Free Apps Friday: Instacam, Booty Camp, Cake Recipes

Are you looking to make your smartphone or tablet more useful? Each week, we collect the latest productivity apps for Android, iOS and Windows Phone; all of which are 100 per cent free! Here are this week’s highlights.

This is a hand-picked list of free apps we’ve noticed this week while assembling our regular App Deals roundup of new and discounted apps. We haven’t reviewed them and we don’t endorse them. As with the main App Deals column, apps can stop being free at a moment’s notice if they’re discounted, so grab them quickly if you’re interested.

Android

300 Classic Cake Recipes: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “Amazingly easy to use cooking app that features over 300 tested recipes for cakes, layer cakes and sheet cakes. The recipes are searchable by name and searchable by ingredient, allowing you to build an exciting menu around the food items that you have on hand.”

InstaCam: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “Take awesome photos in vintage style with many professional real-time filters. Perfect app for selfies, you can take several photos in a row at events, parties with your friends.”

Microsoft Word: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “Microsoft Word for Android is made for work on-the-go. Word has the familiar look, feel and quality of Office with an intuitive touch experience designed for Android phones and tablets. Whether you want to create a beautiful document or just need to read and make quick edits on-the-go, Word gives you the best productivity experience you want.”

ooVoo Video Call, Text & Voice: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “With ooVoo you can make high quality video calls, voice calls, and send text messages to easily connect to your friends and family around the world. Make clear and crisp video calls with up to 12 people on a group video call.”

Wear Call: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “Program up to 3 number to call from your AndroidWear watch. (More number coming in future updates). This app should work with every AndroidWear watch. Tested with Moto360 and Moto X (2nd gen.) on stock Android.”

TOUR DE FRANCE 2015 by ŠKODA: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “This application for cycling fans provides important news on the 2015 Tour de France in real time and features a live stream of every stage on your smartphone or tablet via France Télévisions.”

Celebrate Pride: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “Celebrate Pride is a photo editing tools to allow users to superimpose a rainbow over their profile picture with simple control.”

iOS

MilkCrate: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “Tired of buying records with awesome album art that you end up hating? Check out audio samples on YouTube while you dig!”

VidLab: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “VidLab is a multi-track, multi-clip video editor that allows you to easily create beautiful & fun videos & photo stories by adding text, artwork, music, video & sound effects, overlays, voice-overs & more to your videos!”

Walking for Weight Loss PRO: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “Now your walking will make you lose weight. Reach top results in less time by combining walking and speed-up technique. It has no equals on the App Store: BURNS 3 TIMES MORE FAT than “regular” walking programs!”

iLovecraft: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “Enter into the world of HP Lovecraft with five disturbing stories to test your sanity and integrity. Enjoy the detailed illustrations while reading and a great music selection and involving sound effects.”

Lingvo Dictionary: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “Know what you’re saying and what they mean! Have more than 10 comprehensive dictionaries for 7 languages, right at your finger tips!”

Sketch Rolls: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “The exclusive sketching, drawing and note taking app for your iPad. Extend each page up to 5 times for more space and capture your ideas without limitations.”

Windows Phone

Flashlight Pro: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “The brightest, fastest and simplest TRUE flashlight app for Window Phone. It quickly and easily turns on the flash next to the rear camera, and keeps it continuously lit. ”

3D Photo Camera: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “3D Photo Camera lets you quickly and easily take 3D photos – easy as just taking two photos with a slight shift of the device in between. You have a visual guide displayed from the first photo when taking the second one, so if you are careful enough you can easily get good results in 3D.”

Micromix: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “We have a new server for the playlist set hosting with instant streaming, also we added new songs for this week, discover them all!”

Troller Pro: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “Take pictures of yourself and your friends, or choose from your gallery!
Insert trolled faces, and share photos and mood with your friends! Photo automatically saved to your phone after you click Share or Save.”

Booty Camp Workout: FREE!
From the publisher’s description: “Boot camp routines are made with the purpose of burning a high amount of calories in a short period of time and getting results quickly, and this workout is no different. Specifically targeting the butt and legs, this Booty Boot Camp is designed to burn fat, tone, and shape to give you legs that will stop traffic.”


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