Editor’s Picks: The Best Free Apps of the Week
App Chronicles features excellent free apps everyday, but there are some apps we like a lot more than others. These apps are those rare, must-have apps that will wow you with their quality. For that our editor gives them the mark of approval. Here are the top apps featured this week that are still free. Be sure to pick them up before the weekend is over. You just never know when their prices suddenly spike up!
Bills On your Table: Keep Track of and Receive Notifications on Upcoming Bill Payments
Editor’s Pick: Bills ~ on your table HD
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Bills ~ on your table HD iPad Only (3.5 stars with 79 Ratings)
$0.99 → Free 
Bills helps you keep track of your incoming bills, as well as gives you reminders that you need to pay or take care of a bill. It allows you to give a specific due date, which is usually repeating, and then you’re on your way. All of your bills will be synced live with the server by your personal user account that you create, and since it’s cloud based, you can have you information virtually anywhere you go. If you’re worried about anyone peeking on your sensitive info, just set a passcode. There are ridiculous amount of features to Bills, and it’s definitely an app worth checking out. Today only the iPad version is free. iPhone version is priced at $1.99
Super Lemonade Factory: Manage a Factory as Well as Possible in This 8-Bit Retro Puzzle Platformer
Editor’s Pick: Super Lemonade Factory
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Super Lemonade Factory Universal (Optimized for both the iPad and iPhone) (4.5 stars with 49 Ratings)
$0.99 → Free
Super Lemonade Factory takes you to that post WWII era and introduces you to Andre and Liselot, two people who are about to inherit a lemonade factory, but in order to do so, they must be able to prove their worth by ramping up production and increasing profits. Each one has a unique ability to perform specific tasks in order to make it through this puzzle-based leveler, so it’s up to you to figure out how to best utilize their respective skills. Along the way, you’ll find moments to talk to all sorts of characters and learn more and more about the next steps. It’s wrapped in a fantastic 8-bit graphical overlay, and is just simply a fun-filled escapade. Download Super Lemonade Factory today and see how well you can manage things.
Feed Me Oil: From Chillingo, Save the Land from Oil Spills in this Imaginative Physics Based Game. Free for a Limited Time
Editor’s Pick: Feed Me Oil HD
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Feed Me Oil HD iPad Only (4.5 stars with 2456 Ratings)
$0.99 →Free
Oil spills are never a laughing matter, but there is one way to look at them in a lighthearted manner. That’s with Chillingo’s Feed Me Oil.
Feed Me Oil gives a simple premise: help guide oil from a broken pipe to the mouths of strange creatures that are waiting to devour it and keep it from spilling on the land. How you do so, however, is quite interesting, as you must use as many of the surrounding elements as possible to help guide the oil through a series of intricate obstacle courses. Use such things as magnets, blocks, fans, and more as you attempt to get as high of a score as possible. The game is filled with imaginative graphics and creatures, and is highly intuitive. We gave Fee Me Oil a review score of 4 Out of 5 last June. Check it out while your game is downloading to prepare for the fun!
Grab Feed Me Oil while you can for free and see how you stack up.
Feed Me Oil
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Feed Me Oil iPhone OS (4.5 stars with 13571 Ratings)
$0.99 →Free
This is the iPhone version of Feed Me Oil.
MotoHeroz: Race your Way Across this Incredible Platform Physics Racer. Free for a Limited Time
Editor’s Pick: MotoHeroz HD
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MotoHeroz HD iPad Only (4.5 stars with 752 Ratings)
$0.99 →Free
In MotoHeroz, you play a physics based racing game that gives you the wheel of a giant monster truck that needs to get from point A to point B. Doing so, however, isn’t as easy as 1, 2, 3, for you’ll have to navigate the many obstacles, loops, and ramps that deter your path. There are tons of wild power-ups items like jet packs that lift your vehicle upwards so you can reach your goal.
Control your vehicle as best as you can, fly through the air and take care of your approach, or else you’ll crash and burn. Work your way through the vividly colored and wonderfully animated world on your quest for 3 stars at each of the 30 tracks on 6 different vehicles.
MotoHeroz
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MotoHeroz iPhone OS (4.5 stars with 2535 Ratings)
$0.99 →Free
This is the iPhone version of MotoHeroz.
Tower Defense: Lost Earth- A Powerful and Action Packed Tower Defense Game. Free for a Limited Time
Editor’s Pick: Tower Defense®
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Tower Defense® iPhone OS (5 stars with 17480 Ratings)
$0.99 → FREE
Free Offer Ended
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Tower Defense: Lost Earth is an iPhone game that’s currently free, and if you’ve heard anything about tower defense games, you’ve no doubt heard of this one. In fact, we did a review of it awhile back that you should check out.
The short of it is that Tower Defense: Lose Earth is a powerful and nonstop action packed defense game that will get your heart pumping fast. Your missions is to find resources for the a depleting Earth, and when you do, you find that you’re not alone. With tons of power ups, 40 campaign and 7 challenge maps, 9 different towers, and so much more, Tower Defense: Lost Earth will keep you entertained for hours.
Grab it for free today.
Tiktok(+Alarm): Create as many Beautiful Alarm Clock Interfaces as your Heart Desires
Editor’s Pick: TikTok (+Alarm)
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TikTok (+Alarm) Universal (Optimized for both the iPad and iPhone) (4.5 stars with 83 Ratings)
$0.99 → FREE
Free Offer Ended
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TikTok has your standard alarm clock feature: setting an alarm, but it does so much more, like allowing you to build gorgeous clocks. There are tons of features and clock parts to choose from, so your ability to make a beautiful time telling interface is almost unlimited in what you can do. Analog, digital, it doesn’t matter, you can make it. Choose photos to use as a background, have your alarm wake you up with music, find out local weather information, and more. The interface can be as gorgeous as you can dream.
Vocre is a Free Voice Translation app that Breaks the Language Barrier
Editor’s Pick: Vocre Free Translator
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Vocre Free Translator Universal (Optimized for both the iPad and iPhone) (4.5 stars with 151 Ratings)
Free
There are a few translation apps out there that claim to get the job done when it comes to cross language communication issues. Vocre is one such app put out by the folks at mylanguage, and it’s quite impressive. With Vocre, 2 people speaking 2 completely different languages can talk with each other, breaking down the language barrier.
It works by first converting your spoken words into text for you. Then, hit the translate button to blurt out your words into over 20 different languages, including 3 dialects of Chinese, German, Italian, Spanish, and so much more. The developers are always adding new languages via updates, so if there’s one language that you can’t find in Vocre, you can simply… (more)
Ice Rage: Battle it Out on the Ice!
Editor’s Pick: Ice Rage
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Ice Rage Universal (Optimized for both the iPad and iPhone) (4.5 stars with 8125 Ratings)
$0.99 → FREE
Free Offer Ended
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Battle it out on ice in Ice Rage. This top down 3D hockey game brings back that classic arcade experience to your iPad and iPhones. Take the puck from your opponents and make a shot past the goalie. Is the guy from the other team blocking your way? Just knock him down to ground with your hockey stick to clear your way.
We have given Ice Rage a 4 out of 5 stars in our full review. Now that it has gone free, shouldn’t you give it a try?
Awakening: Dreamless Castle is a Mystery Filled Puzzle Adventure Game that will Challenge and Entertain You. Free for a Limited Time
Editor’s Pick: Awakening: The Dreamless Castle HD
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Awakening: The Dreamless Castle HD iPad Only (4.5 stars with 3145 Ratings)
$4.99 → FREE
Free Offer Ended
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Imagine what it would be like to awake from a deep sleep in a mysterious castle, and the only means of escape were to solve puzzles and riddles?
That’s what you get with Awakening: Dreamless Castle. This app is a puzzle based adventure game full of intrigue and mystery. Your character has awoken and needs to get out, but you have to search throughout the castle in order to find a way, doing your best to solve the puzzles that come in your path. The game is full of wonderful visuals and plenty of mind-bendingly challenging puzzles that will leave you wanting more. Keep track of the hints in order to progress, or else you’ll lose your way.
Awakening: The Dreamless Castle
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Awakening: The Dreamless Castle iPhone OS (4.5 stars with 1458 Ratings)
$1.99 → FREE
Free Offer Ended
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This is the iPhone version of The Awakening: The Dreamless Castle.
Monster Wars: The Follow-Up to Legendary Wars is now Free, and It’s Full of Action and Adventure
Editor’s Pick: Monster Wars
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Monster Wars Universal (Optimized for both the iPad and iPhone) (4.5 stars with 4174 Ratings)
$0.99 → FREE
Free Offer Ended
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Fans of the hugely popular game Legendary Wars should take note: A re-imagination of Legendary Wars from the side of the monsters has arrived earlier this year. And it has gone free today!
Monster Wars is what it’s called, and it’s a fantastic follow up to the original Legendary Wars. The monsters of RPGs are getting a little tired of constantly being the target of players for gold and XP… and they are out to take their revenge. This castle defense game gives you command of over 50 monster types and it’s up to you to build an army big enough to get the job done. The game features and expansive world of discovery and adventure, with tons of action and highly controllable gameplay. The graphics are optimized wonderfully for the retina display on the new iPad, and with 7 different environments and 60 levels of action, you’ll get plenty of an eyeful.
Speed U: Easily Launch iOS Applications in One Simple Touch, All Within this App. Free for a Limited Time
Editor’s Pick: Speed U
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Speed U iPhone OS (4.5 stars with 41 Ratings)
$1.99 →Free
As wonderful and amazing as the iPhone is, it can be a bit cumbersome trying to navigate and operate certain apps. Who wants to spend three or four taps trying to set a reminder? Not this guy.
That’s where Speed U comes in. Speed U is a launching application that allows you to launch all other applications quickly and efficiently. Simply choose your most used applications and put them into Speed U. Whenever you want to launch, it does so in one touch. Aside from these features, you can also store website urls, access email, and use the phone or message function. Speed U is a great way to be more efficient with your already incredibly efficient device, and that’s something nobody could turn down.
