The app store provides developers with a great marketplace to sell their iPhone and iPod Touch software. Developers put a lot of time into crafting these applications and most of these, especially the expensive ones, are to a very high quality. I have used bought a number of apps and games on my iPhone and here is a wide selection of ones I have on my iPhone. These are my top paid applications and games for iPhone and iPod Touch.

Countdown ($0.99/$1.29) -The title of the app pretty much tells you what it does, it counts down to a certain date and time. You may be thinking that the iPhone already has this functionality built into its clock app, but this has a few more features. You can have multiple countdown clocks, each with its own title and icon which you can get from your photo albums. I used it for counting down to the releases of my favourite TV shows and it worked great. I always knew when Heroes was coming out, down to the second.

Rooms ($2.99/$4.19) – One of the thing previous jailbroken devices could offer was an IRC client. After a long time waiting after the App Store was up, finally a client came. It is called rooms and is a decent IRC client. It allows you to connect to multiple servers and room and acts like a normal client would. It doesn’t look as appealing or work as good as the previous unofficial clients did but it is a start. If you need IRC on your device, unfortunately this is your only choice.

Twitterrific ($9.99/$13.99) – Twitter Addict? This is one option for you to tweet and read other tweets from your iPhone, without using the mobile site in Safari. This app does exactly what you would expect a twitter app to do. It also allows you to post pictures, either from the camera or camera roll. It can also to a couple of other things you may like. There is a free version of this app, the major difference is the advertising. If ads don’t worry you and you’re not willing to pay this premium price, get the free version.

Aqua Forest ($7.99/$10.99) -This is an amazing game! It uses both the touch screen and accelerometer to its advantage in unique and interesting puzzles. Each one is different and requires a different set of skill set. Out of all the games in the App Store, this is definitely the one to buy! It offers so much, and everyone will enjoy it, no matter what!

Battle At Sea ($4.99/$6.49) – I use to enjoy playing Battleships at school, and this app is a digital version of that game. You put your 5 ships down anywhere on the field and then each of your ships get a chance to shoot. Kill a ship, it can no longer be used. This game is quite fun, and if you’re connected to the same network as someone else with this app, you can do a multiplayer battle. The only problem with this game is that after you get the hang of it and get a strategy going, the computer seems a bit dumb and only beats you on a fluke.

Bejeweled 2 ($7.99/$-) -Everyone know what Bejeweled is, and this is the iPhone version of that popular PopCap game. You use you fingers to move the pieces to form a small row and then it disappears and more blocks fall into the level. This keeps on going till you run out of moves. This game feels a bit limited and after playing it for a while, you feel like you haven’t accomplished much. This could be easily fixed with a high scores list of some description so you can keep track of your top games.

Crash Bandicoot Nitro Cart 3D ($5.99/$8.29) – My old favourite PlayStation character is the star of yet another racing game, but this time for the iPhone and iPod Touch. You control the car in this game by using tilting and you can also jump by tapping the screen and get weapons that you can you to your advantage in the race by taping the icon. I did have a problem with the turning controls since they are bit difficult to use and aren’t as good as with a controller with a proper D-Pad or Analogue Stick.

Enigmo ($4.99/$6.49) -This is a really interesting physics game where the objective is to get droplets of water into a bucket thing. To do this, you have to use objects you are provided to direct the water to move or bounce through the level and into the bucket. It is very challenging and offers many hours of playtime. To extend it even further, it even allows you to download user created levels, so there is so many levels to accomplish in this game.

Lumen ($3.99/$5.29) – The objective of this game is to guide a laser beam through all the checkpoints. You do this by using mirrors to direct the way the light turns. Also the checkpoints have different colours so you have to use gems to change the colour of the beam so it can pass through the checkpoint. This is a really cool puzzle game and you should at least check out the free version, Lumen Lite. The main version has many more levels as well as the ability to access the custom user made levels database for even more challenges.

Super Monkey Ball ($9.99/$13.99) -This game was one of the ones demoed at the announcement of the App Store. This game developed by Sega is really well done and shows what these devices are capable of in terms of gaming. The graphics of this game are stunning. In this game, you are in a ball and you roll around the level using the accelerometer. Make sure you don’t roll off the edge or else you die. Unfortunately the controls can be a bit difficult and don’t respond that well which makes it difficult not to go over the edge.

Note: Prices listed are in USD and NZD. Prices of the apps in your store will be different from the ones speficifed in this article.

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