Today’s Apps Gone Free: Argus, Slide Tetromino, Longbox and More

Track your everyday fitness activities, solve sliding puzzles, and manage your comics with today’s collection of apps and games.

All app prices are subject to change at any time and without notice regardless of stated free duration. Price changes are solely under the control of the developers.

iPhone:

Color Query Pro ($1.99 → Free, 18.8 MB): Discover colors with Color Query. Designers, painters, and decorators.

Color Query puts you in the know. Just point your iPhone at a wall or other object and snap a photo. Color Query will analyze the photo to determine its name and properties like RGB, CMYK, HSB, and HEX. You’re also able to compare colors to five standard pallets, adjust colors, view variations, and save up to 15 samples.

Color Query Pro is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 10 ratings.

Longbox – A place for your comics ($1.99 → Free, 11.3 MB): Manage your comic pull list with Longbox. Comic book readers.

Every comic fan has a pull list. Longbox helps you keep track of it. You’re able to search for titles by name, or you can browse the current week’s new releases. If something piques your interest, tap to view more information like a synopsis, variant covers, stock number, and diamond code. Comics can also be shared with friends via your favorite methods.

Longbox – A place for your comics is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 13 ratings.

Argus Pedometer & Step Counter ($1.99 → Free, 17.1 MB): Track your everyday fitness activities and achieve your goals with Argus. Those who want to push themselves.

Argus will keep you honest about your fitness. Set goals, put your iPhone in your pocket, and get to work. Argus will track your activity throughout the day and notify you when you’ve achieved your distance, calorie, and step goals. The app also generates weekly reports and allows you to export the data.

Argus Pedometer & Step Counter is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 15 ratings.

Universal:

Slide Tetromino Premium ($0.99 → Free, 100.6 MB): Collect keys by melting the ice around them in Slide Tetromino. Fans of sliding puzzle games.

Each level includes a single flame, movable pieces, and very little room to operate in. It’s up to you to slide the pieces every which way in order to create a path from the frozen key to the flame. Levels aren’t timed, but your moves will be counted. The game includes a total of 100 levels.

Slide Tetromino Premium is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 512 ratings.

That concludes today’s issue of Apps Gone Free. If you like staying on top of these daily deals, don’t forget to check out our free AppsGoneFree app. It provides all the deals each day, and even an archive of past deals that are still active.

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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