Category Archives: Geekiest iPhone Apps

Unexplainable X-Rays App

Got a crazy x-ray of yourself and want to get it out there into the public domain?…

Why Was This App Banned? Apple’s Manager of iPhone App Quality and Suitability writes: “While I get it and had hours of fun testing the app with my own x-rays, our legal team really found this app both suggestive and well out of bounds.”

Yoda Bong Origami

The instructional app for how to fold your favorite Star Wars action figures, with bongs, out of paper…

Why Was This App Banned? legal entanglements

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Perky Nipple App for iPhone

Put the nature of stats back into nurture…

Why Was This App Banned? unreasonably sexist valuations of women

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Random Rabbit Ears

“An” app that monitors “and inserts” arbitrary quotes into your “…”

Why Was This App Banned? app runs multiple processes when quit

This app released on October 29, 2009 | Tagged arbitrary quotes app, extraneous quotes, rabbit ears app, unnecessary quotations app, unnecessary quotes

The Dog Did It

Blame God? Or blame the dog…?

Why Was This App Banned? Apple writes: "App attempts to access on-chip technology that still does not exist in the mobile device." also "Please stop feeding the little guy fresh chicken! Now I gotta leave the room."

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Duct Tape iPhone App

The one and only duct tape app…

Why Was This App Banned? Johnson & Johnson intellectual property police wanted so-called "advanced" or "required" permission

This app was also posted in Most Unlicensed Apps | Tagged bondage for iPhone, duct tape, duct tape app, johnson & johnson iPhone app

Command Line for iPhone

The iPhone is easy to use, but at what cost? The Command Line App brings that “subroutine high” back to the…

Why Was This App Banned? kernel access, bypassing of common safeguards, also disables accelerometer, multi-touch input to the screen and sound card component

This app was also posted in Most Redundant Apps, Top-10 Banned Apps | Tagged command line app, command line iPhone app, terminal app, terminal iPhone app

Ground Control To Space Station X10

Experience the thrill of controlling the International Space Station (ISS) from your handheld…

Why Was This App Banned? Apple's beta testing appeared to cause electrical and plumbing problems with the auto-flushing toilets

This app released on September 7, 2009 | Tagged geek app, international space station app, iPhone game, nerd iPhone app, reality game app, rejected iPhone app, star wars app, x10 app, x10 iPhone app

Turbo-Encabulator

Capacitive directance at your fingertips. Only geeks understand…

Why Was This App Banned? Apple writes: “We handed this around and no one at Apple could figure out what it does or what it refers to. Intriguing, but please resubmit only if description is clearer as to specifics of the app.”

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Retro-Encabulator App

The first-in-class encabulator app for the iPhone…

Why Was This App Banned? Apple Legal writes: “too specific a sub-genre of geek who would get this app. Based on your record so far we expect more returns than sales, therefore Apple politely declines to partner with you in hosting the Retro-Encabulator on the App Store. We welcome you to resubmit once the app is demonstrated to do something. Anything.”