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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 07/09/2016

July 09, 2016 by macjeff

Beer Buddy - Barcode Scanner , BriefKey – Custom Swipe & GIF Keyboard , LeechTunes and more

iPhone:

Beer Buddy - Barcode Scanner ( $3.99 → FREE )

Let Beer Buddy be your shopping guide. Walk into you favorite beer store, pick up an interesting new brew, and scan its barcode. Beer Buddy will provide you with everything you need to know about that particular brew including its style, origin, IBU, alcohol percentage, and even the estimated calories. You’re also able to read reviews posted on RateBeer.com. The app includes the ability to search for beers by name, tap into a database of stores and restaurants, and create a favorites list.

Universal:

BriefKey – Custom Swipe & GIF Keyboard ( $1.99 → FREE )

BriefKey is for those who want full control over their typing experience. It puts an intelligent, self-learning swipe keyboard at the tips of your fingers. But it gets its name from its custom keys. BriefKey provides in-keyboard access to calendar events, contacts, photos, GIFs, emoji, and stickers. It even is able to translate messages in 40 languages, search the internet, make cartoons, and get directions without ever leaving the app you’re in.

LeechTunes ( $1.99 → FREE )

LeechTunes is simply beautiful. You’re able to select from 21 built-in skins and themes or make the app truly your own by utilizing a photo from your library as your background. The customizable gestures make it easy to control your music no matter if you’re in the car or on an outdoor adventure. The app also includes voice notifications, a sleep timer, the ability share what you’re listening to via your favorite social networks, landscape orientation support, and artist info.

Pocket Travel Currency Converter, Tip & Discount Calculator • Best currency conversion tools that's simple and easy to use for global business travel, with offline converters to convert currencies with free foreign exchange rate's from around the world ( $2.99 → FREE )

Pocket Travel is the only traveling companion you need. It’s actually three apps in one, allowing you to quickly convert prices between currencies, calculate tips, and calculate discounts. It’s able to automatically detect what country you are in and identify the currency so you don’t have to. It also supports more than 240 countries and 150 currencies, and you’re able to utilize it offline.

AdBlock ( $1.99 → FREE )

Tired of wasting data, speed, and battery life on unwanted content? Then install and enable AdBlock today. The process is really simple. Just launch the Settings app, tap on Safari, tap on Content Blockers, and then enable AdBlock. You’re also able to create your own list of blocked domains and sync your filters via iCloud.

ReliCam ( $0.99 → FREE )

ReliCam allows you to take the best possible photos. It provides you with manual control over focus, ISO, shutter speed, and zoom. Slide your finger left or right to adjust each parameter or use the fine tune controls. ReliCam also provides helpful grid lines when necessary. All captured photos and videos are directly saved to your library.

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The Little Mermaid – a Magical Augmented Reality Book Is Simply Awesome

July 09, 2016 by macjeff

If there’s one technological movement that I’m all for, it’s virtual and augmented reality.

It’s pretty cool to be able to point your iPhone at something and make a scene come to life.

The Little Mermaid – A Magical Augmented Reality Book is an incredibly fun augmented reality book that’s off to a great start.

This innovative eBook, by Books & Magic for iPhone and iPad, provides an amazing augmented reality experience and kids will no doubt enjoy using it.

Concept and Functionality:

The Little Mermaid – A Magical Augmented Reality Book is the first interactive storybook by Books & Magic, and I’m definitely willing to say that it’s a home run.

In order to use the book you need to either have a secondary Apple device (another iPhone or an iPad) handy.

You also have the option to purchase a physical book, and I’ll talk about that in greater detail later in this review.

Once you’ve acquired the book via secondary device or you picked up a physical copy, you can open The Little Mermaid – A Magical Augmented Reality Book and point your primary device towards an open page in the book.

This will make illustrations come to life and kids can interact with all sorts of mini games while learning about the classic story of The Little Mermaid.

When it comes to ease-of-use, parents don’t own a secondary Apple device are at a bit of a disadvantage because you’re pretty much limited to purchasing a physical copy of the book.

I couldn’t find an option from the developer to purchase a digital copy of The Little Mermaid – A Magical Augmented Reality Book in PDF format (or another digital format).

Features:

As you could probably imagine, The Little Mermaid – A Magical Augmented Reality Book definitely includes tons of great features that make it an amazing app for youngsters.

Not only does it allow 3-D exploration, but there are plenty of fun mini games that follow along with the classic storyline.

Parents will also be happy to know that The Little Mermaid – A Magical Augmented Reality Book doesn’t include advertising or distractions, so kids are much less likely to divert away from the game while using your device.

Value:

The Little Mermaid – A Magical Augmented Reality Book is available to download from the App Store for free and is universally compatible with iPhone and iPad. You want to purchase the full book digitally, you can do so via in-app purchase for $9.99.

If you want a physical copy of the book you’ll be spending much more; it’s just over $37 USD free shipping.

Overall, The Little Mermaid – A Magical Augmented Reality Book is an incredible book that makes it very easy for kids get excited about the world of augmented reality.

It’s a little bit tricky to set up and it has its disadvantages if you’re not a multi-device household, but once you get it going it’s something that your child will definitely enjoy.

The Little Mermaid – A Magical Augmented Reality Book requires iOS 7.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

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Get Lucky with Pure Vegas

July 09, 2016 by macjeff

Pure Vegas is an exciting realistic casino simulation that offers an impressive number of fun slot machines.

Available for free with in-app purchases, Pure Vegas, by Naladex CB, offers an impressive number of different slots machines.

Features:

The name of Pure Vegas really aptly tells of its features. The app is a digital slots game. However, instead of other apps that only feature one or two different machines, Pure Vegas has an entire lineup of digital slot machines.

While playing slots can seem pretty repetitive to many people, this variety in the in-app slots can help to keep players interested for longer periods of time.

You can purchase different coin packages for optimal playing experiences, or you can just use the free coins that are provided here and there throughout the app; if you’re particularly lucky, you’ll be able to just play on these free coins alone.

In addition to an impressive lineup of slot games, Pure Vegas also features the ability to join online tournaments or play against your Facebook friends. Games run smoothly, with no lag at all.

Appearance and Layout:

Players of Pure Vegas will be impressed by the graphics of this slots app. Like any real slots experience, the colors of Pure Vegas are bright and enticing.

The in-app light animations also help add to the feeling of a “real” slots experience. The main area of possible improvement that I could identify within the app, however, was the layout.

While it does not take an extensive amount of time to figure out your way around Pure Vegas, the layout is still not necessarily purely intuitive and a little bit of a better intro tour within the app would probably be appreciated by many users.  

Value:

As mentioned previously, Pure Vegas is a free app. In-app purchases for more coins can easily be made, and most frequent players of Pure Vegas will probably opt for this option.

While you are given free coins and different winnings within the app, you’ll probably run out of these free coins fairly quickly unless you happen to be very lucky.

As a whole, Pure Vegas is arguably a well designed app and will appeal to players of digital slot games. Its variety of machines sets it apart from many of its competitors, making it a unique playing experience.

Pure Vegas requires iOS 6.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.

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Buno, Folioscope, Instaread, and other apps to check out this weekend

July 09, 2016 by macjeff

It’s the weekend again, and you know what that means: it’s time for another edition of our Apps of the Week post. For those who aren’t familiar with the column, this is where we put together a small list of apps and games that we think are worth checking out, and we think we’ve really made some awesome selections this week.

Buno

I know what you’re thinking: great, another note-taking app. But I think Buno offers a unique enough experience that it’s worth mentioning. It’s short for Bucket Notes, and it offers a quick and easy way to take notes. Features include a beautiful, minimal design, swipe gestures, folder-like “Buckets” for organizing your thoughts, password protection, seamless syncing between platforms, and much more. Buno is available for free.

Folioscope

Are you an aspiring animator? Or just looking for something fun to play around with this weekend? Check out Folioscope. The app offers simple yet powerful tools to help you create terrific animations in no time. The interface is very intuitive and easy to pick up—imagine a digital flip book of sorts. Supports Apple Pencil and 3D Touch and there are no IAPs. This app is available for free.

Instaread

Have a bunch of books you want to read, but can’t find the time? Meet Instaread. This app gives you the summaries and key takeaways of bestsellers in 15 minutes or less. How it works: a team of experts read and summarize books for you, and you can choose to consume the breakdown in text or audio format. New summaries are added every day. Instaread is available for free, but there is a $2.99/month subscription fee. First month is free.

Super Stickman Golf 3

The award-winning Super Stickman Golf series is back and better than ever. Essentially you get the same great non-conventional golf gameplay with a bunch of new features and improvements. These include 20 new courses, turn based and real-time multiplayer modes, new power ups, daily challenges and more. As with previous SSG titles, this one has several IAPs, but the free gameplay is still worth trying. This game is available for free.

HIT – Heroes of Incredible Tales

If you’re looking for something a little deeper this weekend than a stickman hitting golf balls, check out Heroes of Incredible Tales. This hack-and-slash RPG features incredible graphics driven by Unreal Engine 4, simple controls with massive combos, infinite customization options and more. Raid in real-time and enter the arena to challenge other heroes, or go on quests to explore the realm. This is another free-to-play title, and you need a network connection to play, but it’s definitely work checking out. HIT is available for free.

More apps you should check out

• Apple’s free app of the week: Loopimal
• Capture, organize and share real-world objects with Microsoft’s experimental Thinga.Me app

These apps have been updated

• Facebook Messenger starts testing end-to-end encryption with Secret Conversations
• Updated myAT&T app brings Touch ID login, summary page, new color scheme
• Snapchat brings Memories to iOS app with My Eyes Only mode and other perks

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 07/08/2016

July 08, 2016 by macjeff

Paranormal Minis , Super Lemonade Factory Part Two , Super Lemonade Factory and more

Universal:

Paranormal Minis ( $0.99 → FREE )

The world has turned into a chaotic mess filled with vampires, ghosts, demons, aliens, and other abominations. But it’s okay, because you’ve been preparing for this moment your whole life. Grab your favorite weapon and give the ghastly creatures all you have. As you take the fight through three different locations you’ll earn in-game cash and experience points, which can be used to upgrade your arsenal and your abilities. The game includes four characters, 20 weapons, and more than 10 enemy types.

Super Lemonade Factory Part Two ( $2.99 → FREE )

Super Lemonade Factory Part Two is bigger and better than the original in every way, and that’s saying something! Once again, you’re put in control of Andre and his wife Liselot. This time around, however, you must help them escape from the chaos that has descended upon Sydney. Both Andre and Liselot have their own unique abilities, and you can switch between the two in order to solve puzzles and successfully reach the end of each level.

Super Lemonade Factory ( $2.99 → FREE )

It’s almost difficult not to appreciate the effort and attention to detail put into Super Lemonade Factory. Take control of Andre and his wife Liselot as they journey through the lemonade factory they are set to inherit. To make your way to each exit in the factory, you'll need to switch between the two characters since each one has their own unique abilities. The game includes a unique storyline, 72 levels, the ability to create your own levels, retro pixel art, a chiptune soundtrack, and achievements via Game Center.

Sago Mini Monsters ( $2.99 → FREE )

Sago Mini Monsters allows your child’s creative side to shine. They get to start off by painting the face of a colorful monster. It will then grow horns, eyes, and a mouth. Just tap and drag each piece to switch it out with another. The monster can be fed with the food that floats to the top of the goo from which it came. Once the monster has had its fill it will need its teeth brushed. Other objects will also randomly float to the top of the goo, which can be applied to the monster before it gets its photo taken.

100 Binaural Beats and Isochronic Tones! | AmbiScience™ ( $1.99 → FREE )

It includes 13 long ambient tracks, 100 binaural and isochronic tones, 10 nature loops, and three noise tracks. It also includes a full set of instructions, background audio support, the ability to create your own custom programs, repeating alarms, and a countdown timer.

Princess Games Activity Puzzle and Fairy Tale Puzzles for Kids, Girls, and Little Fairies Free ( $2.99 → FREE )

Today only: Unlock everything free of charge! Simply tap the “Unlock” button on the main screen, and enter the provided passcode to confirm your action. All current and future puzzles will be available to you and your child free of charge. Each scene features cork board cutouts. Your child must drag and drop the pieces from the top right corner of the screen into the scene to fill them in. As your child works their way through each scene, new cutouts and pieces will appear. The app includes adorable characters and sounds, and nine scenes.

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