Apps That
Went Free on
2013-10-12

Strong doesn't waste your time with ridiculous instructions and unnecessary photos. Instead, it allows you to craft the perfect workout routine and help you stick to it with little hassle. You're able to create as many routines as necessary and populate them with exercises from Strong's built-in list or craft your own. Training data like reps and weight can then be entered in a snap. When you're done with your workout you can attach notes if necessary, and record your bodyweight and view your total weight lifted. Strong will keep a history of your progress, allowing you to find out if what you're doing is actually working. The app also includes a customizable rest timer, the ability to export workout information, and imperial and metric support.

You're able to set up multiple recurring alarms with different wake up messages, snoozing rules, and ringtone sounds. You'll then be asked to set the amount of steps it will take to deactivate the alarm along with a photo of the place you should be. When it's time to get out of bed in the morning, grab your phone and go for a little stroll and take a photo of the place you should be. The app will count your steps and analyze your photo to ensure you're not cheating. Step Out! also includes the ability to use your own music as your alarm, a sleep timer, portrait orientation support, and a built-in flashlight.

The app is jam-packed with ways to enhance your photos. After taking a new photo or importing one from your library, you're able to add one of 30 filters. You can then layer light effects, frames, and text before sending your photo off via email, Facebook, or Twitter. The app includes more than 30 light effects, 30 frames, and 14 text styles.

It includes a vast selection of brush styles to choose from, and the ability to customize them in a variety of ways. If you're not sure where to begin, just choose from one of the 25 preset brushes and get right to it. The app also includes the ability to toggle brush size and opacity, a neat symmetry tool, a color picker, undo and redo, an eraser, and the ability to share your creations via Facebook, Twitter, email, or upload them to sumo.fm.

You're able to manipulate the 3-D globe using common pinch and swipe gestures. The globe can be zoomed in on up to 15 levels. Tap on an object to read a quick summary, or follow the link to its Wikipedia page. You're also able to view political maps and the weather around the world. The app includes 1,100 geographic objects, 250 wonders of the world, and the ability to search for a specific place.

Gravity Duck isn't just any old duck. He's equipped with the power to control gravity, which allows him to walk on walls, ceilings, and any other non-hazardous surface. You must guide him safely through different environments in order to collect his eggs. The task won't be easy, as their are dangerous obstacles around every corner and tricky puzzles to solve, but you're up for the challenge. Right? The game includes a total of 100 levels, iCloud support, and achievements via Game Center.

Eyeballs of different colors dangle from the top of the screen. It's up to you to help Eyegore collect them by firing eyeballs into the clump to create matches of three or more. Physics plays a big roll in the game, as you can tilt your iDevice to create better shots. The game includes three difficulty settings and 30 puzzle stages.

The app's main selling point is its highly effective bezier selection tool, which allows you to crop almost any shape by adding points all over the screen. The app also includes 15 professional photo enhancement tools, layering, the ability to select the inverse of your image, 30 colors to choose from, 20 photo filters, undo, and the ability to process images up to 18MP.