 20 professional adjustment tools, the ability to create your own formulas and share them via email, and three resolutions to choose from.

Stackables for iPad – Layered Textures, Effects, and Masks is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 230 ratings.

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