August 11th Edition

Today’s Great Free Apps: Relaxtopia, Dark Guardians, Weekly Budget and more

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iPhone & iPad:

Weekly Budget – An Easy Way to Save Money ($0.99 → Free, 2.7 MB): This simple but effective finance app will help you stick to a weekly budget.

You’ll first want to determine a weekly budget amount and when your week starts. You’ll then see your total on the main screen and how much you have left. Every time you spend some money, choose a category and input the amount. If you find yourself with a little extra income, you can add to your budget mid-week. The app also includes the ability to rollover your amount from week to week, edit categories, export data, and have your balance shown as an icon badge.

Weekly Budget – An Easy Way to Save Money is available for free for a limited time. It has a 5-star rating with a total of 7 ratings.

myFilm SLR-like ($0.99 → Free, 1.3 MB): Turn your photos into works of art with myFilm.

The app is meant to help you make your photos look like they were taken with a single-lens reflex or toy camera. You’re able to import any photo from your library or capture a new one from within the app. Then choose from the 18 different color filters, adjust the contrast, and adjust the brightness. You’re also able to add two different levels of vignette and five types of blur. The blur options allow you to give your photos that miniaturized effect. Then develop your photo and watch it transform. You’re able to save your final creation to your library or share it via Twitter or email.

myFilm SLR-like is available for free today only (08/10). It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 41 ratings.

T-Rex Hates ($0.99 → Free, 25.0 MB): Travel through space and time to find out what T-Rex Hates the most in this arcade game.

As T-Rex runs through each environment, it’s up to you to time his jumps in order to avoid the many different obstacles set out before him. You’re able to tap and hold your finger on the screen to adjust the height of your jumps. The meter on the right side of the screen will indicate if you hit the sweet spot. Hop on top of the heads of humans to collect skulls and improve T-Rex’s abilities. The game also includes multiple epochs to travel through, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

T-Rex Hates is available for free today only (08/10). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 6 ratings.

Relaxtopia: Relax with ambient sounds, lower your stress level, focus or sleep better ($2.99 → Free, 137.9 MB): Today only: Unlock all of Relaxtopia’s sound themes free of charge. That’s a $2.99 value! Just tap the store icon in the bottom right corner of the screen and tap the “Unlock All Themes” in-app purchase. All sound themes will then be permanently unlocked for you to enjoy.

Put your mind and body at ease with Relaxtopia. You’re able to choose from 11 different sets of sounds. Each set has additional ambient sounds that you can activate to add to the complexity. You’re also able to adjust the strength of each sound to create something wholly unique. Then just set the sleep timer, sit back, and enjoy!

Relaxtopia: Relax with ambient sounds, lower your stress level, focus or sleep better is available for free today only (08/10). It has a 5-star rating with a total of 7 ratings.

Get-O PRO ($0.99 → Free, 15.0 MB): Get the O before your opponent does in this local multiplayer game.

All you need to play Get-O Pro is a friend and two iDevices. You’ll need to pair the two iDevices via Bluetooth to get things started. You then have 60 seconds to fling the O to your opponent’s side of the screen and catch it when it comes back to your side. If you miss it or your opponent grabs it first, you won’t score and they will have possession of the O. Sensor zones will also appear at random, which can change up the gameplay by speeding up or slowing down the O or awarding or stealing points. At the end of each game you’ll see how you stack up against your opponent.

Get-O PRO is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 20 ratings.

Dark Guardians ($0.99 → Free, 57.6 MB): Travel across mystical lands and fight the monsters of darkness in this endless distance game.

Your enemies will approach from the right side of the screen. It’s up to you to determine which elemental power to use simply by looking at their color in order to dispose of them. As you progress your enemies will come in greater numbers, so you must memorize the elemental power pattern at the bottom of the screen and have your tapping fingers at the ready in order to survive. The game includes original music by Valentin Lafort, the ability to upgrade your guardian, and achievements and leaderboards via Game Center.

Dark Guardians is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 41 ratings.

Shtickers – Animated stickers for iMessages ($0.99 → Free, 33.7 MB): Get your message across in style using animated stickers with Shtickers.

Shtickers has eight categories to choose from. You’re able to tap on any sticker to get a better look at it and its animation. If it’s the one you want to use, tap the big green ”Send” button and you will be brought to a compose screen where you can enter your recipient. Additionally, you can copy and paste the sticker into Messages manually. Shtickers has a total of 80 animated stickers.

Shtickers – Animated stickers for iMessages is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 5 ratings.