Over the past week, I have downloaded many apps for the iPhone. 34 of them are currently on my phone and I will be reviewing them here. I will also be rating them on a star based system–one being terrible, five being amazing.

AIM (***) FREE

AIM does what it promises to deliver, instant messaging, but nothing much more. Voice chat (3G and WiFi only of course) would make this a killer app.

Air Hockey (*) $0.99

Air Hockey for iPhone is a pretty lousy game. I would not recommend buying it.

Air Me (****) FREE

Air Me is a simple yet functional app. It lets you take pictures and upload them to Flickr. I really like it and capturing video and being able to upload it to Flickr would make it easily a 5 star app.

AOL Radio (****) FREE

AOL Radio is a nice app. It has several hundred AM and FM radio stations to access. It would be fantastic if your favorite out-of-market sports team’s broadcasts are on one of the stations. More stations carried would be great.

Baseball (*****) FREE

Baseball is my favorite iPhone app. It gives you statistics for every player and team since the 1890’s!!! This will be a go-to app for any baseball and statistic obsessed guy like me.

Cro-Mag Rally (*****) $9.99

Cro-Mag Rally is the best game for iPhone. The amazing graphics combined with the amazing gameplay and controls make this an overall great experience. I would request two features. One would be to have the ability to listen to your iPod rather than listen to the annoying in-game music. What would make this the best app of all time would be allowing online play with friends.

Crosswords (****) $9.99

Crosswords is a pretty good app. It downloads crosswords every day from many different sources and has a pretty nice UI.

Currency (***) FREE

This shows exchange rates for your money. The best way to watch the dollar fall on the iPhone. Beyond this, it does nothing more.

Dial Zero (*****) FREE

The most practical app I have used. You type in a company’s name and it shows you their customer support number and the quickest way to get directly to a live person. It has worked to perfection for me twice now.

Facebook (***) FREE

The Facebook app has potential. This is the most unstable app I have used, I have had a crash every single day using it. It is also probably the app I use most. Realistically, it is slightly less featured than the mobile version of the site but three stars for its potential and the service.

G-Park (TBD) FREE

I have not gotten a chance to use G-Park but if it works as advertised, it should be a very useful app.

Google Mobile App (**) FREE

I don’t really understand what this app has to offer. It does auto predict your search term but so does the mobile version of the Google site. I don’t know if I’m missing something here.

iNetwork Test (***) FREE

This is a useful app for determining network speeds, but has nothing else to offer.

iYardage (TBD) FREE

iYardage is another app I have yet to try. It claims to track your golf round but currently only supports 4 courses. They claim to be working on hundreds more and also have a GPS version in the works.

Last.fm (***) FREE

Last.fm is a decent app for streaming music. I don’t like their playlists so much but some people love it.

Light (***) FREE

Light is an app that provides…well…light. A blank white screen comes up to provide light when you need it.

Loopt (TBD) FREE

Loopt is another app that I have not yet been able to fully experience, as I currently have no friends who are using it. If it does what it says, it will be very interesting.

Midomi (****) FREE

Midomi is a very useful app for figuring out the name of a song that may be stuck in your head. Sing or hum a song and it will attempt (with about 50% accuracy from my experiences) to find the name of the song.

MLB At Bat (**) $9.99

MLB At Bat is a sub-par app. It offers a line score of MLB games as well as awesome in-game highlights. It needs to offer in-game statistics as well to make it worth your money; I look for this feature to come in an update.

Mobile Flickr (****) $2.99

Mobile Flickr is a great app for all things Flickr. You can view your photostream and the photostreams of friends. It is also the best way to upload pictures previously taken with your iPhone to Flickr. Air Me is a better app to take the pictures in.

Mobile News Network (***) FREE

Mobile News Network is a good app for viewing news from the AP on your iPhone. It allows you to read, email, and SMS the article.

Movies.app (****) FREE

Movies.app is a very good app for information about movies. It gives showtimes, allows you to watch trailers, and provides a link to IMDb.

Pandora Radio (*****) FREE

Pandora is a fantastic app for finding new music for your iPhone. It is very similar to Last.fm but I prefer Pandora’s recommendations.

Remote (*****) FREE

Remote is another great app for the iPhone, and the only app in the App Store created by Apple. Remote allows you to use your iPhone as a remote control to control iTunes. It works flawlessly and allows you to star-rate your home music from all around the house.

Restaurant Nutrition (****) FREE

Restaurant Nutrition is a very useful app that gives you the nutritional values of foods from the most popular chain restaurants.

Shazam (*****) FREE

Shazam is a wonderful app that identifies music that you hear on the radio or anywhere else. Hold your iPhone close to the audio source and it will find the song (with about 95% accuracy from my experience with it) and provides a link to buy it through iTunes.

SportsTap (****) FREE

SportsTap is an app that allows access to live sports scores and stats. There is also an iPhone website that is exactly the same as the app but the app does provide faster load times.

Sudoku (***) $7.99

Sudoku is exactly what you think it is, Sudoku. It is very simple to use (as long as you know how to play) but it makes you listen to the annoying Zen music instead of your iPod.

Super Monkey Ball (***) $9.99

Super Monkey Ball is a good game for iPhone. It easily has the best graphics of any game but the controls are ultra-sensitive, making it very hard to play. This is another game that forces you to listen to the annoying in-game sounds rather than your iPod.

Talking Spanish Phrases (****) FREE

Talking Spanish Phrases is a good app that provides Spanish translations of many phrases you may need to use while you are in a Spanish-speaking country. It will also play an audio clip so you can hear exactly how to pronounce the phrase.

Tap Tap Revenge (*****) FREE

The second best iPhone game and the #1 most downloaded app on the App Store. Tap Tap Revenge is similar to Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero/Rock Band, you tap the dots in tune with the music as they reach the bottom of the screen. Very simple, yet extremely entertaining. It also allows you to challenge friends and download new songs for free.

Twinkle (****) FREE

Twinkle is a good, location-aware Twitter client for iPhone. It allows you to post a tweet, view your friends tweets, and view tweets from people who are close to you. I still prefer Hahlo, a web app, but Twinkle is much better than Twitterific.

Yelp (***) FREE

Yelp is a great web service that translates into an average iPhone app. Yelp provides restaurant reviews, which I really like. But a full star is removed because it doesn’t let you see more than the 20 listings on the first page, a “More…” button would solve this problem.

YPmobile (TBD) FREE

The YellowPages app is another that I haven’t gotten to play with but seems to be pretty useful.

That’s it. Feedback is appreciated and comments are welcome.