Apps That
Went Free on
2014-12-05

Pixora brings the world of fashion, beauty, home, food, travel, technology, hobbies, and cars and bikes right to you. It features highly curated, visual lists that will help inspire you to check out new trends and topics in your favorite categories. You’re able to make your way through all of the carefully selected photos with a swipe. When you find something that has piqued your interest, you’re able to learn more about it, bookmark it, or share it with friends. A staff picks section and a trending section are available in case you aren’t exactly sure what you’re looking for.

You’re able to explore Middle-earth via a beautifully rendered 3-D map. Utilize common multitouch gestures to move across the map, zoom in, and rotate. You’re able to overlay locations, characters, objects, and races on the map, and tap on those you want to learn more about. You’re also able to view the full index in list form, and take a quiz that will put your Middle-earth knowledge to the test.

Getting Air Scanner up and running is remarkably easy. Just launch the app on your iDevice, point your browser at the provided URL, and then point your iDevice’s camera at whatever you want to project. Air Scanner will continuously take photos and send them to your browser in 720P or 1080P, depending on the type of iDevice.

Santa’s Merry Band is one highly interactive music app. You’re able to choose from eight different story songs. You can simply hit play and enjoy the tunes and story, or you can jam along. The app includes a fully colored keyboard that can take on the sound of a piano, guitar, violin, vibraphone, saxophone, clarinet, flute, or accordion. Percussion instruments run down the right side of the screen as does a strum pad. It’s quite the visual and audio overload, so just start tapping and swiping away. You’re also able to disable pieces of each song in order to add your own tunes to them.

What do you get when you combine the lovable Carl with glowing lightsabers? Easy. One insanely fun doodling app! You're able to choose from 11 different lightsaber colors and 14 shapes, and then just put your finger to the screen to start drawing. You'll hear realistic lightsaber sparks and hums every time you touch the screen. The app also includes the ability to save your final creations and share them via email or Facebook.

Lub vs Dub has a ton of heart. Grab a friend and take your places on each side of the screen. Then start running across the central ECG line to collect hearts and race by your opponent. You and your opponent are both able to leap over obstacles and flip to the other side of the line via your own personal controls. You’re also able to gather power-ups to boost ahead of or hinder your opponent. A single-player mode is available so you can work on your technique. The game also includes achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.