Today's Fire Free App of the Day: Kayak Pro and bonus app!

Today's Free App of the Day is KAYAK PRO
Originally $0.99

This is not an app for kayakers, which was the apparently sincere complaint by one reviewer. It is a travel services app. The only difference between this and the free version is that ads have been removed. There are some complaints about permissions, but from what I can see, the permissions are appropriate for what the app does.

It is mostly a search tool for travel through the Kayak website. You should be aware that some airlines, such as Southwest, aren't included in these kinds of search tools. It also has a flight tracker; the airlines whose flights one can track is also limited--Southwest, for example, is not one of the 25 options. For me, the biggest value of these kinds of apps is the ability to put all your travel info in one place by trip. You can forward booking receipts to trips@kayak.com. The receipt has to have been mailed either to the email address that you registered with or you can add additional email addresses (for example, I added my husband's email address). Processing can take a bit, but Kayak will send you a notification that the email has been received.

82 of 147 reviews are four stars and above.

We have a bonus pick: TripIt Travel Organizer Free.

This is another trip planner. It doesn't allow you to search for flights, etc. But is quite good at saving your information about flights, etc, in one place. I've used this one for years. You can have it monitor your mailbox for emails that pertain to travel, e.g., tickets, lodging and rental car reservations, or, if that's too creepy for you, you can send emails to plans@tripit.com

There is also an ad-free version for $3.99; you get 120 coins back, so the effective price is $2.79.

120 of 159 reviews are four stars and above.


These apps are compatible with the original Fire and with my Fire HDXs. To tell if an app works for your Fire HD or other Android device registered to your Amazon account, click on the above link and look on the right side of the web page.  Amazon will tell you if it will work with your registered device.

Have fun!

Also check out the other digital deals from Amazon, including great deals on MP3s and videos:

 

Today's Fire Free App of the Day: Hunger Games: Catching Fire and a bonus app!

Today's Free App of the Day is Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Panem Run
Originally $0.99

This is a endless runner game--reviewers compare it more to Subway Surfers rather than Temple Run. Some reviewers were unable to get it to work with their non-Amazon devices. But, the biggest complaint is the permissions, to include Get Accounts and Get Tasks and two different analytics. And so we have a KBAAD.

81 of 122 reviews are four stars and above.

So we have a bonus pick: Mobile Observatory.

Normally $6.78, this app is currently free. This is an astronomy app (love these apps!) It is quite attractive. Note that if you do not have a GPS enabled device, you can't get "live view," apparently, but it's still a nice app. Not compatible with the original Fire but is with the Fire Phone.

47 of 56 reviews are four stars and above.

These apps are compatible with the original Fire and with my Fire HDXs except as noted above. To tell if an app works for your Fire HD or other Android device registered to your Amazon account, click on the above link and look on the right side of the web page.  Amazon will tell you if it will work with your registered device.

Have fun!

Also check out the other digital deals from Amazon, including great deals on MP3s and videos:

 

Book Discovery! (Friday Nov 28)

It's Book Discovery Day! Twice a week we bring you a selection of books that are newly-published, or that have been overlooked.

Every great book was once a hidden gem. Browse through the books below and start your own discovery!

Book Discovery - newly-published and overlooked books!

Revolution In America: Noon's Rise to Power, by Zackary Richards
	In an America where the government is at the mercy of multinational corporations, where drug gangs terrorize entire cities, where only the wealthy receive police protection, and where the poor toil in cold and damp underground tunnels not for money, but for temporary relief from the draconian interest rate on their ever increasing debt. One man comes forward. And with the help of a media wizard, a genetic engineer, a renegade computer hacker and a deeply troubled military genius, incites a revolution that propels him into the national spotlight and changes the face of America forever. That man’s name? NOON!...
Virginia (Zodiac Rising - Virgo), by Margaret Lake
	All her life, Virginia liked things neat and orderly. She takes excellent care of her home and herself. It was only natural, then, that she should become a nutritional counselor, teaching others how to live healthy lives. When Sam Houston walks into her office, Virginia sees a thirty-five year old man who looks much older, a man who is struggling to raise three little girls on his own and is worn out by the stress. Virginia is determined to save this man and his daughters, but it looks the Houston family might be saving her instead. ...
Indian Hill 1: Encounters (A Michael Talbot Adventure), by Mark Tufo
	A Michael Talbot Adventure A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step and for Michael Talbot that step is taken at Indian Hill with his best friend Paul Ginson by his side. Together they grow up, meet girls, and go off to college. And that's where everything changes. While out on a date Mike, along with thousands of others, are quite literally abducted by aliens. Known as the Progerians, their mission is to determine how best to conquer the human race. To that end they force the men to fight one another in death matches. The women are given to the victors as spoils. Believing his friend to be dead, and furious with the government's refusal to even acknowledge what happened t...
Summer's End and Other Poems, by Rebecca Leidner
	A lifetime ago, a fortune teller cast my horoscope and from it divined two things: I would make money writing, and my answers would come from the Earth. Dear old Miss Finney was partly right. Such "truths" as I have found in my life since then have often come from an awareness of the beauty, order, and consoling power of the natural world. I am making these poems available on Kindle not to fulfill the other half of the prophesy (though I am deeply grateful to any who purchase my slim volume) but to perhaps make a connection with others who have been moved by life's great or small moments, and have turned to Nature for metaphor or meaning. I hope you enjoy my poems....
Warriors: I Bring the Fire Part V, by C. Gockel
	When science meets Chaos, what could go wrong? Bohdi Patel is keeping the revelation that he is Chaos incarnate a secret, and handling the revelation about as well as one would expect. He’s in a downward spiral: losing his lease, totaling his car, and trying to keep everyone he cares about at arm's length. Veterinarian Amy Lewis is wondering what happened to the funny, flirty, curious Bohdi she knew in the land of the Norns. He’s become moody and sometimes cruel. She is definitely glad she didn’t become romantically entangled with him ... most of the time. When tragedy strikes Amy’s beloved mutt Fenrir, and Odin strikes Bohdi’s best friend Steve, they have to work together again. Amy’s know...
Sea of Dreams : A Book of Beginnings (Subtle Alchemy 1), by S L Moffitt
	In the first book in The Subtle Alchemy series, S L Moffitt weaves a world that is a once believable and alien. It is a world where the furthest advances of technology and the most ancient secrets co-exist and interact. Sea of Dreams is ‘science fiction for those who do not normally read science fiction… and for those who do.’ It is both a mystical journey of discovery and a page-turner that is impossible to put down. ...
Beyond the Law (Matt Rommel Book 2), by F.M. Kahren
	Matt Rommel returns in Beyond the Law. Retired from the Marine Corps and the California Department of Corrections, Matt Rommel still wants the peace and contemplation that a life as a museum docent was supposed to provide. But there are complications. Rommel has a mysterious house guest: an old pensioner from Rommel's past, an old pensioner who knows Rommel's secrets and has come to extract a terrible favor. Carolyn has post-traumatic stress disorder. Her seven-year-old daughter, Aubrey, is shifting the balance of power on the school ground, and she has a seventy-year-old retired master gunnery sergeant to help her do it. Rommel's godson, Vince Garcia, has made detective, and his boss want...