Great Paid Apps Now Free on 1/11. Stackus and Nukkad

Monday, January 11, 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!

Stackus $1.99 –> Free (App Store) is an unique block stacking, physics based game that not only tests how well you stack blocks, but how well you take it apart. Your goal is to remove pieces from a stacked blocks from the left and stack them on a platform on the right. Some of the platforms on the right which serve as a base to your toppled blocks require careful selection and placement. Luckily, you don’t have to pick only the top blocks on the left side to start stacking blocks to the right side. You can take out any blocks on the left, even the ones on the bottom. Hopeful that won’t cause the blocks to fall apart. Watch the following video to see how it works.

Why is it Great? Stackus takes the best game elements from block stacking games and make them even better by having players take apart blocks and stack them up at the same time.

Nukkad $1.99 –> Free (App Store) is good twitter application with a functional user interface. But Nukkad set itself apart from all the other twitter apps with its awesome Google translate integration. Change all of your twitter feeds to Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Korean, German, and more to view tweets in those languages. If you want to follow a Korean or Japanese singer, you can have their tweets translated to English. Nukkad even has a cool feature of changing a tweet back to its default language by just tapping that cell. Only that cell will turn and revert back to its default language. If you follow foreigners often, you might even consider making Nukkad the default twitter iPhone app of your choice!

Why is it Great? Seamless Google Translate integration to a good iPhone Twitter client.

Metal Sun $1.99 –> Free (App Store) is a 3D air fighting game. You are in control of an aircraft whose mission is to protect humans by destroying alien aircrafts and bases.

Why is it Great? 3D air fighting game with good graphics and tilt control that is fun to play.

ProCamera Basic $1.99 –> Free (App Store) is a camera app with lots of features. 5X zoom, timers, full screen trigger are just some features that will make your default camera app obsolete.

Why is it Great? Its a lot better than your default camera app.

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.

The is a free paid apps article on the App Machine.