Today’s Apps Gone Free: Alloy, Tiny Tanks, Calc Swift and More

Automate daily tasks, battle tanks, and calculate swiftly 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:

Tape ($0.99 → Free, 23.0 MB): Give your music an 80s look with Tape. Those feeling nostalgic.

Tape will liven up any party. It’s a cassette player emulator that features 16 cassette styles to choose from along with four fonts. The controls are entirely gesture-driven, allowing you to pause, go to the next song, go to the previous song, and change cassettes with swipes.

Tape is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 207 ratings.

Universal:

Alloy – launcher and automator ($4.99 → Free, 82.3 MB): Automate daily tasks and activities with Alloy. Those who want to be more efficient.

Alloy is all about simplification. It allows you to organize and access your favorite apps and automate common tasks. Alloy creates dynamic favorites based on your habits, location, and usage statistics. Common actions, like canned messages or posting photos with watermarks, can be fully automated using Alloy’s sophisticated workflow engine. Alloy comes pre-installed with a wide variety of actions as well.

Alloy – launcher and automator is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 12 ratings.

Tiny Tanks! ($0.99 → Free, 102.1 MB): Fight fire with fire in Tiny Tanks. Fans of classic gameplay.

Tiny Tanks is pure arcade goodness. You’re able to hone your skills by battling through 50 single player levels featuring upgradable tanks and eight unique enemies. Then challenge friends to one vs. one battles on the same device. Tiny Tanks includes three single player modes, two control options, and full stat tracking.

Tiny Tanks! is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 19 ratings.

CALC Swift ($0.99 → Free, 12.2 MB): Crunch numbers faster than ever before with CALC Swift. Students, teachers, and anyone else in need of a powerful calculator.

CALC Swift is a multi-functional scientific calculator that’ll make your daily calculations a breeze. It features both standard basic and scientific calculation functions, which can be accessed with a horizontal swipe. It includes more than 50 advanced functions in all. A history log allows you to pull up numbers at any time and copy them for use in other apps. CALC Swift also includes a widget, Spotlight search, Apple Watch support, and colorful themes to choose from.

CALC Swift is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 43 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.

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