List of Best App Store Apps

Staple Apps

Indisputably necessary

• Facebook - Facebook's official application.
• Twitter - Twitter's official application.
• Instagram - A simple way to make and share gorgeous photos.
• Tweetbot - Twitter client with more features.
• Dropbox - The easiest way to store, sync, and, share files online.
• Remote - Control the music in the iTunes library on your computer and your Apple TV with a tap or flick of a finger.
• Speedtest.net Mobile Speed Test - www.speedtest.net's mobile application. See how fast the internet your device is connected to.
• Skyfire Web Browser - finally watch flash content on your iDevice! Read the review written by ChrisL, here!
• Pulse News Mini - Read news from sources of your choosing! Great way to browse through news quickly while you're on the go! Featured in the App Store hall of fame.
• Pages - Very useful app to have on your iDevice. You can write and customize word documents on the go.
• YouTube - The new YouTube for iOS.
• Google Maps - The Google Maps app for iOS.

Try-It-Out Apps

Generally awesome, maybe necessary, more functional than appealing. We'll let you decide for yourself

Novelty Games

• Pocket God - On a remote island, you are the all-powerful god that rules over the primitive islanders.
• Doodle Jump - Guide Doodle on a springy, action-packed journey up a sheet of graph paper.
• Mingore, Minigore HD* - A beautiful, cartoon-styled shoot-em-up.
• Angry Birds - Gamecenter game. Use the unique destructive powers of the Angry Birds to lay waste to the pigs’ fortified castles.
• Fruit Ninja, Fruit Ninja HD* - Gamecenter game. Deliciously slash and splatter fruit like a true ninja warrior.
• Plants vs. Zombies, Plants vs. Zombies HD* - Use your arsenal of 49 zombie-zapping plants to mulchify 26 types of zombies before they break down your door.
• Touchgrind - Skate like a pro in this first real multi-touch skateboarding game ever.
• Finger Physics: Finger Fun - 23 Stages and 207 (my good god) levels of finger puzzling amazingness.
• Tap Tap Revenge 3, Tap Tap Revenge 4 - Tap along to some of the biggest bands in the world.
• Space Invaders Infinity Gene - Space Invaders, with a twist.
• Osmos - Grow bigger by absorbing smaller motes.
• Cut the Rope, Cut the Rope HD - Gamecenter game. Cut the rope, and try to get the candy to Om nom! Great for all ages.
• Touchgrind BMX - Become a BMX pro straight from your iDevice! Read the review written by tinyman392, here!
• Minecraft - Pocket Edition - A portable minecraft on your iDevice!

Action/Adventure/Shooters/RPGs

• Eliminate Pro - Engage in multiplayer first-person combat against real players from around the world.
• N.O.V.A., N.O.V.A. HD*- Join the fight for mankind's survival against the aggressive aliens known as Judges in this immersive space opera. A 'Halo' clone with stunning graphics.
• N.O.V.A 2, N.O.V.A 2 HD* - N.O.V.A. 2 is back and is better than ever! Play the exciting new sequel of N.O.V.A. Read a review about it written by rrroach21, here!
• Brothers In Arms® 2: Global Front - The highly acclaimed Brothers in Arms series returns for its most compelling battle yet amidst the fires of WWII.
• Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies - The classic Call of Duty: World at War zombie-slaying game mode, brought to the iPhone™ and iPod® Touch.
• Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies II - The ultimate Zombie experience on the iPhone/iPod Touch returns with Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies II.
• FINAL FANTASY - Players guide the Warriors of Light as they set out on a quest to restore the crystals to their former luster.
• FINAL FANTASY II - FINAL FANTASY II features the bitter and beautiful tale of four war-orphaned heroes who become embroiled in the conflict between the hostile Empire of Palamecia and the rebel resistance.
• Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation - Stunning grapics and retina support. Great campaign mode and multiplayer mode. Gyroscope controls, and one of the best FPS shooters in the App Store.

Everything Else

• Pandora - Listen to internet radio. Browse music that is similar to the genre you listen to.
• Google Mobile App - Search google quickly using your location and voice.
• Google Earth - Google maps app where you can view our planet, Earth, in mane different ways.
• Opera Mini - Opera's iPhone and iPod touch internet browser.
• FireFox Home - FireFox internet browser for the iPhone and iPod touch.
• iMovie (iPhone 4 only) - Edit your videos straight from your iPhone 4.
• ESPN ScoreCenter - Keep track of scores happening from your favorite sports and teams!
• MotionX GPS Drive - GPS application. Cheap and gets the job done.
• Pixelpipe - Upload videos in high quality to the internet. Upload to YouTube in 720p directly from your iPhone 4.
• AppBox Pro - App full of handy little gadgets like calculator, currency, and much more.

Premium Apps

Indisputably Awesome

• Real Racing GTI (free), Real Racing, Real Racing HD*, Real Racing 2 - Experience all of the excitement, competition and glory of championship racing. This is handheld racing like you've never seen before, in the most stunning, realistic and intuitive racer on iPhone! Read a review written by tinyman392, here!
• Blimp - The Flying Adventures - You are a blimp pliot. Maneuver your blimp around beautifully, hand-drawn environments and save your planet from the invasion.
• Dark Nebula - Episode One - The best way to sum this game up is that it's like a labyrinth game but on steroids.
• Dark Nebula - Episode Two - The sequel to Dark Nebula - Episode One
• Pinball HD* - A stunning, full-featured Pinball simulator with realistic physics and 3D graphics.
• Convertbot - Beautiful, intuitive, fun unit conversion robot.
• Pastebot - A powerful new clipboard manager that stores text and images copied from your iPhone/iPod Touch. Syncs to your Mac. A more attractive and highly functional Notes.app replacement.
• Calcbot - A simple and beautifully designed calculator for your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Never use the native Calculator.app again.
• iBooks - Buy and read books from your iDevice.
• Infinity Blade - Must have game. Stunning graphics for the iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4. Lots and lots of customization. Frontpage article. Read the review by a Review Team member, here!
• Tiny Wings, Tiny Wings HD* - Use the slopes of the hills to try and finally fly! Try and get as far as possible before night arrives! Extremely addicting little game.
• Air Penguin - Use the melting ice caps to collect fish! There are 125 stages to play through in the story mode, and a survival mode too.
• GarageBand - Rock out on your iDevice! Create songs, and beats using the many instruments provided. You can even plug your guitar in, and use your iDevice as an amp! Like in the commercial
• Tilt to Live - No buttons, just tilt your device as if your life depends on it! Highly addictive shooter. Shoot the red circles with the many weapons at your arsenal.
• Muzik - Metro UI music player for your iDevice. Read my review, here!
• Draw Something Free, Draw Something - Guess what your friend is drawing, and draw something and make your friends guess what you are trying to draw.
• Flipboard - A very stylish RSS reader.

*iPad-only application

Pocket God?

Added. I knew I was missing that .

good good.

I think you forgot icopter

Added. C'mon people suggest me stuff!

Tap Tap Revenge 3 (free), Fruit Ninja ($ 0.99), Jet Car Stunts ($ 0.99), and Cydia (Priceless)

Added. I wish Cydia was an App Store app .

Tilt To Live, Super QuickHook, Helsing's Fire, Canabalt (all paid)

umm... openfeint, not openfriend.