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80 Ridiculous iPhone Apps

Odd iPhone 4G Applications, From Fist-Pumping to Panty Removal Aiders

— May 24, 2010 — Tech
Everyone has been on the edge of their seat with anticipation for the new iPhone 4G, and these ridiculous iPhone apps remind us that there really is an app for just about anything.

From period-tracking to homeless care, these ridiculous iPhone apps will help keep you occupied as you wait for the iPhone 4G.

Implications - The mass adoption of the Apple iPhone and its built-in App Store have created a consumer base that craves an app for nearly every daily activity or hobby. Tech companies have met this need with novelty iPhone apps that range from beneficial and useful to downright bizarre, proving that in our tech-savvy time, this niche has no bounds.
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iPhone Apps for Boozers
iPhone Apps for Boozers
Merges Robots And iPhones And Beers... Oh My
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Real-Time Traffic Apps
Real-Time Traffic Apps
Stay Updated on Jams With the Traffic.com Application
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Unneighborly Phone Apps
Unneighborly Phone Apps
Asborometer Detector Stirs Up Controversy
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Kaballah iPhone Apps
Kaballah iPhone Apps
The iGematria iPhone App Gets You Ready for Any Simcha
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Cashing in On Amateur Phone Apps
Cashing in On Amateur Phone Apps
iPhone Trism Worth $250,000
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Charitable iPhone Apps
Charitable iPhone Apps
Ample Harvest Fills Real Life Pantries
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73
Criminal iPhone Trackers
Criminal iPhone Trackers
The Offender Locator App Finds Sex Offenders in Your Area
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72
Tree-Stalking iPhone Apps
Tree-Stalking iPhone Apps
'Trees Near You' Helps You Find Wooden Friends in NYC
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71
Jarring Jersey Shore Apps
Jarring Jersey Shore Apps
The Guidofy App for the iPhone Causes Involuntary Fist Pumps
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70
Terrorist Spoof Apps
Terrorist Spoof Apps
'National Threat Advisory' iPhone App Pokes Fun at TSA
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69
Youth-Inspired iPhone Apps
Youth-Inspired iPhone Apps
Harold's Real Life Purple Crayon Lets You Draw Like a Kid
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68
Mobile Coffee Orders
Mobile Coffee Orders
Pay for Your Next Starbucks Drink on Your iPhone
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67
Commuter iPhone Apps
Commuter iPhone Apps
Exit Strategy NYC Makes for Efficient Train Travel
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66
Subway Finder Apps
Subway Finder Apps
Acrossair Pinpoints the Location of the London Tube for iPhone
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65
Pixel Art iPhone Apps
Pixel Art iPhone Apps
eBoy and Delicious Toys Make Your Phone More Fun With FixPix
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Face-Life Apps
Face-Life Apps
The Cosmetic Surgery iPhone App Helps You Get Work Done
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63
Imagined City Apps
Imagined City Apps
Phantom City iPhone App Shows the New York City That 'Could Have Been'
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62
Face Remixing Apps
Face Remixing Apps
The FaceMix iPhone App Tests Your Ability to Remember Faces
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61
Pandemic Apps
Pandemic Apps
IntuApps Swine Flu Tracker Helps You Avoid Areas of H1N1 Outbreak
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60
Vain Popstar Apps
Vain Popstar Apps
The Britney Spears iPhone App is called 'It's Britney!'
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59
Sleuthy iPhone Apps
Sleuthy iPhone Apps
The Agile Lie Detector Measures Voice Stress
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58
Apps for Autos
Apps for Autos
Hughes Telematics to Develop Downloadable Programs for Passenger Cars
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57
One-Man Band Apps
One-Man Band Apps
Voice Band iPhone App Lets You Rock Out With Your Mouth Out
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56
Storytelling iPhone Apps
Storytelling iPhone Apps
iStoryTime Reads to All the Little Children
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55
Vain iPhone Apps
Vain iPhone Apps
'Vanity' Gauges Your Attractiveness & Rates Your Features
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54
Hygienic iPhone Apps
Hygienic iPhone Apps
The Unique Automation iBath Lets You Run Water from a Distance
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Mobile Date Stalking
Mobile Date Stalking
The Date Check iPhone Application Lets You Lurk With More Precision
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52
Useful iPhone Apps
Useful iPhone Apps
‘ATM Hunter' From MasterCard Finds Fee-Free Cash Machines
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51
Kids Icon Apps
Kids Icon Apps
The Grover's Number Special App from Sesame Workshop and Ideo
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50
Fearless Flight Apps
Fearless Flight Apps
The Virgin Atlantic iPhone App Helps People Too Scared to Fly
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49
Binge Boozing iPhone Apps
Binge Boozing iPhone Apps
The DrinkTracker Keeps Track of Your Alcohol Intake
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48
World-Traveling iPhone Apps
World-Traveling iPhone Apps
Po-Com's multiClock is a Multiple Time Zone Clock on One Screen
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47
Food-Tweeting Apps
Food-Tweeting Apps
The Twiddish iPhone App Documents Delicacies on Twitter
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46
Anti-Clumsy Text Apps
Anti-Clumsy Text Apps
The Type N Walk iPhone App Makes Texting While Walking Safe
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45
Sacrilegious iPhone Apps
Sacrilegious iPhone Apps
‘Me So Holy' Deemed Too Devilish by Apple
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44
Life-Saving iPhone Apps
Life-Saving iPhone Apps
iDistress for iPhone Makes Getting Help More Efficient
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Twisted Animal iPhone Apps
Twisted Animal iPhone Apps
Enviro-Bear Is the Best Worst Game for Your Phone
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42
Crude Mobile Phone Games
Crude Mobile Phone Games
iPhone App Store Flooded with Gaseous Exuberance
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41
Dude-Worthy iPhone Apps
Dude-Worthy iPhone Apps
Express Yourself in Every Way With the 'Dude' Application
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40
Insomniac iPhone Apps
Insomniac iPhone Apps
Proactive Sleep Alarm Keeps Track of Your Sleep Patterns
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39
Brew Finder Apps
Brew Finder Apps
The Stella Artois 'Le Bar Guide' App Leads You to Your Favorite Beer
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38
iPhone Apps for Print Designers
iPhone Apps for Print Designers
The myPantone App for Creating & Organizing Color Palettes
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37
Singing Cat iPhone Apps
Singing Cat iPhone Apps
'Cat Chorus' Lets You Wish Friends a "Meowy Christmas" Keyboard Cat-Style
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36
Flight Board iPhone Apps
Flight Board iPhone Apps
FlipTime Mimics Airport Information Monitors
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35
iPhone Apps That Send Symptoms to Doctors
iPhone Apps That Send Symptoms to Doctors
Dyna-Vision
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Pothead iPhone Apps
Pothead iPhone Apps
The Cannabis Locator App Helps You Find Some Bud to Smoke
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Rotary Phone iPhone App
Rotary Phone iPhone App
The iRetroPhone
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32
Apps for Swingers
Apps for Swingers
‘Sway' from Illusion Lab Lets You Play Like Tarzan on Your iPhone
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31
Mistake-Erasing Apps
Mistake-Erasing Apps
The Tiger Text iPhone App is My New Best Friend
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Shopping Addiction iPhone Apps
Shopping Addiction iPhone Apps
Net-a-Porter Releases NET-APP That Constantly Updates
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Digitalized Interaction Apps
Digitalized Interaction Apps
'Status Symbols' iPhone App Replaces Talking with Icons
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28
DIY Luxury Car Apps
DIY Luxury Car Apps
The Rolls-Royce iPhone App Lets You Re-Design their Car
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Vintage Calculator Apps
Vintage Calculator Apps
iPhone Gets Old School With Hewlett Packard
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26
Vibrating iPhone Apps
Vibrating iPhone Apps
iVibrateMe Lets You Use The Vibrate Function On Command
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25
$1000 iPhone Apps
$1000 iPhone Apps
Apple Pulls "I am Rich" Ruby
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Sexual iPhone Apps
Sexual iPhone Apps
‘Passion' Scores You on Your Skills Between the Sheets
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23
iPhone Apps for Skaters
iPhone Apps for Skaters
iSkateboard Finds Best Parks, Skate Shops and Street Spots Near You
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Educational iPhone Apps
Educational iPhone Apps
ZooABC Application Teaches Kids to Love Reading
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iPhone Money Apps
iPhone Money Apps
'Square' Payment System Lets Any Business Take Credit Cards Instantly
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Carnivorous iPhone Apps
Carnivorous iPhone Apps
iBacon is Purely for Meat-Loving Mobile Users
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Fist Pumping iPhone Apps
Fist Pumping iPhone Apps
Tingalin Puts Seaside Heights in Your Hand
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Shaving Mobile Apps
Shaving Mobile Apps
Gillette Launches uArt Application for iPhone
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iPhone Car Starters
iPhone Car Starters
The Viper SmartStart Lets You Go Keyless for $500
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Homeless-Care iPhone Apps
Homeless-Care iPhone Apps
The iHobo App Gives You a New Perspective on Street-Living
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15
Misleading Mobile Apps
Misleading Mobile Apps
The Playboy iPhone App Features Only Articles
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14
Gross iPhone Apps
Gross iPhone Apps
The ‘Zit Picker' Game Sets New Low For Mobile Entertainment
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Funny iPhone Apps
Funny iPhone Apps
iPhad Application Mocks the Apple iPad
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Oiled-Up iPhone Apps
Oiled-Up iPhone Apps
The 'Randy' Yellow Pages Commercial is Buff and Hilarious
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3D iPhone Apps
3D iPhone Apps
Orange Telecom Israel Augmented Reality iPhone App
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10
Period-Tracking Apps
Period-Tracking Apps
Track Your Girlfriend's Mood With The Code Red iPhone App
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9
Lip-Syncing iPhone Apps
Lip-Syncing iPhone Apps
'Mouth Off' Gives Your Words a Virtual Mouthpiece
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8
iPhone Apps as Interior Designers
iPhone Apps as Interior Designers
Color Capture and ColorSnap Help Inspire Home Design
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Hookup Apps
Hookup Apps
The iPhone AMP Up Before You Score' App Encourages Female Conquests
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Nude Animal Activist Apps
Nude Animal Activist Apps
Stephanie Pratt PETA 'Be Nice to Bunnies' iPhone App
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5
Inappropriate iPhone Apps
Inappropriate iPhone Apps
Underage BeautyMeter App Gets Pulled
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4
iPhone Piercings
iPhone Piercings
Ipierce Allows Body Modification Without Pain
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3
Naughty iPhone Apps
Naughty iPhone Apps
The iPhone Finally Gets Seductive Software
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Nose Job Apps
Nose Job Apps
Use the iSurgeon App to Actually Simulate Plastic Surgery
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Panty Removal Apps
Panty Removal Apps
The Pantienon App Makes Dirty Thoughts Come to Life
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