Great Apps Gone Free on 1/13. Reactor Bots and Grand Tour 3D

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

“Great Apps Gone Free” is our daily column that features great and valuable paid apps that have just gone free. We’ve tested them and filtered out crappy apps from our list so these apps are actually worth your time to download. Get these apps quickly because some are just free for a limited time. Subscribe to our twitter account at @appsmachine or RSS feed for daily notifications of great apps that have gone free!

App of the Day- Reactor Bots

Reactor Bots $1.99 to FREE (App Store) is a real time strategy and puzzle game that puts you in command of reactor bots. There are a variety of missions in the game. You have to navigate your limited number of Reactor bots through traps and teleporters, and defeat enemy robots strategically to successfully complete all the missions. So don’t let the boxy graphics fool you. Reactor Bots is actually a deep real time strategy game that will make you use your brains to beat each mission.

Why is it Great? It’s not every day that you encounter a real time strategy game that actually make you think instead of mindlessly cranking out underlings.

Other Great Apps

Mappity Quakes

Mappity Quakes $4.99 to FREE (App Store) shows earthquakes that occurred anywhere on Earth within the last 24 hours. With all the earthquakes that hit this week. This may help you get a better grasp at the location and magnitude of the earthquakes around you. It is also useful to track the aftershocks that occurs after the big one hits. On a side note, do you know that there are at least 5 earthquakes on the magnitude of 1-2 in Los Angeles area today?

Why is it Great? It is a nifty app to track earthquakes around the world in the last 24 hours.

Grand Tour 3D

Grand Tour 3D $3.99->FREE (App Store) lets you explore the solar system on your mobile app machine. Go to any planet or moons on the solar system and view its celestial image in 3D. The Earth’s clouds is also rendered using real time information from reputable sources. Grand Tour also has a time accelerator feature that lets you watch how planets rotate around your selected planet or moon.

Why is it Great? Explore planetary movements and other cool stuff with this amazing app.

Beer Battery

Beer Battery $0.99->FREE (App Store) displays your battery level as a glass of beer. The beer is rendered beautifully. Give it a tap on the screen and your device battery stats will appear, giving you the estimated time for 3G internet or 3D gaming.

Why is it Great? Beer battery is way cooler than all the other boring battery apps.

Creepy Dolls

Creepy Dolls $0.99->FREE (App Store) will give you the creeps. Give it a shake and a new creepy doll will appear to haunt you. Use it to scare a girl. But don’t blame us if it gives you a nightmare.

Why is it Great? It is great for pranks on that unsuspecting someone.

The Adventures of Bunny & Miss Holland

The Adventures of Bunny & Miss Holland $0.99->FREE (App Store) is a picture movie featuring sexy women. Sure, the plot doesn’t make sense. But this adult oriented app is different from other apps with sexy women in that the pictures tell an interesting story.

Why is it Great? Sexy Women and a story? That’s something new in the App Store!

Please check to price of the app before downloading. Prices can change at any time. Sometimes apps are even just free for a few hours before they get a new price.

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