Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: Word to Word (Mega)

Today's Free App of the Day is Word to Word (Mega) - A fun and addictive free word association game
Originally $1.99

This is a fun word game. Match words in two columns based on word association, which could be based on synonyms, antonyms, words used together (compound words or phrases): dog & cat hot & cold tasty & delicious fire & truck sugar & coffee laugh & tickle.

Starting at about level 11 of the Mega package for me, the games got a bit harder and there can be more than one match for some clues but then you'll end up with matches that can't be made, and the game will prompt you to change some of your selections.

The game comes with a Smile package of 40 puzzles (these seemed more difficult than the Mega Pack that came with it, at least initially!) and one Mega Pack of 400 puzzles. Five more mega packs of 400 puzzles each are available for $1.99 each, or you can buy ALL the mega packs for $4.99. You are prompted for a review, but that's easily avoided by saying "yes" to the review prompt and then immediately using the back button to go back to the game. Enjoyed this game--I like word puzzles. It has a brief tutorial, and a brief tutorial is really all that's needed. It only plays in one landscape mode. It will play in airplane mode. I tested it on my Kindle Fire HDX.

2730 of 2977 reviews are four stars and above.

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Today's Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: Rotate It!

Today's Free App of the Day is Rotate It!
Originally $0.99

This is a very clean, nicely done "path" puzzle. Rotate the pipes to create a path with no open ends. You can play in Zen mode or in a time mode. You still get a time to complete recorded in Zen, so you can replay in that mode to try to better your time. In Challenge mode, you are given a time to beat. Zero permissions, nicely done. I think the colors in the main menu bother my eyes a bit, but the playing board is nice, and you can change the background to one of three choices. Four stars out of five for me.

29 of 33 reviews are four stars and above.

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Today's Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: Dock it - Saga!

Today's Free App of the Day is dock it - saga!
Originally $0.99

This is a version of a game I've played on my iPad. Its design is very simple and stark. I'll ignore the typo on one of the opening screens. You have an orb in the center of the screen which, after the initial level, has spokes extending out from it. Your goal is to shoot, from a fixed point, little orbs to hit the center orb without hitting the spokes. Difficulty is added by the number of spokes.

35 of 43  reviews are four stars and above.

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Free App of the Day: DoubleTake

Today's Free App of the Day is DoubleTake
Originally $1.99

This is a golden oldie--I got it in 2012, though it might have been a Free App of the Day since then. It's a well-reviewed Concentration-style game. I haven't played it recently, but the current reviews by some of the top reviewers are quite good.

83 of 122 reviews are four stars and above.

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Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: Amazing Alex Premium

Today's Free App of the Day is Amazing Alex Premium
Originally $1.99

This is a fun physics based game where you create a path using various objects. The goal is to direct a falling ball along a route, gathering stars and ending in a designated spot. It's well designed--there's a tutorial but it's blended into the game; as you go along, there are fewer and fewer hints. There were some concerns last year (when it was the Free App of the Day before) about in-app ads. I recommend reading the reviews, sorted by most recent, to see if you share the concerns.

68 of 117 reviews are four stars and above.

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Today's Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: Bills Reminder and a Bonus app!

Today's Free App of the Day is Bills Reminder
Originally $1.99

This has apparently been the FAOTD at least twice, in March 2012 and July 2014 when I got it. Overall, it has pretty good reviews. There's some concern about losing data which may have since been fixed.--read the most recent reviews.

320 of 404 reviews are four stars and above.

So we have a bonus pick: Expense IQ - Money Manager.

This is a register style expense manager by the same company that also contains a bill reminder module. From the product page: Expense IQ is the number one expense manager app that combines an expense manager, a bill reminder, a checkbook register and a budget planner! Expense IQ – Expense Manager provides a rich, detailed window into your personal finances and daily money management needs. Track and manage daily expenses quickly & easily! Business expenses, personal expenses, travel expenses etc can all be managed rapidly using Expense IQ’s simple and intuitive user interface. Interactive reports & graphs let you analyse income, expenses, cash flow and balance over various date ranges and accounts. To more effectively manage your budgets, you need a budget planner that makes keeping track of your expenses fun and easy. The integrated budget manager within Expense IQ lets you set monthly budgets on specific accounts and/or categories and monitor them via color-coded budget health bars that warns you when you are about to exceed your budgets. 25 of 34 reviews are four stars and above.


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Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: Wayward Souls

Today's Free App of the Day is Wayward Souls
Originally $5.99

This is a roll playing game with good overall reviews; even the lower-starred reviews rave about gameplay and design but have concerns about the permissions. So, if you like this type of game, it might be worth getting and sending to the cloud in hopes that they will change the permission, as it's normally $5.99. (You can send to Cloud by changing the "Deliver To" address using the drop down menu below it. Cloud Only is the last option. 

From the product page:

Wayward Souls is an action-adventure game built for quick playthroughs and massive amounts of replay value. It was inspired by Spelunky, Secret of Mana, and our previous game, Mage Gauntlet. Procedurally generated random levels mean that every time you play the game, it's a different experience. Control one of six characters, all with their own unique playstyles, abilities, and equipment. Explore and fight for survival, in combat where your tactics, positioning, and timing matter.

69 of 84 reviews are four stars and above.

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Today's Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: Sugar, Sugar

Today's Free App of the Day is sugar, sugar
Originally $0.99

This is similar to another game I've played, but I can't remember whether it was here or on the iPad. :( But it's a fun game. You have to redirect sprinkles of sugar by drawing a sloping line to direct the flow of sugar into a cup. It gets more complicated with more cups, and changing color of the sprinkles by directing the flow through a filter. The order you draw lines makes a difference as you can't erase drawn lines, you'll need to start over. Attractive, few permissions, lots of fun. Five stars.

205 of 260 reviews are four stars and above.

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Today's Amazon Free App of the Day is Buttons and Scissors (Pro)

Today's Free App of the Day is Buttons and Scissors (Pro)
Originally $1.99

This is another repeat of a former Free App of the Day. Even I'm starting to get tired of repeats! This is a good one, though, and I say that not just as a sewer! I really like this game which is one where you clear the playing field by cutting off two or more buttons at a time of the same color in a straight line vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Figuring out the right order can be tricky!

1708 of 1816 reviews are four stars and above.

So we have a bonus pick: Digital Timer.

This is a well reviewed, attractive timer with minimal permissions. If you need to time those three-minute eggs and want an alternative to the built in clock, this may be the app for you! 275 of 320 reviews are four stars and above.


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Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: NodeBeat

Today's Free App of the Day is NodeBeat
Originally $1.95

This is a music generator. It's kind of cryptic, but fun nonetheless. You place shapes on the screen and their color, shape and relative placement determine the pattern of sounds. My recommendation if you want to play with it is to tap on the gear in the corner of the screen (the corner of the screen depends on how you are holding the device)--it is viewed in portrait by default and will rotate 180 degrees that way. You can change that in Settings within the menu accessed by tapping on the gear. Deselecting portrait puts it in landscape mode--which is only viewable in one orientation. To resume portrait, check the box by "landscape mode" and it will change to portrait mode. Within the menu system, head first for the "More" option. Pick info to read the rudimentary help. Node lets you set whether nodes and generators (shapes with pluses in them) move and whether gravity comes into play. Also the speed and proximity to each other. I also recommend that you go to More and recall various existing layouts. It will give you a feel for how the nodes/shapes work in relation to each other. Kinda fun. I don't see me messing with it for long periods of time, but the fact that you can save and share your creations is kinda cool!

286 of 364 reviews are four stars and above.

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Today's Fire Free App of the Day: Draw a Stickman: EPIC

Today's Free App of the Day is Draw a Stickman: EPIC
Originally $1.99

This is another repeat (according to reviewer Enough is Enough, the 42nd repeat this year). It's a good one though, and if you missed it in the past, here's your chance! You actually draw your hero (one of the figures in the screenshots on the product page is The Tenth Doctor from Doctor Who) and also draw your companion pet and the tools that you'll use to explore the area. I really like this game!

1103 of 1311 reviews are four stars and above.

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Today's Fire Free App of the Day is Splashtop Remote Desktop and a bonus app: Smash Hit

Today's Free App of the Day is Splashtop Remote Desktop
Originally $4.99

This is an app that allows you to access your computer remotely. I've tried it in the past (it was first offered as the Free App of the Day in 2012) and it worked well. However, top viewer Robert Reese and many other reviewers have security concerns here. I don't think I can recommend this app. There are paid apps such as Logmein that are very well rated that do the same thing. Perhaps we should have been warned by the fact that there's a typo in the graphic Amazon used on the Free App of the Day page--Desktop is spelled "Dekstop." And so we have a KBoards Alternate App of the Day.

1859 of 2170 reviews are four stars and above.

So we have a bonus pick: Smash Hit.

This is a fun endless runner. You flick balls to smash pieces that are in your way or to open doors. There are checkpoints, so if you progress to a certain level, you don't have to start from scratch. It's attractive, and the difficulty builds relatively slowly, allowing you to get used to the game. A keeper! Rate it five stars.

1926 of 2106 reviews are four stars and above.

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Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: Quell Reflect

Today's Free App of the Day is Quell Reflect
Originally $1.99

This game has been the free app of the day before, several times (I got it in 2012) and is an excellent game. One top reviewer says an upgrade removed content from users; I'm not entirely certain what that is. At any rate, the game plays fine on my Fire HDX 8.9 and plays in airplane mode (though you may need to log in once to confirm ownership with Amazon's servers). You flick a marble on a playing field. The marble will go straight until it hits something--a wall or an obstacle. Then, you can flick it in a different direction. The goal is to collect all the pearls. There is a perfect number of moves, so you can replay to try to match that.  I give it five stars.

1439 of 1513 reviews are four stars and above.

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Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: Riptide GP2 and bonus app UltraFlow!

Today's Free App of the Day is Riptide GP2
Originally $2.99

This was previously the Free App of the Day on March 23, 2014 and again on January 1, 2015. While I don't really mind repeats, this seems to be a little soon for a three-peat. !!! Anyway, it's a good-enough racing game using jet-skis. I get easily frustrated with these, but if these types of games appeal to you, I think you'll like it. Ran well on my Fire HDX.

965 of 1076 reviews are four stars and above.

So we have a bonus pick: ULTRAFLOW.

I recently found this for my iPad and enjoyed it so much I went to see if it was available for the Fire. And it was, yay!!! It's an arcade game. Kinda-sorta. Each level, you get an increasingly complex obstacle course of dots, bars and arrows which may or may not be moving and which sometimes have special attribues. The goal is to flick your playing piece, a small circle, through the obstacle course, bouncing off or passing through the course to the target, where it will be sucked in if it gets close enough. You have to get there within a set number of bounces. I found this quite enjoyable--I'm up to level 45 now. Some of the levels are quite challenging--it's often just the matter of a degree or so in the angle you choose to flick your playing piece.

16 of 17 reviews are four stars and above.

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Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: The Inner World - The Puzzle

Today's Free App of the Day is The Inner World - The Puzzle
Originally $1.99

This is a quite intriguing and quirky puzzle game. You are exploring a world, one level at a time, one puzzle piece at a time. From the main menu, you can play, set options for sound, look at the credits, or click on a link that takes you to web pages about the game including a YouTube video (FWBl12QyUxE). Clicking on Play, you'lll see the main levels. I recommend tapping on the two Demo modes and playing them, as they demonstrate two different kinds of game play. In one of them, you have to drag the playing piece and match it up to the starting piece. You can select the pieces given in any order. The other mode, you only have to tap the piece you want to play, but the game determines which piece has to be placed next. I found this more difficult. In both modes, you earn points for solving quickly and can earn up to three stars per level, so there is a replay value. From the main level screen, you can tap on any available level (some will be locked initially) and select an available sublevel to play. In the games where you fill the designated spot next, too many wrong moves/and or time will cause you to lose the game. You can replay. Levels that have been won can be replayed in either mode (pick the piece of fill the spot). There is a little chiming noise that is heard when you play a piece in some modes. That is an audible cue to how many stars you've earned for that piece--1,2 or 3 stars based on time. If it annoys you, you can turn it off from the main menu. Playable in either landscape orientation. Exits cleanly using the exit button (door) and plays in airplane mode. I give this game five stars, though I can see I'm going to have a challenge earning all three stars on all levels.

8 of 8 reviews are four stars and above.

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Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: Mind Games Pro

Today's Free App of the Day is Mind Games Pro
Originally $4.99

This brain "training" game was the FAOTD back in January 2014.

It seems like concerns about adware have been addressed--current reviewers found no issues. It's a good game, though I think the instructions for the games could be a bit more clear and include an example--a couple of games it took me a couple rounds to figure out exactly what I was supposed to be doing. Or perhaps that's part of the test. :D

To see how you've done on various games, tap on "Games" on the main menu. You'll get a grid with your best score and you're most recent score for each game you've played. You can also choose the game you're going to play or play next. Games that are in similar categories are color coded.

You can schedule a reminder to play a game. The game quits cleaning using Quit on the main menu. It plays in airplane mode and can be played in any orientation.

1184 of 1330 reviews are four stars and above.  I would rate this four and a half stars.

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Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: PrinterShare Mobile Print

Today's Free App of the Day is PrinterShare Mobile Print
Originally $12.95

This is an app that was a prior Free App of the Day that allows one to print from a Fire. It's a bit overcome by events as one can print natively from the Fire now, though it may be useful for people who have trouble printing certain documents natively. It installed easily and found my network printer and printed easily from my Kindle Fire HDX 8.9". You can print items within the app, or if you choose to print from within another app, your connected network printer should show up. If you previously connected a network printer to work with the native print server on the device, you will see your printer twice. There are complaints in some of the reviews about the permissions, but they are necessary for the app to access other applications. The developer responds in the comments to some of the reviews who question the permissions. The app is compatible with all the devices on my account, including the original Fire.

777 of 1131 reviews are four stars and above.

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Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: Snuggle Truck

Today's Free App of the Day is Snuggle Truck
Originally $1.99

OK, I really like this game. There, I said it.

You have a cargo of fuzzy animals (so far, 10 of them--not sure if that's a constant) that you have to take over a platform style course, meeting goals for that level--number of passengers and speed. The complications are that the terrain of the course goes up and down and there are ditches to jump. 

Controls are simple--press and hold on the right side to accelerate to top speed and stay there. Use the left control to back up. Letting up on either control lets your truck coast. You tilt the device to adjust the angle in which your device lands or takes off from a crest. You can even pop a wheelie. Controlling the landings is important as you lose passengers when you hit too hard. Occasionally something called a fuzzy flies out and you can slow down to catch it. Fuzzies do not count towards your passenger count.

You can earn bronze, silver, gold, "Ark" and "Speed Run" medals for each level, not to mention just trying to beat your time. The medals are:

Bronze: finish with at least one passenger under the time set for that level.

Silver: Save at least five passengers within the time set for that level.

Gold: Save at least 7 passengers under the time set for that level. Ark: save at least 9 passengers no matter what speed.

Speed run: have at least one passenger still in the truck while finishing under the time set for that level.

You do earn powerups. If you use a power up, it's not available if you replay the level.

Plays in airplane mode and in either landscape orientation.

The lone one star review at this posting complains about the app tracking the read state of the phone. Other reviewers point out that this allows you to answer the phone during a game (if you have it on a phone). One review points out that there is a free upgrade available by tapping on the More icon on the main screen.

Exits cleaning using the Fire's back button in the side menu.

I give this five stars. Really like this one!

7 of 10 reviews are four stars and above.

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Kindle Fire Free App of the Day: Drawing Pad

Today's Free App of the Day is Drawing Pad
Originally $1.99

This is a basic but attractive art program, probably most appropriate for younger artists. It has several different tools--pencil, crayon, brushes in two sizes, markers, stamps and stickers that you can add, stretch and lock in place. You can undo. You can share to email, Facebook and other apps you have installed on your device. You can save your creation to an album or to your photo gallery on your device. (Access the Album on the Home screen--get there by tapping the home icon within a project.) The major complaint is the inability to change the width of lines drawn by individual tools. For serious art, this is a valid concern and is the reason I think this app is more suitable for younger artists. Previously the Free App of the Day in December 2011, and perhaps since then, but that's when I got it.

761 of 906 reviews are four stars and above.

So we have a bonus pick: Autodesk SketchBook.

As an alternative, this is a slightly more "serious" drawing app without the stamps and stickers of the other app and more choices for tools that let you control the line you are drawing (though you cannot change the line width on individual tools).

51 of 80 reviews are four stars and above.

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Amazon Fire Free App of the Day: Whip Swing!

Today's Free App of the Day is Whip Swing!
Originally $0.99

This is a cute and simple platformer. I like it much better than the average review would indicate. From the reviews, it's not for everyone, but I liked it. You try to use your whip, Indiana Jones-style, to swing from branches along the top of the screen. The goal is to go as far as possible before missing, with a secondary goal to gain as much speed as possible. Both distance and speed are tracked. I think it's a great time waster while standing in line or on a phone call. There's a bit of cartoon gore when you miss and your character falls onto the spikes at the bottom of the screen. Plays in only one landscape mode; plays in airplane mode, though achievements and leaderboards aren't available when you do. It will remember your last high score. Quit by using the side menu "back" button until you are asked if you are sure you want to quit. Quits cleanly at that point. I say it's worth a try--it's free. If you don't like it, you can remove it from your account.

8 of 19 reviews are four stars and above.

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