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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 04/16/2016

April 16, 2016 by macjeff

WorldABC — The CIA World FactBook , Noizio , Apache SIM HD and more

iPhone:

This flight sim isn’t just about freely roaming the skies and enjoying the scenery. Your helicopter is equipped with some very advanced weaponry like a M230 chain gun and rockets with infrared targeting. You’re able to utilize this heavy weaponry on combat missions that take place above both land and sea, and you can unleash it upon your foes with just a tap. The game includes a total of 17 missions, and loads of camera angles.

Toca Doctor is a collection of 21 puzzles and mini-games. Each game focuses on different parts of the human body and features wacky characters. Your child is able to play at their own pace since there aren’t any timer or other stressful elements, so just hand off your iDevice and let them explore.

Universal:

WorldABC includes facts on every country, dependency, and geographic entity in the world. You’re able to browse through a list of countries, view by rank, search for something specific, or spin the globe. WorldABC provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. Everything is covered here, and all of the data is stored offline.

Noizio includes 15 enchanting ambient sounds: October Rain, Coffee House, Thunderstorm, Campfire, Winter Wind, Sea Waves, River Stream, Summer Night, Sunny Day, Deep Space, Sailing Yacht, Inside Train, Farm, Wind Chimes, and Blue Whales. Sounds can be activated with a tap, and sliders allow you to adjust the intensity of each separately. Your custom mixes can be saved for later use.

Your child will be presented with one of three butterflies, each with their own personality. Fruits of different colors hang down the left side of the screen. Your little one can tap on a fruit to select its color, and then put their finger to the screen to start painting. Whatever pattern they create will appear on the opposite wing, creating enchanting symmetrical designs. The app also includes a wide variety of brushes to choose from, and the ability to interact with the butterflies.

This flight sim isn’t just about freely roaming the skies and enjoying the scenery. Your helicopter is equipped with some very advanced weaponry like a M230 chain gun and rockets with infrared targeting. You’re able to utilize this heavy weaponry on combat missions that take place above both land and sea, and you can unleash it upon your foes with just a tap. The game includes a total of 17 missions, and loads of camera angles.

Toca Doctor is a collection of 21 puzzles and mini-games. Each game focuses on different parts of the human body and features wacky characters. Your child is able to play at their own pace since there aren’t any timer or other stressful elements, so just hand off your iDevice and let them explore.

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This by Tinrocket, Blogo and other apps to check out this weekend

April 16, 2016 by macjeff

It’s the weekend, and you know what that means: it’s time for another round of iDB’s Apps of the Week post. Every week we put together a list of apps and games we think are worth checking out, and this time around we’ve got some great selections. This week’s picks include a navigation app for walking, an annotation app, and more!

This by Tinrocket

Looking for a good annotation app that lets you add pointers, labels, descriptions and other commentary to your photos? Check out This by Tinrocket. These are the same guys behind well-made apps like Waterlogue and Popsicolor, and This is no exception. It features a clean, minimal design, 7 expressive pointer designs, and the ability to quickly share your photos. This app is available for free.

Sidekix: Urban Navigator

Sidekix: Urban Navigator is the ultimate city navigation app for walking. You just tell it where you want to go, and Sidekix will choose a route for you based on various interests like shopping, food, nightlife and more. It also features pedestrian-level mapping, vibration-based GPS directions, and even in-app chat. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be an Apple Watch app yet, but it’s still worth checking out. This app is available for free.

Blogo

Long-time desktop publishing app Blogo landed on iOS this past week. For those unfamiliar with it, Blogo allows you to post, edit and update content on WordPress.com, Medium and Blogger. The idea here is to give users a native app with powerful features and a simple interface, making it more enjoyable to write. Listing all of its features would take way too long, so you’re just going to have to see it for yourself. This app is available for free.

Fear the Walking Dead: Dead Run

Had enough of The Walking Dead franchise, or its spinoff Fear the Walking Dead? If not, you’re definitely going to want to check out this new Dead Run title. It’s essentially a tactical runner, where you are pursued by the undead as you flee across LA landscapes. Shoot too much, and you’ll slow down, shoot too little, and you’ll be overtaken. Has all of your favorite characters and scenes from AMC’s hit TV series. This game is available for free.

Warbits

Warbits is a turn-based strategy war simulator, where players must battle through 20 missions across 5 environments as they unravel the story of a dysfunctional galaxy. Features include campaign, online and local gameplay against your friends or AI opponents, 16 game-changing power-ups and iCloud support. There is also in-game messaging, Game Center support, and you can event watch replays. This game is available for $2.99.

More apps you should check out

• Apple selects sci-fi Wild West shooter Space Marshals as its new Free App of the Week
• Chat bots go live in Facebook Messenger, Facebook opens up Live Video APIs
• BBC releases iPlayer Kids app
• ‘Apps for Earth’ App Store promo sends 100% of proceeds from select App Store purchases to WWF
• Review: Leaf, a minimalist RSS reader for the Mac

These apps have been updated

• Instagram updates Explore feature with video channels
• You can now watch Vine clips without having to manually scroll through individual posts
• You can now attach Google Drive/Dropbox files and GIFs from Tumblr to emails in Yahoo Mail
• Snapchat stickers can now move in tandem with objects and people in your videos
• You can now attach Microsoft Office documents to your WhatsApp chats
• Google Calendar can intelligently find time on your schedule to work on your personal goals
• Airmail gains iPad and Touch ID support, adds tons of new features in latest update
• Facebook Messenger gains Dropbox integration

Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 04/15/2016

April 15, 2016 by macjeff

Piiig Labs: Science Experiments for Kids , PDF Forms , Hatchi - A retro virtual pet and more

Universal:

It allows you to import PDF documents from a variety of sources including Google Drive, Dropbox, and your computer via iTunes File Sharing. You can then fill out forms, add comments, highlight important items, apply stamps, and add your signature to any PDF document. You’re also able to split documents, reorder pages, duplicate and rename, and zip them. PDF documents can be shared via email, Dropbox, and Google Drive, or they can be printed via AirPrint.

You don’t have to be a ‘90s kid to enjoy Hatchi. Your Hatchi monster will need to be hatched, fed, played with, bathed, and generally looked after to ensure it grows up happy and healthy. Hatchi monsters can also be pitted against each other in multiplayer battles. While you’re not tending to your Hatchi, you’re able to play some mini games including Whack a Hatchi and Hatchi Matchi.

Calendarium helps you live in the present and the past. The top portion of the screen displays today’s date, the week of the year, sunrise and sunset times, and the number of days that have passed and are left in the year. The bottom portion includes all of the historical events and major holidays that occurred on this very day. Tap and hold on an event or holiday to share it via Twitter, Facebook, Messages, or email.

It allows your child to put together mini projects and learn through interaction. It includes 12 kits with a bunch of parts to assemble. Project themes include electricity, chemical reaction, circuits, color mixing, radio frequency, vortex, sound, and more. The app is entirely free of ads and in-app purchases, so just hand your iPad off and let your child explore.

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Best app deals of the day! 10 paid iPhone apps on sale for a limited time

April 15, 2016 by macjeff

Everyone likes free apps, but sometimes the best ones are a bit expensive. Now and then, developers put paid apps on sale for a limited time, but you have to snatch them up fast. Here are the latest and greatest apps on sale in the iOS App Store.

The post Best app deals of the day! 10 paid iPhone apps on sale for a limited time appeared first on Digital Trends.

Apple selects sci-fi Wild West shooter Space Marshals as its new Free App of the Week

April 14, 2016 by macjeff

Like on any given Thursday, Apple today refreshed the App Store to reflect new software arrivals and promotions.

In addition to highlighting apps whose proceeds will go to the World Wildlife Fund until April 24 through the new ‘Apps for Earth’ section, Apple’s editors have slashed Pixelbite’s award-winning sci-fi action adventure, Space Marshals, as the App Store’s new Free App of the Week.

This universal iPhone, iPod touch and iPad game normally retails for $4.99, so do yourself a favor and save a few bucks by grabbing this great freebie right now.

"After a jailbreak at an intergalactic prison, dangerous criminals are on the loose—and that’s awesome news for action fans," reads the Apple-provided description.

"Pixelbite’s top-down tactical shooter flings your grizzled lawman and his crew into tense scenarios best tackled with a mix of stealthy flanking and brazen running-and-gunning. The controls are smooth, the graphics are gorgeous, weapon upgrades keep coming and a fun story effortlessly propels you from one mission to the other."

Is Space Marshals any good?

They’re not lying.

Having played this game extensively, I can attest to it offering one of the best dual-stick virtual joypad controls that don’t get in your way or obscure the action. 3D graphics are indeed gorgeous: this game takes advantage of your iOS device’s underlying hardware so the newer your device is the smoother Space Marshals will be.

I played the game on an iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2 and can report that it’s a screamer from a technical standpoint. As for value, I never regretted dropping five bucks on Space Marshals. The game offers hours of action, and developers have released three major content update since its January 2015 App Store debut that have greatly expanded playability with more missions, weapons, gadgets, enemies, bosses, story and rewards.

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More games like this?

The game supports Game Center leaderboards and achievements and, most important of all, does not ruin your experience with dreaded In-App Purchases. As such, it was listed on the App Store’s ‘Pay Once & Play’ section that promotes quality games free of In-App Purchases.

If you like this game, Pixelbite has another smash hit that follows in Space Marshals footsteps: a 99-cent sci-fi top-down shooter, Xenowerk, and its Apple TV edition, Xenowerk TV, on the tvOS App Store.

Pixelbite is also behind Reckless Racing 3, Repulze and other fine games.

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You may want to read our reviews of Space Marshals and Xenowerk.

Pricing and availability

Space Marshals is a universal app requiring an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad with iOS 7.0 or later. The 321-megabyte download is localized in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish.

Grab Space Marshals free of charge until next Thursday.