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Pepperplate Cooking Planner

The Internet is home to millions of recipes. But it’s a pain to save each one and print them out. Pepperplate Cooking Planner allows you to make an electronic cookbook. Created by Pepperplate Inc, it helps you arrange recipes. The app is like a complete meal planner. The app can link to several recipe websites. You can create an account on their website so all the recipes are synchronized. IPad users can attach tags to recipes, useful when your collection grows. There are a lot of features in the app. But you can think of it as a meal planner, food shopping guide and recipe organizer. Pepperplate Cooking Planner makes it easy to sort and search recipes you made.

PeaZip

PeaZip is a powerful but easy to use open source archiving tool. There are many free compression utilities out there, but few are as robust as this one. In many ways, it is more powerful than some paid archive apps. The program is user friendly. Thanks to its drag and drop support, a user just has to drag a zip file on the interface and it will be decompressed. The archiving screen pops open when you drop a file there. All the basic functions are labeled clearly so new users will have no trouble using the program. File browse tools and function buttons make it a snap to add folders and files.

Checkers Free

The game of checkers has been around for a long time, and made their way into desktops laptops and smartphones. Checkers Free from Optime Software is one of the best looking ones for the iPhone yet. The design is simple and clean, something that has become a trademark of the company. Controls are intuitive; tap a piece to select and tap to where you want to put it. The game has an undo button in case you move in the wrong area. The options menu allows you to turn the sound effects on or off, use forced jumps or not and many others.

Doodle Buddy

Paint programs today are powerful but often complicated and difficult for beginners. Doodle Buddy from Pinger is a suitable medium for budding and casual artists. When you start the app, it loads a blank canvas. The bottom deck contains all the painting and drawing tools.

Fotobounce

Fotobounce is a photo management software that lets users upload images, even on a phone. Once on the web, these images can be shared. What makes the software different is its security. You decide who gets to see your photos. The software from Applied Recognition Inc also makes it easy to upload pictures to AirSet, Flickr and Facebook.

RunKeeper

unKeeper is a personal trainer mobile app. Created by FitnessKeeper Inc, it also functions as a tracker for running, cycling, and biking. You can also use it for hiking and ski runs via your device’s GPS. The app is suitable for those taking morning jogs as well as serious runners. It’s a nice free app for checking your lap times too.

Pinta

Pinta is a cross-platform image editing program. There are plenty of free image editors available. Pinta’s advantage is it is light on the system. In spite of its many features, the program can run on older pieces of hardware. The software has a plethora of drawing tools. You can make everything from basic shapes to complex polygons. You can use layers for intricate images.

Between

Between is a social network app for couples. It was created by VCNC, a South Korean company. The app was boringly designed for the Asian market but its popularity has caused it to spread throughout the US and the rest of the world. In a nutshell, Between is a social network for couples. Unlike other social networking apps where everything you post is there for the world to see, Between is private. You can share photographs, messages and memories with your special someone. There is real time chatting. Plus there are a lot of emoticons, hearts and smiley faces you can use.

Driving Speed 2

Driving Speed 2 is a free racing game from WheelSpin Studios. For a free game though, it is very well designed. Players can select from four powerful cars and compete against up to 11 other cars. The race takes place on two exciting circuits. You can also play against human opponents over the Internet (8 multiplayer mode) and LAN. The game also has a Championship mode. Here you can pit your skills against the finest drivers on the Web. You can upgrade cars and even repair it. Driving Speed 2 has a challenging AI, cool sound effects and high quality graphics. The game also boasts of realistic physics, so you need to steer the car properly.