Today’s Apps Gone Free: Slidercrash, Heliox, Orca Puzzles and More

Solve complex sliding puzzles, navigate a small chopper through challenging landscapes, and put together orca puzzles with today’s collection of apps and games.

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Universal:

Orca Puzzles for Kids Jigsaw Wonder Edition ($1.99 → Free, 53.1 MB): Put together spectacular nature puzzles in Orca Puzzles. The whole family.

You won’t be able to resist the wonder of this jigsaw puzzle game. Each of the 30 jigsaw puzzles features a breathtaking orca photo to reconstruct. The jigsaw puzzles can be broken up into as few as four pieces and as many as 24. You’re also able to choose whether or not you want a colored background and outline hints. What more could you ask for?

Orca Puzzles for Kids Jigsaw Wonder Edition is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 7 ratings.

Heliox ($0.99 → Free, 98.1 MB): Help a small chopper get back to his family in Heliox. Fans of one-touch games.

A little chopper is lost in a dark world full of obstacles and adversaries. It’s your job to help him safely reach the end of each level without running out of health. Touch and drag your finger to control the vertical movement of the helicopter. He’ll automatically fire upon any enemy in his way. The game includes 25 levels, iCloud syncing, and leaderboards.

Heliox is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 6 ratings.

Slidercrash ($1.99 → Free, 42.2 MB): Solve sliding puzzles in Slidercrash. Fans of logic puzzles.

Slidercrash takes the sliding puzzle genre and cranks it up to 11. The goal is to ram matching sliders into each other in order to cancel them out as quickly as possible. You’re able to bounce non-matching sliders off of each other to achieve your goal while also utilizing walls, rails, mirrors, switches, and more. The game includes 60 challenging levels.

Slidercrash is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 6 ratings.

iPad:

Drawn To Kill ($0.99 → Free, 51.6 MB): Hit targets with supreme accuracy in Drawn To Kill. Fans of arcade games.

Drawn To Kill’s simple yet effective gameplay will draw you in. Play as an archer and develop your skills as you track down the dastardly Mac Thundergut. Simply pull back on the arrow with your finger and release to fire. Hit the bullseye in order to earn a perfect rating. You’ll see a temporary path for each shot, allowing you to make slight yet quick adjustments on the fly. The game includes two playable characters, 10 levels, an unlockable challenge mode, and online leaderboards.

Drawn To Kill is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 23 ratings.

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Developers:

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It must have at least a three-star average rating at the time it goes free.
The app must not have been free numerous times (3+) over the last six months.
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