Plenty of iPhone apps seek to entertain, organize or give us a boost of technology, but many of the good ones will cost you, if only a few dollars. When you consider that there are thousands of iPhone apps available, those few dollars can easily add up to eat a big portion of your bank account. The unspoken truth, however, is that many of these iPhone apps are completely free. Though they may not revolutionize your music library, they may tell you where you’re going or help organize your clutter schedule. These useful apps come free for the taking.

Flashlight – Flashlights are always useful, and this iPhone app turns your phone into one. It sends off bright illuminating colors to make it easier going down a dark stairwell, rooting through your car for that laundry money, or just checking out a map in the dark. Keep a light on that’s actually your cell phone. It’s one of the free iPhone apps that are actually worth keeping around.

iBear Timer – Keep track of the exact time that’s elapsed after an important event, or keep tabs on how long you’ve got until a big event happens, right down to the second. This iPhone app is great for planning, but it also makes a nice conversation piece to know how long you’ve got until that luxury cruise. Useful as well as fun, this is one of those iPhone apps that make time keeping a little easier.

If Found Please – If you lose your iPhone, this app might help you find it again. It’s simple but useful, displaying customized information on your wallpaper so someone knows how to locate you if they find your phone. It even works when the phone is locked.

Lotto Shake – Want to play the Lotto but run out of number combination’s? With this iPhone app, you just shake the phone for a random number combination. It works for the Daily Play, Thunderball, the UK Lotto and Euro Millions. If your iPhone number wins, there’s no reason you have to share the winnings with your iPhone, but it might be nice if you took it out to dinner to show your thanks. iPhone apps need to feel appreciated.

Herbert Hunke writes blogs about the iPhone, but the free iPhone apps captivated his attention.

If you search the web completely, you’ll likely find iPhone apps that actually tell you what underwear to wear today. The iPhone brings technology to just about every walk of life. Some are just for fun, while others mean business. Here are a few of the best iPhone apps to hit the streets.

Bailout Wars – Does Wall St. make you boil? Are you ticked off that bailout money came from your IRS deposit? Skip getting mad and get even with Bailout Wars. It’s genuinely okay and won’t blow you away with the technology, but it might cure your social angst. Graphics could be improved, but doesn’t blowing corporate executives out of the sky sound like your idea of a quiet evening at home? There are many iPhone apps on the market to waste your time, but this one will make you feel better about your disintegrating retirement fund.

Proactive Sleep – Think your alarm clock is sucking your soul? Put Proactive Sleep to the rescue. This iPhone app wakes you up to your music of choice, and then challenges you to a game. If you don’t feel like taking on Hal the All Mighty Computer too early in the morning, you can opt for a dream diary and figure out what that dancing penguin last night was really about. It also tracks your sleep and tells you when you’re below average. If you are constantly hitting your computer keyboard with your forehead around mid-afternoon, Proactive Sleep will tell you why.

iPhone Chat – You’d think buying an iPhone capable of everything would have a chat capability built in, but think again. Iphones are only as capable as the iPhone apps you use to put them to work. The iPhone chat allows you to log into AIM, view contacts and chat away to your heart’s content.

Gas.app – Get gas from the price of gas? Find immediate relief with this iPhone app. Enter in your zip code, and the Gas.app finds you the lowest gas prices in town. Simply click each station for a view of it on Google maps and find your way to discounted gas.

Go Movies – This is one of the iPhone apps that specialize in finding you the right movie show times. It allows you to access the movie site Fandango by zip code and find the latest box office near you. A mapping system will even tell you how to get there.

Stanley Linkum writes blogs about everything iPhone to highlight the many iPhone apps that are available.

Can your phone read you Shakespeare as you go to bed at night? With the right selection of iPhone apps available, it probably can. IPhone technology has really gotten off the hook, with possibilities ranging from music streaming to finding the best hotel prices to 16th century literature, all in the palm of your hand.

The fact is that the iPhone is capable of so much that even hard core techies will admit that not all of it is worth doing. Some iPhone apps aren’t worth the time to bother, while others dramatically improve your life. The following iPhone apps, however, are worth the rave.

Yelp – Get lost in the city with no idea where the good bars or restaurants are? Give your best Yelp and find what you need. This iPhone app locates the best bars, restaurants and banks that are closest to wherever you are. If you aren’t sure about the place, read thousands of reviews from other regular Joe users who don’t work for the New York Times. Also available is Urban Spoon which offers locations to local eateries.

NYTimes – Speaking of the New York Times, this iPhone app allows you to stream the voluminous sections of New York City’s biggest newspaper right from your phone. You can find stories by their section or just stream the most popular. Each article comes with full color photos, and the text is surprisingly easy to read on the screen. At this time, there are hardly any other iPhone apps that stream entire media publications, but expect more on the horizon.

Stanza- Stuck on the bus with no book? The Stanza allows you to read the classics, or anything you can find in their large library of public domain files. You can also add lengthy Word or PDF files from your computer, so you can effectively edit your term paper from your cell phone. This is one of those iPhone apps that’s has something for everyone, from college students to corporate lawyers. Don’t expect to find Heathcliff’s Latest Laughs in the public domain, however, if your reading tastes crave the microwaved White Castles of literature.

Jott – Does the iPhone’s digital keyboard cramp your mind? Jott can transfer any voice mail into a text to save you the trouble of typing. Ideal for text messaging, Jott keeps all that button pushing from driving you insane.

Stanley Brasen can’t stop raving about the capabilities of the iPhone and all the iPhone apps available.

Our team is tirelessly delivering iPhone game reviews and we have one that you can’t afford to miss. If you like flight simulators, iChromo’s Aera will thrill you (in the App Store now). The game sports neat and refined graphics, smooth animation, and responsive controls that come in handy while casual flying or while you duke it out with another aircraft.

Four planes and three locations are available in Aera. Aerobatic/Solo, Dog Fight, Race, or Free Flight are the missions which you can choose from. Race against the clock in Aerobatic/Solo to collect a set number of objects. Skill is required as you need to avoid the mines and fly through rings in this challenge. Fight against another plane in Dog Fight mode. If the other plane shoots you down first, you lose. But don’t worry, you have guns with a never-ending supply of ammunition and a few rockets. A number of bonuses are awarded for destroying an enemy. Points and rockets are the most common bonus types. In Race mode, simply make it through a course while dodging mines as fast as you can. If you’re feeling lazy and just want to explore, Free Flight mode is where you’ll want to be. Both Campaign mode and Quick Play give you the options to choose Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty levels.

The 3D game graphics are very polished and help give depth to the 2D gameplay. Sounds are appropriate, with realistic propeller effects and accurate-sounding crashes/explosions. There is no background music, but the game doesn’t feel as though it’s lacking, given its goal of pseudo-simulation rather than full-on arcade. The controls are outstanding. Most of the plane controls are handled through the accelerometer, tilting the device to change the plane’s attitude. A sharp shake of the device will cause a 180-degree flip. On-screen buttons control throttle, boost (necessary when making steep ascents), firing guns/rockets, and changing camera angles. The placement of the buttons leaves the interface feeling uncluttered, though all possible needs are at your quick disposal. Aera includes detailed tutorial explanations, as well as a walkthrough requiring you to complete certain tasks in order to move on.

Features abound in Aera. The “TimeBack” aspect will auto-reverse time if you nail an object. This give you the chance to try your hand at that section of the game again. Essentially, this gives you the opportunity to continue playing without starting from the beginning of the level. The AppSmile Team was glad to have this helpful feature. If you want to evaluate your flight, you can do so by watching the video replay of your completed mission. No online play exists except for local wi-fi multiplayer. Dual or Capture the Flag mode are your options here. Sensitivity can be adjusted in the Configuration menu. A Prediction line can also be turned on and off here. The Prediction line is a virtual path you will take if you remain at the current altitude and speed.

Aera perfectly marries a flight simulator, side scroller, and arcade flier like no other app in the App Store. We had great fun in especially with Dog Fight mode. If you’re goal oriented, you might just like Solo mode the best. in fact, excellent game presentation exists in any mode. Our team can remember too many iPhone game reviews that brought us as much fun. Its obvious that the Aera developers at iChromo spent a lot of time in the details. We will be playing this gem for a long time due to the smooth and entertaining gameplay. Plus, doing so will earn several Achievements such as the aforementioned unlockable aircraft and locations. With a price of $0.99, picking up Aera is a no-brainer for any iPhone game fan.

If you’re interested in reading more iPhone game reviews, then visit Eric Meister’s site on how to choose the best iPhone apps for your needs.

There’s really very little chance for you to get bored when you have a phone like the iPhone in your hand. So what happens when you want to play a game but you’re on your own? There are loads of games in iTunes which are meant for solitary play and although these might not be as fun as group games using the iPhone, they still cut the mustard.

Who Said That?

If you’re a movie buff and you can remember all those famous one liners then this game will be real fun for you. I5t’s fast paced and you have to identify the movie with the dialogue give. You may not know all the movies, that’s for sure and you can now see how good or bad you really are! There’s also a bonus round in the game in which you can select the number of answer you think you will get right.

Analyze Handwriting

It’s always fascinating to analyse handwriting; the thought of figuring a person out with just their handwriting is intriguing. You can now see if all the fuss about handwriting analyses is true or not by downloading the Analyze Handwriting app and use it by entering words or sentences that they ask you to, by using your finger or an appropriate stylus.

Free Letter Bug

With this game, even those who claim to hate word games will have to succumb! This game is great and it even helps you enhance your vocabulary and check your spellings. Layers of alphabets are scattered on the scene, with the topmost layer being the active one, you need to choose from this and make words and also spell them correctly. To scramble the letters you need to shake the screen. And you get more points for speed and long words.

Oh my word!

Is this game cool or what! And what’s better is that it’s not even half as gory as some of the hangman games that you’ll find on the iTunes store. It may be far easier on the eyes, but this game is definitely not easier to play. Here, you get two words and a blank word in between, what you need to do is guess the blank word with help of the two words given and also whether it comes before or after either of these words. You need plenty of logic and lateral thinking for this game, have fun!

Thom writes stories for mac software leader, PocketMac. They specialize in Apple related software, including their Apple iPhone game, Rock, Paper, Airplane.