Today’s Apps Gone Free: Reverse Movie FX, TextEdit, The Pedestal and More

Create videos that play in reverse, edit and sync text documents, and dodge endless waves of sharp objects with today’s collection of apps and games.

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Universal:

Week Calendar Widget Pro ($1.99 → Free, 16.0 MB): View all of your calendar events from the lock screen with Week Calendar Widget. Those who are always looking for new ways to save some time.

Week Calendar Widget isn’t a standard calendar app in any way, shape, or form. It taps into your iDevice’s native calendar app in order to populate a lock screen widget with everything that’s coming up on your schedule. When you launch the app itself, you’re greeted with ways to customize the look and content of the widget. Week Calendar Widget includes a day timeline, a week timeline, and the ability to scroll through days and weeks.

Week Calendar Widget Pro is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 110 ratings.

TextEdit+ for RTF, LaTeX, Md ($4.99 → Free, 77.5 MB): Edit and sync TextEdit documents with TextEdit+. Those who rely on TextEdit and WordPad.

TextEdit+ provides flexibility for those who need it. It syncs with iCloud Drive, providing full access to all of your notes and documents. While editing a document, you’ll find a convenient keyboard extension that allows you to quickly move the cursor anywhere needed along with a set of special character keys. The app is absolutely loaded with other features as well, including tons of formatting options, word and character counters, text-to-speech dictation, a variety of exporting options, and the ability to organize documents within folders.

TextEdit+ for RTF, LaTeX, Md is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 89 ratings.

Reverse Movie FX – magic video ($7.99 → Free, 69.1 MB): Create videos that play in reverse with Reverse Movie FX. Kids and adults.

Reverse Movie FX is good clean fun for the whole family. You’re able to import any video from your library or record a new one within the app. Then reverse the playback with just a tap. Reverse Movie FX allows you to crop clips, attach sound effects and music, and apply filters. It also includes some examples to help get the creative juices flowing.

Reverse Movie FX – magic video is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 459 ratings.

The Pedestal ($0.99 → Free, 23.3 MB): Dodge endless waves of shurikens and scythes in The Pedestal. Fans of one-touch gameplay.

Akira is a young ninja on the path to becoming a Sensei. The only way to achieve this high order is to survive the pedestal for three minutes. Shurikens and scythes will enter the screen from all angles, and you must tap to jump or double-jump to avoid a direct hit. As time passes, the pedestal itself will also begin to move. You have three lives to try and outlast the timer.

The Pedestal is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 18 ratings.

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