Today's Apps Gone Free: Lineup, Cat on a Diet, VBA Guide for Excel and More
Create your own neighborhood soccer association, become better at using Excel, have a handy reference when in a foreign country, and put on your thinking cap to feed two cartoony, animal characters with today’s collection of apps and games.
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iPhone:Lingvo PhraseBooks : Spanish, German, Italian, French, English and Russian phrasebook ($0.99 → Free, 72.0 MB): Find translations for common phrases in Spanish, German, Italian, French and Russian. . Casual International travelers.
Lingvo helps you communicate some of the most common, basic greetings, requests, etc with people who speak English, Spanish, German, Italian, French, or Russian. For convenience, the database is split into categories, sub-categories, plus allows searching and bookmarking your favorites, most frequently needed. Additionally, there’s an option for text-to-speech and simplified landscape view.
Lingvo PhraseBooks : Spanish, German, Italian, French, English and Russian phrasebook is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 35 ratings.
Feed the Rats – Real physics! ($0.99 → Free, 66.6 MB): Find a way to send the cheese chunk to the rat. Anyone who needs some causal entertainment.
Raymond the rat wants the cheese, however, he’s having a difficult time getting to it. Help him by determining which crates to bust so that the tasty morsel will fall into Ray’s paws or mouth. Successfully make your way through dozens of stages spanning both the mansion and garden.
Feed the Rats – Real physics! is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 32 ratings.
Universal:VBA Guide For Excel ($1.99 → Free, 18.0 MB): Learn basic and key functions of Excel Visual Basic for Applications with this supremely helpful reference app. It’s perfect for anyone who wants to become more efficient when using Excel.
VBA Guide For Excel will not only save you time, it will also save your sanity. You’re able to browse through its list of 25 guide pages with a swipe. Each page includes a detailed breakdown along with animated images for reference. The app also has more than 35 macro example pages, allowing you to simply copy code and use it for your own projects. Macro examples can be exported via email or Messages, or printed off via AirPrint. VBA Guide For Excel includes a section for storing your own notes, and loads of helpful keyboard shortcuts.
VBA Guide For Excel is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 63 ratings.
Lineup – Football Squad ($0.99 → Free, 6.7 MB): Manage the roster of your own or favorite association football teams or clubs. It’s for fans, players, or coaches of association football, a.k.a. futbol, or soccer.
From the strikers to the goalkeeper, Lineup allows you to see who’s playing what position, and even move them as the game and season progress. The app features a diagram with all key positions on the pitch as well as bench, i.e., substitutions, with portrait photo-centric player icons for easy identification, plus drag and drop repositioning, multiple photo import options, capacity for managing up to five teams, and share to Facebook.
Lineup – Football Squad is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 9 ratings.
Expired (gone back to paid already):Cat on a Diet ($1.99 → Free, 56.6 MB): Aid a pudgy feline on his quest for treats. Those of you who enjoy cute entertainment, cats, and a brain workout.
Dr. Meow is craving something sweet, but he needs your help to acquire it. Slice away at wooden blocks, unscrew bolts, control powerful magnets and explode highly volatile uranium until all three cream topped cookies — per stage — are hit and our plump pussycat lands in the cookie jar. Then, he’ll munch those tasty cookies into dust-sized crumbs and you’ll move on. Remember, timing is the key.
Cat on a Diet is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 194 ratings.
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