Today’s Apps Gone Free: Tayasui Color, Net Status, Tayasui Blocks and More

Color in beautifully illustrated pages, check on your network, and build models and entires scenes using basic building blocks with today’s collection of apps and games.

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Universal:

Tayasui Color ($2.99 → Free, 159.8 MB): Color in the pages of this beautiful coloring book. Those who need an artistic or creative outlet.

Tayasui Color is a digital coloring book that’s there for you whenever you need it. It’s the perfect way to pick up your mood while riding the bus, sitting in a waiting room, or after a long day at work. Flip to any page and enjoy filling in the spaces between the lines using realistic drawing tools. A brush editor allows you to create a specific look and feel, and the color editor provides complete control over your palette. The app also includes smart boundaries, a fill tool, an eyedropper, and realistic drawing sounds.

Tayasui Color is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 959 ratings.

Tayasui Blocks ($1.99 → Free, 272.1 MB): Create models and entire scenes from basic building blocks with Tayasui Blocks. Kids and adults.

Tayasui Blocks allows you to craft just about anything you can imagine. The building process is as easy as tapping to place blocks and tapping some more to paint them. Common gestures allow you to pan around the 3-D environment and zoom in. Whatever you have built can be shared with the community or destroyed using a wide variety of zany weapons. You’re also able to explore the models that other members of the community have created.

Tayasui Blocks is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 158 ratings.

Net Status – Server Monitor ($3.99 → Free, 6.5 MB): Keep track of what’s happening with your hosts, routers, and other network devices connected to the web or LAN with this utility app. Network administrators and anyone else interested in securing local networks.

Net Status automatically scans for running services, and allows you to email the results. You can also manually ping hosts. The app works over Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE, and GPRS.

Net Status – Server Monitor is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 1111 ratings.

RBL Status ($1.99 → Free, 4.1 MB): Check your hosts against multiple DNS black hole lists with this utility app. Network administrators.

RBL Status is the only multi-DNSBL checker app for iOS. It allows you to quickly determine which RBLs are currently listing hosts from your monitoring list. You’re also able to share your check results via email. The app works over Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE, and GPRS.

RBL Status is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 83 ratings.

Nice Trace – Traceroute ($1.99 → Free, 19.7 MB): This network utility app allows you to trace the route to a host to discover any possible bottlenecks. Network administrators.

Nice Trace allows you to view a wealth of information including IP address, country origin, percentage of packets lost, average packet round trip time, and reverse hostname. You can also share your results via email.

Nice Trace – Traceroute is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 905 ratings.

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