Friday 31 October 2014

Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates


App Store


Here are some of the best free apps, app updates and new apps that have landed in the App Store recently. All app prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly, so grab them while you can.


Apps Now Free


Lenka [Now free, down from $9.99] Lenka is a remarkably simple yet powerful, dedicated black & white camera app.


Duckie Deck Monsters [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $2.99] Stop hiding under those covers, come out and meet your new Monster friends!


Week Calendar [iPhone; Now free, down from $1.99] Week Calendar is the most user friendly and the all-round calendar app worldwide for everyone that needs to get the most out of their calendar app.


Week Calendar for iPad [iPad; Now free, down from $3.99] Week Calendar is the most user friendly and the all-round calendar app worldwide for everyone that needs to get the most out of their calendar app.


Slender Man Origins [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $4.99] Slender Man Origins - Immerse yourself into the thick atmosphere of mystery and horror!


Slender Man Origins 2 [iOS Universal; Now free, down from $2.99] A new game from the authors of the award-winning Slender Man Origins. Meet Slender Man Origins 2!


Emoji☺ [OS X; Now free, down from $9.99] Now you too can express yourself in creative and fun ways with Emoji on your Mac! Install this app and instantly get access to over 460 awesome emoticons!


XnSketch [OS X; Now free, down from $2.99] With XnSketch you can easily turn your photos into cartoon or sketch images.


New and Notable Apps


Audio Defence : Zombie Arena [iOS Universal; $4.99] A zombie shooter audio game.


Haunt the House: Terrortown [iOS Universal; $0.99] Leave the dusty halls of an abandoned clock tower to haunt your way through a town in the dead of night!


Run Sackboy! Run! [iOS Universal; Free] Sackboy, the knitted hero from the multi-award winning LittleBigPlanet™ series on PlayStation® lands into the palm of your hand in this brand new endless platformer!


Medford Asylum: Paranormal Case - Hidden Object Adventure (Full) [iOS Universal; $4.99] Uncover the mystery of Medford City asylum!


Updates you don't want to miss


Pixelmator [iPad; $4.99] Pixelmator for iPad is a powerful image editor that gives everything you need to create, edit, and enhance your images. It lets you work seamlessly between Mac and iPad. Version 1.0.1 brings the following changes:



  • The Repair tool is now available on iPad 2, iPad 3, and iPad mini

  • Updated brush previews so you can get a better idea of the stroke shape

  • Improved brush parameters so the strokes are even nicer

  • Improved localizations


nPlayer [iOS Universal; $4.99] nPlayer provides high quality video play performance and easy control-UI supporting almost all kinds of video formats and codecs without file converting efforts. Version 2.6.5 brings the following changes:



  • Supports iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus

  • Supports H.264 High profile 10 (Hi10P) hardware decoding (minimum spec: iOS 8 / iPhone 5s, iPad air, iPad mini retina)

  • Fixed the crash issue in iOS 5.x

  • Download feature in nPlayer browser has been eliminated in the contents streaming sites such as YouTube according to Apple's policy.

  • Fixed other bugs


Emoji++ : The Fast Emoji Keyboard for iOS 8 [iOS Universal; $0.99] Emoji++ is the fastest way to type Emoji on iOS. Version 1.1 brings the following changes:



  • Introducing Emoji++ 1.1, a ground up improvement around the concept of fast emoji entry. This update includes:

  • A visual overhaul designed to put the Emojis front and center

  • Better interactivity and touch highlighting

  • Continuous delete mode

  • A Dark Mode for use in compatible applications

  • Much faster launch, switching and position retention




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