Today’s Apps Gone Free: Home Budget Plan, PrestoBingo Shapes and Hocus

Plan for the future, spot and learn shapes, and test your brain power 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:

Home Budget Plan Pro ($1.99 → Free, 7.8 MB): Plan for the future with Home Budget Plan. Anyone who struggles with their finances.

Home Budget Plan helps ensure that you live within your means. Start off by customizing the groups and categories to match your lifestyle within the “Set Up” menu. Then add your monthly income and expenditures to each line, and you’ll be able to see if you’re staying within your budget or overspending. The app also provides in-depth analysis to identify areas where you need to cut back.

Home Budget Plan Pro is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 18 ratings.

Universal:

PrestoBingo Shapes – Puzzle & Counting Game for Preschool to Kindergarten Kids ($1.99 → Free, 33.6 MB): Spot and learn shapes with PrestoBingo Shapes. Parents and teachers.

PrestoBingo Shapes has your child on the hunt for eight different types of geometric shapes within beautifully illustrated puzzles. Each animated puzzle contains up to 20 shapes to discover. As your child taps on each shape, they’ll hear a voice prompt indicate how many are left. The app includes 16 puzzles by award-winning illustrator Joyce Hesselberth.

PrestoBingo Shapes – Puzzle & Counting Game for Preschool to Kindergarten Kids is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 31 ratings.

hocus. ($0.99 → Free, 30.5 MB): Test your brain power with Hocus. Fans of logic puzzles.

Not everything is as it appears in Hocus. Each puzzle is an illusion. You must move the cube by swiping in an available direction and get it into its target area. A circle at the top of the screen indicates which direction the cube can move. Hocus includes 100 hand-crafted puzzles and the ability to create and share your own.

hocus. is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 6000 ratings.

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