4.5 Stars

RedLaser is a cool little barcode scanning app that may change the way you shop. The way it works couldn't be easier. Simply hit the "scan" button and point your iPhone's camera at a barcode (no autofocus camera required). RedLaser then looks up that barcode using Amazon and Google Product Search to show online listings for that exact product complete with prices. Awesome, right?

Birdbrain is a simple little app which allows you to track changes on one or more Twitter accounts. Its primary focus is on how many followers you gain and lose over time. It does this by periodically taking a snapshot of your Twitter account and showing you the changes. This means that you won't see any stats when you first get the app, but after a few days Birdbrain will be able to start reporting statistics on followers, posts, and more!

If you don't already know, Tweetie is one of the most popular iPhone Twitter clients out there today. It combines tons of powerful features with a killer user interface that you'd swear came from Apple. So when Loren Brichter, Tweetie's creator, started work on the next version, he was competing with his original app. To do this, Brichter totally rewrote the app from scratch, leaving behind every bit of code from version one. Then he applied all of the experience he gained from the original and created an even more powerful, feature-packed version with the same level of simplicity that made Tweetie a success. The result is Tweetie 2.

Pocket God is a cute little app that allows you to nurture and/or torment a small handful of islanders. Your little tribal friends are given multiple habitat options and there are many different "activities" you can do with them (or, if you'd prefer, TO them). Simple and intuitive controls, combined with some pretty entertaining concepts made Pocked God a popular app, but is it worth all the hype?

Annihilation Arena (a.k.a. AArena) gives us a glimpse into the bleak future, when heavily armed hovercraft will engage in deadly arena combat  for the public’s entertainment. You must pilot your ship around three different arenas, each more dangerous than the last, and destroy hundreds of enemy ships. Watch out for the final boss for each arena and survive to the next round of deadly combat.  The smooth controls, plentiful supply of power-ups, and a great techno soundtrack make Annihilation Arena a great way for action fans to spend $1.99.
 

Triazzle is a rainforest-themed puzzle game almost identical to the classic game called Tri-Ominos. The basic concept is that you are provided 9 or 16 triangular puzzle pieces, and you must rotate and place them according to the corresponding types on each side. With various difficulties, this proves to be quite an interesting rendition.

iBank Mobile is a personal financial assistant that tracks your transactions and graphically shows month-to-month changes, as well as gauges of each set of transactions you partake in. This application can even be synchronized with the desktop application of iBank, making it even simpler to update your balances and input transactions.

NotifyMe is a simple application which uses Apple's push notification service to notify you of reminders set within the app. Reminders can be set for any time (in 5 minute intervals) and assigned a category. You can also have reminders recur daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, and yearly.

Real Racing is a racing application with multiple playing modes, a great selection of vehicles and beautiful graphics to boot. Tilting to steer through vicious opponents and great scenery, players will find themselves immersed in the tight controls and fast-paced races.

Radial 50 is a brick-breaker game with an entirely new twist and great graphics. Instead of the typical 'get rid of all the bricks and watch out for that abyss' style of the brick-breaker genre, Radial 50 allows you to move the paddle around a circle of blocks with varied purposes with the goal of hitting the diamond in the center. With 50 steadily increasing levels and power-ups/ power-downs, this game proves to be quite the challenge.