October 11th Edition

Today’s Great Free Apps: Gin Rummy HD, Rocket Valet, Tadaa SLR and more

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iPhone & iPad:

Tadaa SLR ($2.99 → Free, 21.4 MB): Take fantastic SLR-quality photos with Tadaa SLR. It’s designed for those who want to put their subject in focus.

Tadaa SLR does most of the heavy lifting for you, but it includes a handful of powerful editing features that will please even the most seasoned iPhoneographers. After taking your photo you’re able to apply a mask to your subject manually or have Tadaa SLR detect the edges automatically. The aperture, highlight and gloss levels, and range of your blur effect can be adjusted via sliders. Circular, linear, and complete blur options are available as well. With your subject fully in focus and background blurred out, go ahead and add some filters before sharing it.

Tadaa SLR is available for free today only (10/10). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 51 ratings.

MPro ($1.99 → Free, 3.1 MB): Capture high quality black and white photos with MPro. It’s a great addition to any iPhoneographers collection.

MPro doesn’t cut any corners. It’s able to capture crisp, uncompressed photos and save them as TIFFs. MPro’s interface is also remarkably easy to use, providing you with quick access to its many features and options including alignment grids, ratios, and brightness. The focus and exposure for your photos can be set separately as well.

MPro is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 10 ratings.

Rocket Valet! Galaxy Landing Service ($1.99 → Free, 5.5 MB): Try to hit the landing target outside of a dark city with your rocket ship in this casual arcade game. Rocket Valet is for anyone that enjoys pick up and play games.

Rocket Valet is the perfect little time waster that’s easy to get the hang of but difficult to master. Your rocket ship controls are found at the bottom of the screen. You must tap the thrusters to navigate your ship through delicate mazes and safely to the landing pad. You’ll be rewarded with bonus points for a direct hit and small bounces. After each successful landing you can choose to record your high score or risk it all to climb even higher up the leaderboards.

Rocket Valet! Galaxy Landing Service is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 30 ratings.

MiniLegend: Epic Reign ($39.99 → Free, 53.5 MB): This new League of Legends-type game built for iOS is giving away a whopping $40 worth of in-app currency through the weekend. We’re skeptical of this amount total, but nonetheless there’s lots of free stuff! It’s great for anyone who likes online multiplayer card battle games.

MiniLegend has a unique mix of gameplay elements that set it apart from the rest of the games in the genre. As the summoner, you must select your main hero to go into battle with. Then put together the rest of your deck and create your battle formation. You’re able to watch the battle play out, and when victory is yours, utilize your experience points by upgrading your characters and equipment. If you tire of battling monsters in dungeons, jump into the player-versus-player arenas and see how your deck stacks up against the rest.

MiniLegend: Epic Reign is available for free today only (10/10). It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 27 ratings.

Gin Rummy HD ($1.99 → Free, 56.1 MB): A digital version of Gin Rummy from the same team that brought Cribbage, Spite and Malice, Backgammon, and Hearts to the App Store. It’s perfect for anyone looking to play Gin Rummy while on the go.

This is our favorite version of Gin Rummy because you’re able to play turn-based games online at your own pace. The game offers three ways to play: Gin Rummy, Straight, and Oklahoma. You’re able to hone your skills against three levels of AI, and then head online to show the rest of the world your card magic. The game also includes local pass and play multiplayer, peer-to-peer multiplayer, and live online games with voice chat.

Gin Rummy HD is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 6787 ratings.

Sago Mini Monsters ($2.99 → Free, 30.5 MB): Your kids can create and share their own colorful monsters with Sago Mini Monsters. It’s the perfect app to get your kids in the Halloween spirit.

Sago Mini Monsters allows your kid’s creative side to shine. They get to start off by painting the face of a colorful monster. It will then grow horns, eyes, and a mouth. Just tap and drag each piece to switch it out with another. The monster can be fed with the food that floats to the top of the goo from which it came. Once the monster has had its fill it will need its teeth brushed. Other objects will also randomly float to the top of the goo, which can be applied to the monster before it gets its photo taken.

Sago Mini Monsters is available for free today only (10/10). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 98 ratings.