Today’s Apps Gone Free: 2D, VBA Guide for Excel and Voice Record

Create works of art, learn basic and key functions for Excel, and record voice notes with today’s collection of apps and games.

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Universal:

VBA Guide For Excel ($1.99 → Free, 23.7 MB): Learn basic and key functions of Excel Visual Basic for Applications with this supremely helpful reference app. Anyone who wants to become more efficient when using Excel.

VBA Guide For Excel will not only save you time, it will also save your sanity. You’re able to browse through its list of 25 guide pages with a swipe. Each page includes a detailed breakdown along with animated images for reference. The app also has more than 35 macro example pages, allowing you to simply copy code and use it for your own projects. Macro examples can be exported via email or Messages, or printed off via AirPrint. VBA Guide For Excel includes a section for storing your own notes, and loads of helpful keyboard shortcuts.

VBA Guide For Excel is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 73 ratings.

Voice Record – Memos,Recorder ($8.99 → Free, 13.0 MB): Record and manage everything from meeting notes to lectures with Voice Record. Students and business professionals.

Voice Record features a fresh, minimalist design and is yet somehow packed with features. Tap record and watch as the waveform dances to whatever it hears. Tapping the flag icon will place a bookmark in the recording, allowing you to easily jump to different points later on. Recordings can be played back at various speeds, and you’re able to repeat sections and even set a timer to stop playback after a specified duration. The app also allows you to share recordings or save them directly to your library.

Voice Record – Memos,Recorder is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 189 ratings.

iPad:

2D – Paint, Draw, Sketch, Collage ($3.99 → Free, 63.3 MB): Create professional grade works of art with 2D. Those who need a versatile design tool.

2D provides the biggest and craziest selection of brushes you’ll ever find in the App Store. With 90 brushes in total, including totally off-the-wall experimental brushes, there’s a tool for every artist. 2D also features a smooth and versatile painting engine that’s able to assist in drawing lines, circles, and squares, and can even recognize corners and points to perfectly align shapes. The app includes support for thousands of undos and redos, stylus support, custom color palettes, video recording, and the ability to use as many layers as your iPad will allow.

2D – Paint, Draw, Sketch, Collage is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 26 ratings.

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