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22 APPS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY

By Alli Knothe, Boston.com Correspondent
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    Cupid at work

    Price: $.99 (free version also available)
    Maker: Dot Next

    In this game, you play cupid as singles walk by in the park. You get more points depending on how similar the people are that you hit with your arrows,

    Dot Next

    22 APPS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY

    For Valentine’s Day there are a lot of apps out there to play with. Whether you’re looking for some date ideas, or a way to pass the time by putting your face on a teddy bear, here’s a list of 22 holiday-inspired apps.

    Cupid at work

    Price: $.99 (free version also available)
    Maker: Dot Next

    In this game, you play cupid as singles walk by in the park. You get more points depending on how similar the people are that you hit with your arrows,

    Dot Next

    Red Stamp Cards

    Price: Free
    Maker: RedStamp

    Not just for Valentine’s Day, this app allows you to make a card on your phone or tablet, and then pay to have it mailed out to whoever you want.

    redstamp

    WordSearch

    Price: Free
    Maker: AFLSoft

    Looking for a festive word search to get yourself into the Valentine’s Day spirit? Here’s an app with a series of word searches for different categories like love songs, sweet treats, terms of endearment, and romance movies.

    AFLSoft

    ScreenMaker

    Price: Free
    Maker: AppAnnex, LLC

    Dress up your phone with red and pink backgrounds, photo frames, face effects, and clipart complete with enough flowers, hearts, and cupids to go around.

    AppAnnex, LLC

    Cupid Booth

    Price: Free
    Maker: Pici Apps

    This app allows you to take photos to decorate with accessories, backgrounds, and speech bubbles that you can then share on Facebook and Twitter.

    Pici Apps

    Love Scan - Valentine’s Day Special

    Price: Free
    Maker: RogueGames

    Prove your love with an app that reads how much you are in love based on your fingerprint. (Hint: about 98 percent-- always)

    RogueGames

    Helpful Romantic

    Price: 99 cents
    Maker: Code Parable LLC

    Need some help figuring out what to do for your big date night? This app will give you romantic ideas based on your date’s personality. The app then tells you how much effort is required to pull off a certain idea, and how expensive it will be.

    Code Parable LLC

    Fingle

    Price: $1.99
    Maker: Game Oven

    This two-person iPad game is meant to be an icebreaker with your date as a sort of moving Twister game for your fingers.

    Game Oven

    OpenTable

    Price: Free
    Maker: OpenTable, Inc.

    Haven’t yet made your dinner reservation? Don’t waste time calling every restaurant in town trying to find a table, this app will show you what options you still have and then allows you to make reservations online, check out menus, and invite friends to join you.

    OpenTable, Inc.

    Movies by Flixster, with Rotten Tomatoes

    Price: Free
    Maker: Flixster

    If you don’t already have an app for movies, this is a popular choice. The app lets you browse movies in the theaters, watch trailers, manage your “want to see” list, and get reviews from Rotton Tomatoes.

    Flixster

    Instant Poetry

    Price: $1.99
    Maker: Razeware LLC

    Struggling to write the perfect love note for your sweetie? This app will help spark your imagination and make the final product pretty by putting it over pictures in your photo library then email it to that special someone.

    Razeware LLC

    Love & Romance Collection

    Price: Free
    Maker: Creative Glance

    This app lets you look over all sorts of lovey-dovey stuff and find your favorite poems, love songs, quotes, and ways to say I love you.

    Creative Glance

    Slots Of Love

    Price: 99 cents
    Maker: Gizbitz LLC

    Another romance idea-generator, Slots of Love gives you different ways to show your special someone how much you care.

    Gizbitz LLC

    Love Booth

    Price: Free
    Maker: Unicorn Labs, LLC.

    This app lets you put a face, whether it’s yours, your friends, or an animal, on cupid, a teddy bear (shown) or other holiday-themed characters to send to friends online.

    Unicorn Labs, LLC.

    iLove

    Price: Free
    Maker: RoosterApp

    Show what you love. Just tell the app what you love and what settings you want, and it gives you a cool background for your phone.

    RoosterApp

    Love Notes

    Price: Free
    Maker: Teleflora

    This app helps you make a love note to your valentine, and lets you order flowers through Teleflora with a 15 percent discount on bouquets through the app.

    Teleflora

    iLoveYou in 50+ Languages!

    Price: 99 cents
    Maker: Lingolook Publishing LLC

    It’s important to tell someone how you feel on Valentine’s Day, so this app helps you to do that in more than 50 languages.

    Lingolook Publishing LLC

    Valentines Recipes

    Price: $1.99
    Maker: Post Imagineering, Inc.

    This app gives you a list of 30 Valentine’s recipes for dinner and dessert.

    Post Imagineering, Inc.

    Aah! Romantic

    Price: Free
    Maker: Free Life Apps Ltd.

    For those who need a little extra help with the ladies, this app gives tips on how to make women happy.

    Free Life Apps Ltd

    Lovendar

    Price: $1.99
    Maker: Ellona Incorporated

    Lovendar lets couples share wish lists, date ideas, notes and a timeline of things they have done together, among other things.

    Ellona Incorporated

    M.A.S.H. Valentine

    Price: Free
    Maker: teatime media

    For the single people out there, don’t fret. Play M.A.S.H. and find out who will be your crush and how you will spend the holiday.

    teatime media

    Rebtel Re:Beat

    Price: Free
    Maker: Rebtel

    Use this app to record your heartbeat (it takes the pulse from your finger) and then send it to your loved ones.

    Rebtel
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