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As the reigning king of the app world, the Apple App Store is home to over 700,000 apps that range from airport directories to virtual Zippo lighters. As expansive as that selection is, it's estimated that over 5,000 applications have been banned or removed for not complying with the tech giant's guidelines. Just yesterday, it was reported that AppGratis, an app that parsed the Apple App Store and picked ones that may be of interest to the user, was pulled from the App Store. There’s already a ton of insane apps available in the App Store, but it’s the censored group that has captured the spotlight. It's true—controversy does sell. From the raunchiest to the straight ridiculous, we uncovered a batch of iPhone apps that will leave you saying WTF?
Baby Shaker
There's something disturbing about violently shaking your iPhone to stop an infant from incessantly crying until two red "x" marks appear over a baby's eyes. Child protection groups shared the same distaste and were enraged that Apple had approved an app that promoted infanticide. It dodged a dirty diaper in the long run as Baby Shaker made its way into the trash bin.
Obama Trampoline
Choose one of 18 politicians-from President Barack Obama to Sarah Palin-and use the iPhone's accelerometer feature to bounce around the Oval Office and pop balloons. A pantsless Bill Clinton caricature would be in violation of Apple's policy against ridiculing public figures, leading to its removal from the App Store.
Slash
A background image of a knife seems harmless, right? Try gripping your iPhone and simulating a stabbing motion while it plays the Psycho theme. Odds are you'll creep somebody out. The Slash app was pulled days after its release because of a wave of teen stabbings that occurred in the United Kingdom. Talk about bad timing.
Puff!
Peeping Toms could look up Japanese girls' skirts by blowing into the smartphone's microphone or swiping the touchscreen fast. You could even make them squeal the harder you blew into the mic. Pause. Apple's never been one for cheap thrills and put a permanent chastity belt on the voyeur app.
Tawkon Radiation Detector
An application that detects cellular radiation based on environmental conditions, cell tower distances, and how you hold your phone is some crazy shit. But after Tawkon waited weeks for an approval, Apple denied the app claiming the diagnostics tool would scare people and cause confusion.
iHottiez
If Girls Gone Wild was an iPhone app it would look something like iHottiez. Anyone who bought the steamy app gained access to watch hot chicks dance at clubs, perform private shows, share dirty talk, and view raunchy images. It wasn't long before Steve Jobs killed the hard-on and banned it.
Prohibition: The Dope Wars 2
Facebook has Mafia Wars and the iPhone had Dope Wars 2. The controversial game let users play as a drug-dealer with 30 days to bank as much cash as possible selling narcotics. Once Apple discovered the explicit nature of the title it was removed. The creators would later release a G-rated rendition of the game and rename it Candy Wars where gamers sold candy instead of drugs.
iBoobs
There's no better way to kill time than by playing with a pair of virtual fun bags. This guilty pleasure let users jiggle a set of pixilated breasts by shaking the iPhone and watching them bounce all over the screen. Before the iUniverse was able to get their hands on it Apple branded it "objectionable content" and iBoobs was never released.
Relapse
Eminem had plans of launching this iPhone app to coincide with the release of his 2009 album Relapse. Rumor has it the game was based of his "3 A.M." music video and involved the controversial rapper walking the streets in the early hours of the morning and going on murderous rampage with several weapons. Apple showed Marshall the real meaning of shady and rejected the app.
Video Strip Poker
This virtual poker app let you play the card game (without any money) against a photograph of an attractive woman that would remove its clothes in a brief video clip. While no nudity was present, Apple chose not to take the risk and banned it. Little did it forget that you could experience the real thing via the Skype app.
Herb Converter
Weed dealers discovered a new tool to calculate fractions and covert ounces to grams with this weed-dealing app. Stoners complained about the lack of features such as marijuana price differences and availability, but Apple had an even bigger gripe and removed it from the App Store.
I Am Rich
Rick Ross must have had this app in mind when he created his street banger "BMF (Blowin' Money Fast)". Priced at $1,000, this function-less app displayed a red diamond in the background and the catch phrase "I Am Rich." That's it. Apple removed it without any explanation, but not before eight geniuses downloaded it. At least the developers walked away $8,000 richer.
Pocket Girlfriend
We're familiar with the phrase having a woman in your pocket, but the Pocket Girlfriend takes things to another level. The virtual hottie would offer conversation by saying demeaning remarks that would offend any women such as "Why would I want to talk about my feelings?" and "It's important for me to stay in shape, but I would never make you go to the gym." Sounds like the perfect woman to us. Apple disagrees.
My Shoe
A Pakistani developer found inspiration from the George W. Bush shoe flinging incident and created an app that allowed users to hurl an assortment of footwear at the former president. Looks like Steve Jobs had some sympathy for Bush and removed it.
Me So Holy
It doesn't get any more sacrilegious than pasting your own head onto the body of several holy figures. Religious groups had a field day with Me So Holy and Apple deemed it "objectionable content" before enforcing a permanent ban.
Sexy Bikini Fart
Hot girls in swimsuits talking dirty and farting is far from sexy. Sounds great for anyone with a flatulence fetish, but most guys would prefer the sound of a woman moaning rather than passing gas. Apple expressed the same disgust and yanked it.
PinPointsX
Aimed for the Craigslist crowd, PinPointsX posted sex ads on a GPS-enabled map and allowed users to locate and interact with erotic partners. That's right, pimps. After realizing there was no way of tracing a user's IP address, along with concerns of sex trafficking, Apple took note of these loopholes and pulled it from App Store.
Dirty Fingers
Don't you wish you had a hot chick in a bikini at your disposal to clean the smudges off your iPhone? Sounds like a ludicrous request, but this app gives you the illusion that you can have just that. Leaving a fingerprint on the touchscreen would result in a virtual dime piece passing by and wiping it off for you. Apple wasn't impressed and took its own initiative to remove this filth from the App Store.
Wikileaks
Julian Assange is a ballsy dude, but you already knew that. To further disseminate the leaked classified government documents Wikileaks was distributing through its site, Assange got the bright idea to give people access to the info while they're on the go with an iPhone app. Apple banned Wikileaks for failing to meet the personal attacks part of the user agreement, as well as it being a potential threat to iPhone users. We guess the revolution won't be mobilized after all.
Strip Simon
Picture Milton Bradley's Simon game with a sexy twist. By memorizing color sequences and recreating patterns, users would be rewarded with videos of hot women stripping on their smartphone. You already know the end result. Another sex app bites the dust.
Adult Tennis Boobs
Showcasing the best chest shots from the hottest women tennis players and selling it as an application sounds like easy money. Developer Overdamped kept things simple by letting users browse by three categories: Blondes, Brunettes, and Special. Apple made things simpler and banned it.
The Manhattan Declaration
This app caused an uproar with its anti-abortion and gay-bashing content and was removed with the help of a petition created on Change.org. Even after a revised version was submitted and 480,000 people signed a petition to keep the Declaration in the App Store, Apple still felt it was too offensive to "large groups of people."
Beauty Meter
This free app let people rate the face, body, and clothes of others through uploaded photos, but once a moderately nude 15-year-old girl showed up on the app, Apple said, hell no. They should of renamed the app Pedophile Meter.
Ghetto Tweets
A Twitter-based app that automatically filters your friends' timeline and converts their tweets into slang sounds hysterical. But try explaining that to the extremists who called it racist and ignorant. Apple dropped the ghetto translator after being swamped with complaints.
Yoga 4 Dudes
C'mon, son. What guys do you know practice Yoga? Exactly. This exercise app served as a decoy for iPhone users to watch videos and view screensavers of sexy women performing yoga exercises. Basically soft porn, Yoga 4 Dudes never found a home in the App Store.