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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 02/19/2018

February 19, 2018 by RSS Feed

Visual MATH 4D , Flow - tames your mobile inbox , Little Nugget: Baby Milestones and more

iPhone:

Flow - tames your mobile inbox ( $2.99 → Free ) Mera Inc. It happens to all of us. Over time our inboxes become a cluttered mess of terrifying text that, at some point, you know you’re going to need to handle. Flow will help you get the job done. Flow supports Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, Yahoo, 163 mail, QQ mail, and all other IMAP services. When adding multiple accounts, you’re able to determine which is your primary one. Then Flow will pipe in all of your emails as one big stream. As you scroll through them, you’ll be able to see snippets of text that can be expanded. Swipe right to left over an email to reveal additional options like forward, star, snooze, and delete.

Little Nugget: Baby Milestones ( $2.99 → Free ) CHG Developments, LLC With Little Nugget, you’ll be able to capture and curate little moments and major milestones. Powerful editing tools help bring out the best in your photos. Then get your creative juices flowing with 15 filters, 90 fonts, and more than 450 pieces of artwork. Your final creations can be shared privately or publicly, or you can order entire baby books and prints.

Universal:

Visual MATH 4D ( $1.99 → Free ) Ronny Weidemann VisualMath 4D is a professional graphical calculator. It allows you to browse through a collection of built-in functions like trigonometrical, rounding, and sum and product or you can compute your own. Functions can be drawn in 2-D, 3-D, and 4-D all with a time variable. You’re also able to save your functions, rotate and zoom in on the graph in three dimensions, and display multiple graphs at once.

Aurum - Hexa Puzzle ( $1.99 → Free ) Andrew Meyer Aurum is an addictive pick-up-and-play game that will help wash your worries away. The hex pieces are generated three at a time and in different formations. You’re required to place them on the board in ways that form lines edge-to-edge in any direction. Run out of moves and the game is over. Power-ups can be used to keep the fun going.

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 02/18/2018

February 18, 2018 by RSS Feed

Pulse Breathing , Portrait painting HD , Frugi - Home Budget and more

iPhone:

Pulse Breathing ( $0.99 → Free ) Jonas Lecking Pulse utilizes proven breathing techniques to help you unwind. You’re able to choose from sleep, relaxation, and stress release techniques. When you’re ready, hit start and follow along with the visual prompts. The app includes a breathing reminder, session statistics, and a vibration option.

Universal:

Portrait painting HD ( $1.99 → Free ) Evolution Games LLP The collection of 1,187 paintings can be broken down by style or by name. You can also search for specific paintings by artist. You’ll find only the best paintings from prominent artists like Van Gogh, da Vinci, Vermeer, and Monet. Paintings can be saved as favorites for quick access later on, and you can even save them to your library.

Frugi - Home Budget ( $3.99 → Free ) Iman Ghasempour Frugi is all about speed. Every transaction can be entered in less than three seconds. Simply swipe down to add to or subtract from your total balance. Tap to edit any transaction and double-tap to copy. Transaction history is kept as a running list, and you can review summaries and compare months with just a tap. The app also includes support for tags, search, iCloud backup, and a widget.

American Almanac 1 ( $1.99 → Free ) National Spork LLC American Almanac is your guide to the cycles and seasons of nature. It features a long range weather forecast along with historical averages. You’re also able to observe sunrise and sunset times, moon phases, celestial events, garden planting dates, odd holidays, historical events, and even astrology data. A favorites section allows you to get a glimpse at the data that matters most.

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 02/17/2018

February 17, 2018 by RSS Feed

Hydropuzzle , Trivia - Questions and Answers , RunCadence Mobile and more

iPhone:

RunCadence Mobile ( $2.99 → Free ) RunCadence, LLC. You may not realize it, but your cadence could be having an adverse effect on your running. But don’t worry, RunCadence is here to help! First, you’ll want to learn your cadence by running at a consistent, moderate intensity for one full minute. The app will then provide you with a cadence summary, which will help improve your running by reducing shock impact. The next time you go for a run, set your target cadence and monitor to the best of your ability. You’ll see results in no time.

Universal:

Hydropuzzle ( $1.99 → Free ) Przemyslaw Sobstel Hydropuzzle is one big mystery after another. The whole city is running out of water, and it’s up to you to figure out why. As the text-based adventure plays out, you’ll be asked to solve complicated puzzles all without any hints or nudges in the right direction. Are you up for the task?

Trivia - Questions and Answers ( $1.99 → Free ) Monkey Taps Trivia will make you think. It contains a vast collection of trivia cards with the answers on them. Just set up the reminder window along with how often you want to receive the push notifications. You’ll then receive challenging trivia questions throughout the day, and you can give the notifications a swipe to view or share them.

pinz : remember places ( $0.99 → Free ) KandidSoft LLC Pinz can be used for just about anything, from house hunting and vacation ideas to outdoor adventures and photo shoots. Just tap and hold your finger on any location on the map and Pinz will drop a pin. Pinz will also automatically fill in the address for you or you can manually add one. Pinned locations can be filtered, searched for, organized within groups, and shared.

Sentence Builder Master ( $2.99 → Free ) MasterKey Games Sentence Builder Master allows you to improve your language skills in an entertaining way. In each level you’re presented with a collection of words that must be unscrambled. Tap on the words in the correct order before time expires to move on to the next. Each mistake will cost you precious seconds, so move quickly but efficiently. The game also includes an online multiplayer mode, and achievements and leaderboards.

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Try Not To Smile, Stairforce, Threader, and other apps to check out this weekend

February 17, 2018 by RSS Feed

This week’s edition of our Apps of the Week roundup features an app that tries to make you smile, an app that tries to make you healthier, and an app for Twitter threads. And as always, we’ve selected two great new games for you to check out.

Try Not To Smile

Try Not To Smile is exactly what it sounds like: an app that aims to get you to laugh. You select a category of funny videos—such as NSFW, Kids, Fails, etc.—and start watching. Using your iPhone’s front-facing camera, the app can tell when you begin to start smiling/laughing. The longer you make it, the higher your name will sit on the leaderboard. You can even record and share your reactions. Early reviews complained of inaccurate smile detection, but a recent update claims to have improved it. Either way, it’s a free app and worth checking out. Try Not To Smile is available for free.

Stairforce

Stairforce is a fun app that attempts to gamify a healthy habit—you guessed it—taking the stairs. Simply download the app, put your phone in your pocket and walk up a flight of stairs. You’ll notice the app is not just merely counting the steps, but it’s telling you how close you are to reaching space, with fun milestones along the way. Climb 256 meters? You’ve passed the top of the Golden Gate Bridge. You can even challenge friends on Facebook to see who can reach space faster. If you’re looking for a way to stop taking elevators, check this app out. Stairforce is available for free.

Threader

Treader is a Twitter client of sorts that aims to make it easier to discover and read popular threads on the social network. For the uninitiated, a thread—also known as a Tweet storm—is a series of tweets strung together to tell a story or validate an argument. Threader helps you discover a great selection of threaders every day. You can then open them into an easy-to-read single page view or bookmark them to read later. There’s even an extension to display a thread directly from Twitter. Whether you’re a Twitter power user, or a beginner looking to get more out of the service, this app is worth checking out. Threader is available for free.

Death Squared

SMG’s hit console game is now available on your phone! Death Squared is a puzzle game for 1 or 2 people about coordination, cooperation and robot explosions. Features include 80+ puzzling levels that unfold via fully voiced story, 10 additional vault levels that are almost too hard for human consumption, original score by Brad Gentle, support for Bluetooth controllers, and more. The price is a little on the steep side, but there are no ads or in-app purchases. Death Squared is available for $6.99.

Seaport

Do you have what it takes to develop the biggest sea transport business, manage the most powerful ship fleet and become a wealthy tycoon? Try Seaport now! Be sure you are ready for an exciting journey through the history of ships! Expand your ship collection from very basic boats to the high tech titans or warships. Build your own port and enter the world of sea and cargo trade. Features include new content every week, themed events every month, accurate historical ship designs and other details, in-game trading, and more. Yes this is one of those ad and IAP-filled freemium games, but if you find yourself bored this weekend, check it out. Seaport is available for free (with some IAPs).

More apps to check out

• Google Maps for iOS picks up Explore, Driving & Transit tabs
• This powerful app lets you plan any home design project with stunning clarity
• Shazam for iOS gets refreshed design, real-time lyric syncing, and more
• Find and eliminate duplicate files with this simple app

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Simplify Your Podcast Listening With 'sodes

February 16, 2018 by RSS Feed

'sodes ($2.99) by Nice Boy LLC is a simple and clean podcast app for those who listen to the occasional podcast. With 'sodes, it's more along the lines of Castro 2 instead of other, more fully-featured apps like Overcast. If you only need to listen to a podcast every now and then, rather than every day, then 'sodes could be the app for you.

I love listening to podcasts, but I'll admit it — I've fallen way behind in my podcast subscriptions, and I haven't been able to catch up for the longest time. I must have a subscribed list of around 30 podcasts, and as much as I enjoy listening to them, I'm just overwhelmed with having to catch up so I just stopped listening to most of them. But when I was an avid podcast listener, my app of choice was Overcast specifically for the Smart Speed feature. But with my current non-existent podcast listening habit, I'm not sure Overcast is for me anymore. Fortunately, 'sodes just came out and it could be just what I need.

$4.99

Castro 2

Supertop Software

Free

Overcast

Overcast Radio, LLC

The design of 'sodes is incredibly minimalistic, and it almost feels like an app that Apple designed themselves due to the aesthetics. On the first launch, you'll be greeted with a simple message that explains how to navigate the app, which is pretty straightforward since there's basically only two screens: Home and Search. The Home screen has a large 'sodes header in the top left, and then you'll have your Favorites, In Progress, and Unplayed Episodes. The Search screen is full of podcast artwork tiles from top podcasts, and there's a search bar in case you don't see what you're looking for.

The default theme in 'sodes is Light, which features a white background and black text. But if you don't care for that, there are additional themes: Dark and Campfire. Dark is more of a steel blue background with light gray text, and Campfire features a burgundy-to-black gradient transition background with blood orange text. No matter which theme you end up sticking with, 'sodes retains the minimalist design and looks great doing so.

Since 'sodes is designed for the occasional podcast listener, don't expect a way to import your previous subscriptions in here. Instead, you'll need to make use of the Search screen in order to find new or current favorites. Just tap on a podcast tile to view details about the show, and view their episode list. You can also add a podcast to your Favorites for quick access. If the show you want isn't featured on the Search view, you can search by name or pasting in a URL.

Once you've picked out a few shows as favorites, you can see them all in the Home screen, as well as Unplayed Episodes. From the Home view, or even from a show's details page, you can tap on an episode and start listening, no subscribing required.

With 'sodes, there are no downloads for episodes. Instead, the app relies 100 percent on streaming the audio, which may raise concerns for those with limited cellular data plans. However, 'sodes intelligently manages data consumption by downloading the audio data in portions. This information is temporarily on the device to help restrict network data usage, but there's no offline playback since a data connection is always required.

During playback, 'sodes has some nice large buttons for play/pause, and rewinding or fast forwarding 15 seconds. You can also tap on the "..." button to adjust the playback speed, select audio output, stop playing, share the episode with others, or go directly to the episode website. The playback bar also displays the elapsed time in a small square that resembles an Apple Watch face, which I thought was a nice detail.

Options for 'sodes is in the iOS Settings, but the gear icon in 'sodes takes you directly to it. You can change the forward and backward intervals, switch themes, and toggle "Keep Screen Unlocked" when the device is connected to power and you're playing an episode.

Listen to podcast episodes when you want to, not when they arrive.

The Good

For the occasional podcast listener, 'sodes is great. The app has a minimal aesthetic design that's simple and straightforward with no fuss. It's easy enough to find the shows you want, or even discover new ones with the featured artwork tiles. Not having to subscribe to get access to episodes is also nice, so this app is perfect when you just want to listen to that one episode of a podcast your friend told you about.

There's also a bit of leeway with the colors, since you have three themes to choose from, and they all look good in their own ways. The large tappable buttons for playback are nice to have as well, especially when driving.

The Bad

If you want a feature-packed podcast app, 'sodes is not the app you're looking for. This app is designed for those who only listen to podcasts every once in a while, and it makes it easier for them to get what they want. If you prefer an app that lets you subscribe, download episodes automatically, create playlists, and more, then you should give Overcast a try.

The only other negative thing about 'sodes is the fact that it needs a data connection to play episodes. For those with unlimited data, this isn't an issue, but not everyone has that luxury. It's nice that 'sodes has smart streaming, but some would still prefer to download an episode before playing it to conserve limited data.

The verdict

So far, I like 'sodes for what it is: a simple podcast app for the casual listener. I doubt that I'll ever be able to manage my huge subscription list in Overcast anymore, so 'sodes is a nice alternative when I just want to find a single episode of something and listen to it when I have the chance to. Plus, as a fan of minimalism, the design is great. I think if there was the option to download episodes for playback, then this would be perfect for the casual listener who doesn't have unlimited data. But if you want a power-user experience, then you should look elsewhere.

You can find 'sodes on the iPhone App Store for $2.99.

8.9

OVERALL

Lasting appeal 9

iPhone Integration 9.5

User Interface 9

Is engaging 9

Does it well 8

$2.99

’sodes

Nice Boy LLC

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