February 27th, 2009 by admin

The AppStore has enjoyed months of success now at the hands of millions of iPhone users around the world. The AppStore brought the ease and affordability of fun and useful apps to the fingers of Apple’s Smartphone users in every corner of the globe.

There are huge amounts of apps on the AppStore from IM apps to gaming apps – but which ones didn’t make the cut? Wouldn’t you just love to know which apps were too ridiculous to convince the guys at the AppStore to give them a place in the hearts of iPhone users?



Read on to find out!



• Obama Trampoline – Ever wanted to throw a bunch of American politicians on a huge trampoline and watch them bounce up and down? No? Me neither and the guys at the AppStore didn’t either…

Obviously the developers behind the game, Swmiware, aren’t too excited about being turned down and the CEO and President of the company, Patrick Alphonso, said, “We spent a lot of time and money on this product. It sucks to develop an app and get it rejected for reasons that you weren’t aware of.”

• My Shoe – Remember when that Iraqi guy threw a shoe at President Bush? We all had our views over the whole situation and so did the journalist who chucked it, but apparently the game version of the incident didn’t spark any interest for the AppStore guys who tossed the game straight out of the window.



• I Am Poor – There was a game that was released on the iPhone a while ago that absolutely bombed just days after it hit the AppStore called I Am Rich. Perhaps the game didn’t do well because all it involved was to put a little icon on your screen – not the stuff of chart topping apps, obviously.

But the lesser-known I Am Poor didn’t even make the cut – the poorer game swapped the shiny icon for a pot of noodles or an image of tuna, as apparently that’s what symbolises poverty. Apple thought it was a waste of time and space and turned the idea out on its poor bottom.



• The South Park App – One of the most successful programmes ever has actually been told that it can’t get its little app onto the AppStore. The app was going to allow users to get a little closer to the cartoon that has been cussing its way into our lives for years, however Apple deemed it as being too crass for its iPhone users.

Meanwhile Apple are happy enough to continue taking profits from the show’s sales through iTunes of course and the whole situation has left South Park’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, dazed, confused and a little upset.

“After a couple of attempts to get the application approved, we are sad to say that our app has been rejected. According to Apple, the content was ‘potentially offensive,’” explained the creators behind South Park.

What’s your favourite game that didn’t make the cut? Let us know what gems that aren’t in our list that you wanted to see on the iPhone…