Today’s Apps Gone Free: Augmented Reality Solar System, Draw in 3D, Calendarium and More
Explore the solar system in your living room, create 3-D works of art, and discover historical events with today’s collection of apps and games.
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iPhone:Blinq: Simple Expense Tracker Spendings Analytics ($0.99 → Free, 55.9 MB): Keep your finances in order with Blinq. Those on a budget.
Blinq makes it easy to track where your money is going. Before you do anything, you’ll want to choose your currency, determine a budget, and create expense categories that match the way you spend your money. Then every time money leaves your hand, simply record it within the app or from your Apple Watch. Blinq provides visual queues to ensure you know where you’re money is going and when you’re about to break the bank. The app also includes Touch ID support.
Blinq: Simple Expense Tracker Spendings Analytics is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3-star rating with a total of 9 ratings.
Universal:Calendarium – Everything about this day ($0.99 → Free, 54.5 MB): Discover historical events and holidays that happened on this day with this reference app. Anyone interested in learning something new each and everyday.
Calendarium helps you live in the present and the past. The top portion of the screen displays today’s date, the week of the year, sunrise and sunset times, and the number of days that have passed and are left in the year. The bottom portion includes all of the historical events and major holidays that occurred on this very day. Tap and hold on an event or holiday to share it via Twitter, Facebook, Messages, or email.
Calendarium – Everything about this day is available for free today only (10/08). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 557 ratings.
Augmented Reality Solar System ($0.99 → Free, 57.1 MB): Explore the planets in your own living room with Augmented Reality Solar System. Curious minds.
Augmented Reality Solar System will provide you with an idea of just how small we are. Launch the app and point your camera at any flat surface. The entire solar system will appear in your view, complete with realistic sun lighting. You can change the scale of the planets and their orbits as well.
Augmented Reality Solar System is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 5 ratings.
Week Calendar Widget Pro ($1.99 → Free, 8.8 MB): View all of your calendar events from the Today view with Week Widget. Those who are always looking for new ways to save some time.
Week Widget isn’t a standard calendar app in any way, shape, or form. It taps into your iDevice’s native calendar app in order to populate a Today view widget with everything that’s coming up on your schedule. When you launch the app itself, you’re greeted with ways to customize the look and content of the widget. Week Widget includes a day timeline, a week timeline, and the ability to scroll through days and weeks.
Week Calendar Widget Pro is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 67 ratings.
iPad:Draw in 3d ($0.99 → Free, 79.3 MB): Anyone can create amazing works of art with Draw in 3D. Those who have always wanted to try 3-D modeling.
Even if you lack artistic talent, you’ll be creating awesome 3-D art in no time thanks to the app’s intuitive controls. Draw in 3D starts off with a brief tutorial in order to make sure you understand how to set depth anchors and view different planes. Then put your finger to the screen and start creating. The app allows you to freely rotate and move the camera using two and three finger gestures. Once you have something you’re proud of, you’re able to share a static image or a link to your creation in full 3-D. The app even supports 3-D printing in case you have access to that sort of thing.
Draw in 3d is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 70 ratings.
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