Monday, December 23, 2024
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Today in the App Store — Solve, The Robot Factory and more

Here are some of the best free apps, app updates and new apps that have landed in the App Store recently. Today’s notable apps include a discount on Solve – A colorful graphing calculator, the new Robot Factory kid’s building game and a major update to Unclutter. All app prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly, so grab them while you can.

iOS Apps Now Free

Solve – A colorful graphing calculator [Now free, down from $1.99] Solve solves expressions as you type and features an innovative memory system to store and recall answers. Simply touch the answer to store it and touch the stored answer to use it in an expression.

Where To Go? PRO – Find Points of Interest using GPS. [Now free, down from $2.99] No matter if you need to find the closest bar, grocery store, pharmacy, taxi firm or historical point-of-interest, WhereToGo is the app you need.

Do Not Move [Now free, down from $1.99] Don’t move your phone. You’ll get points for every second your phone doesn’t move!

Weather Now – Forecast and 3D Earth [Now free, down from $2.99] Amazingly beautiful 3D images of our planet draws your attention for so long that you may forget that the application has other useful features that allows you easy access to precise, global weather information.

Fresh Air – Beautiful, personalized weather [Now free, down from $3.99] Fresh Air gives you a weather graph, notifications and calendar for your existing events. It is a beautiful and intuitive way to see the weather and immediately understand what it means for your plans. Weather, intimately personal to you.

iOS Apps On Sale

How to Tie Knots 3D [On sale for $0.99, down from $1.99] The How To Tie Knots app will be your personal assistant in the complex craft of knot tying. You don’t have to worry if you can keep all the necessary knots in your mind.

Mind Games Pro [On sale for $0.99, down from $4.99] Mind Games is a great collection of games based, in part, on principles of cognitive psychology to help you practice different mental skills.

Wings Of Valor [On sale for $0.99, down from $1.99] Wings of Fury, the famous game on Apple II in 1989. And here is the Rebirth of The Classic – Wings of Valor !!

Neuroshima Hex [Now free, down from $0.99] Neuroshima Hex is a fast paced, tactical board game where up to 4 players (human or AI) lead their troops to victory.

Lost Echo [On sale for $1.99, down from $2.99] In the near future Greg’s girlfriend Chloe mysteriously disappears in front of him. He starts a desperate search for her. What happened? Why does no-one else remember her?

Warhammer 40,000: Carnage [On sale for $0.99, down from $5.99] Run and gun through screaming hordes of frenzied enemies in this fast-moving, high powered, action side-scroller. Jump into the kick-ass Warhammer 40,000 universe, obliterating infernal Orks in this stunning world.

Discounted Mac Apps

WiFi Scanner [On sale for $4.99, down from $6.99] Using WiFi Scanner you’ll see nearby wireless access points and their details, including channels, signal levels (RSSI), noise, channel width, and MAC address, signal quality, maximum data rate, encryption, and much more.

My Alarm Clock [On sale for $1.99, down from $2.99] My Alarm Clock turns your Mac into a BEDSIDE CLOCK with gorgeous themes and current weather information, an ALARM CLOCK that sings your favorite tunes, and a SLEEP TIMER that lulls you to sleep at night!

Healthier: Break Reminder [On sale for $2.99, down from $4.99] Research has shown that prolonged sitting in front of a computer not only damages health, but also decreases productivity. Healthier helps you to tackle both.

New and Notable Apps

Rototo: Space Survival [$ $1.99] Tap to rotate your shield, stopping incoming hostiles in their tracks.

The Robot Factory [$ 2.99] Build with exoskeletons, zephyr mechanisms, hydrostatic tentacles, ungulate feet, machinos locomotors, solartronics, archytas wings, G-Force mixers, monster feet, megascopes, hooks, pincers, magnets, and more!

Devious Dungeon 2 [$ 0.99] Devious Dungeon 2 is a medieval action platforming game by the creators of Random Heroes and League of Evil!

Updates you don’t want to miss

Implosion – Never Lose Hope [$ 9.99] A mysterious life form known as the XADA squares off against humanity’s last weapon – the War-Mech series III battle suit.

  • Retina resolution graphic enhancement for iPad, iPad Air, iPad mini series, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus.

Unclutter [$ 4.99] Unclutter is your instant digital pocket for storing stuff like notes, links and files, saving your Desktop from clutter.

  • Finally, a completely new, light design, matching the new OS style.
  • Create as many separate notes as you need. Organize your notes better, without creating clutter.
  • Arrange items in Files panel more flexibly. Sort them by date added, date modified, name or kind.
  • Drop files inside folders in Files panel, without having to open them first.
  • Search contents of Notes and Files panels.
  • Full support of multi-display setup.
  • Lots of tweaks, performance optimizations and bug fixes.
Steve Sande
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Steve is the founder and former publisher of Apple World Today and has authored a number of books about Apple products. He's an avid photographer, an FAA-licensed drone pilot, and a really bad guitarist. Steve and his wife Barb love to travel everywhere!