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        "tagline": "Free browser apps for reading, planning, learning and games",
        "summary": "apprun.icu is a catalog of 34 free browser apps in eight groups: book discovery, reader tools, planners and calculators, tools, games, experiments, reference and guides. The apps need no account, no install and no tracking. The site is by Yunus Emre Vurgun.",
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            "Eight groups and search across 34 apps",
            "Includes games and experiments alongside the tools"
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            "Book lists depend on Open Library and Google Books data",
            "Apps vary widely in scope, from games to calculators",
            "The ebooks are paid and sit outside the free catalog"
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        "overview": "The book discovery apps rank reading lists live from Open Library and Google Books, with separate lists for science fiction, self-help, finance, health and technology. Reader tools include a reading speed test. Planners and calculators cover tasks such as sizing a camper-van power system and planning a mapping flight.\n\nPaid guides and ebooks sit alongside the free apps. The homepage links a 224-page ebook sold for $3.84 on Gumroad, and the catalog page says the paid guides fund the free apps. The How it works page describes where the data comes from and where it stays.",
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            "34 browser apps",
            "Live book rankings",
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