Today’s Apps Gone Free: LeechTunes, PodCruncher, SomaFM and More

Enjoy your tunes, listen to podcasts, and stream commercial free radio with today’s collection of apps and games.

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iPhone:

PodCruncher Podcast Player ($2.99 → Free, 5.7 MB): Enjoy your favorite podcasts with Pods. Podcast addicts.

PodCruncher allows you to easily discover, preview, and subscribe to more than 250,000 podcasts over cellular network or Wi-Fi. You’re able to browse the top podcasts in 16 categories or search for something specific. New episodes will automatically download in the background to ensure your content is always up to date. Gestures allow you to play, move forward and back within a podcast, and go to the next or previous podcast. The app also includes smart playlists, six playback speeds, the ability to import and export subscriptions, password protection, and much more.

PodCruncher Podcast Player is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 3929 ratings.

Universal:

LeechTunes ($1.99 → Free, 16.2 MB): A highly customizable and gesture-driven music app. Anyone who has grown tired of the native music player in iOS.

LeechTunes is simply beautiful. You’re able to select from 21 built-in skins and themes or make the app truly your own by utilizing a photo from your library as your background. The customizable gestures make it easy to control your music no matter if you’re in the car or on an outdoor adventure. The app also includes voice notifications, a sleep timer, the ability share what you’re listening to via your favorite social networks, landscape orientation support, and artist info.

LeechTunes is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 400 ratings.

Pose & Draw Dinosaurs ($0.99 → Free, 247.6 MB): Learn to draw dinosaurs with Pose and Draw Dinosaurs. Kids or even the big kid in you.

The app includes a total of 40 different dinosaurs to learn how to draw including Tyrannosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Each lesson includes step-by-step instructions, or you can pose the dinosaur yourself and draw it from any angle. You’re able to use the lessons as a reference, open the app in split view with your favorite digital drawing app, or download the steps and poses to your library.

Pose & Draw Dinosaurs is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 9 ratings.

SomaFM Radio Player ($7.99 → Free, 46.3 MB): Listen to commercial free streaming radio with SomaFM. Those who cannot stand commercial breaks.

SomaFM doesn’t require any registration or additional purchases. Just launch the app, pick a station, and enjoy! Stations can be filtered by popularity or genre, and they can be marked as favorites for quick access. SomaFM offers high and low bandwidth streaming to help avoid data overages. It also includes background streaming support, the ability to share what you’re listening to, and Apple TV and AirPlay support.

SomaFM Radio Player is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 371 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.
The free version of your app must not include ads.

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