Today’s Apps Gone Free: Train Conductor 2, Intro to Cursive, Color Query and More

Guide trains safely around tracks, teach your child cursive, and discover colors with today’s collection of apps and games.

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iPhone:

Color Query Pro ($2.99 → Free, 20.3 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 4.5-star rating with a total of 12 ratings.

Universal:

Train Conductor 2: USA ($2.99 → Free, 28.9 MB): Put on your conductor hat and guide trains safely around the tracks in this strategic puzzle game. Casual gamers who prefer simple one-touch gameplay.

Train Conductor has some brilliantly simple gameplay, which is also what makes it so much fun. Trains enter the screen from both sides with numbers attached to them. You must safely guide them to their matching track with a swipe without causing a massive collision. You’re able to stop a train in its tracks with a tap, but don’t wait too long because more trains are on their way. The game includes a variety of locations to visit, and Game Center integration.

Train Conductor 2: USA is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 4399 ratings.

Montessorium: Intro to Math ($4.99 → Free, 118.4 MB): Learn to read, write, and understand numbers with Intro to Math. Children five and under.

Intro to Math includes five main educational activities: Red Rods, Number Rods, Sandpaper Numbers, Number Rods and Cards, and Numbers and Counters. The activities will not only teach your child how to read and write numbers from one through nine but also sequence, order, and spatial relationships.

Montessorium: Intro to Math is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 381 ratings.

Montessorium: Intro to Cursive ($3.99 → Free, 86.6 MB): Teach your child cursive with Intro to Cursive. Children five and under.

Intro to Cursive will not only teach your child how to write in cursive but also the sounds the letters make. The app includes three main educational activities: Uppercase, Lowercase, and Sandbox. The guided activities will help your child develop fine motor skills and practice pronunciation.

Montessorium: Intro to Cursive is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 35 ratings.

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