Apps That
Went Free on
2014-02-13

As the spinner goes round and round, you must tap anywhere on the screen to hit your targets. Not all targets are created equal, with some offering multiple hit spots while others will go spinning along with you, so you’ll have your work cut out for you to avoid three strikes. The app offers five themes to choose from, and leaderboards via Game Center to challenge your friends.

This casual arcade game requires you to guide a bird through the air gobbling up bees and collecting stars. Tap on the screen to cause the bird to flap its wings, and aim for wind boosts and dodge all kinds of moving obstacles to make it safely to the end of each level. The game includes three modes, 45 levels, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

You’re provided with a different set of exercises each day. Your chosen exercises are laid out in list form, and you can review them to ensure you know how to properly perform them before staring the workout. Then follow along with the instructor as you perform each exercise for 20 seconds with 10 second breaks. None of the exercises require equipment, so you can perform them anytime, anywhere. The app also includes the ability to adjust the amount of sets for exercises, and all kinds of achievements to earn.

One Touch Dial provides you with a blank canvas that can be filled up with all of your most important contacts. Just tap an open square on the grid to assign an action like call, text, Tweet, email, or Skype. Then just tap an icon to perform the action. Icons can be rearranged, resized, and edited. The app also includes three grid sizes to choose from, iCloud support, the ability to hide contact names, and quick access to a keypad.

Start off by taking your very first photo. You’re able to create guidelines to help ensure you are in the same position in subsequent photos. Then come back each and every day to continue cataloguing your life. Reminders can be set to make sure you take your photo at the same time each day. Once you’ve built up a nice collection, you’re able to create a time-lapse video that can be played back at three different speeds. The app also includes the ability to import and export photos, and the ability to create multiple profiles for other people, creatures, or objects.

To search the sky, just hold your iPad up in the air and Star Rover HD will tell you what you're looking at. The app is able to calculate all objects in the sky in real-time, resulting in moon phases, planet positions, stars, and other objects appearing just the same as the real ones. The app includes 120,000 stars, all 88 constellations, planets and their moons, the ability to manually search the sky, and detailed info for all items.

Just hold your iDevice up to the sky and watch as Star Rover identifies all of the stars and constellations within view. The app includes more than 120,000 stars, 88 constellations, planets and their moons, sky objects, zoom, and automatic and manual panning.

Roll Bubba Bear, Poppy the panda, Otis, and all of their friends through 3-D environments to collect fish and knock down lumberjacks. Just pull back on the slingshot, release, and watch your bear curl up into a ball. You can then tap the sides of the screen to steer your bear around obstacles and towards the fish. When you’re nearing the end of the level, you’ll see lumberjacks lined up like bowling pins. Try to score a strike to earn the most points. The game includes three modes, three worlds, six chapters, 60 levels, 20 bears to unlock, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.