iPhone Apps: the Top 46 Oddest

But while many iPhone apps are useful, there are also a lot of bizarre apps in the iTunes Store. Every iPhone needs at least a few of these strange apps. I mean, all work and no play makes Jack (and Jill) pretty darn dull.

So here's our list of the 46 most odd iPhone apps you can find. They fall into 6 categories: 1) Strange and Wonderful Facts, 2) Unusual Music, 3) Humor, 4) Noises and Odd Sounds, 5) Perfectly Useless, and (our personal favorite) 6) Complete Timewasters.

1) iPhone Apps: Strange and Wonderful Facts

Amazing Animal Facts ($.99):
Discover curiosities from the animal and insect worlds.

Bizarre Holidays ($.99):
Every day can be a holiday, if you know where to look.

Facts (free):
A random collection of surprising trivia.

Odd Diseases: Genetics ($.99):
Learn more than you thought possible about genetic diseases.

Science Facts Pro ($.99):
Thousands of scientific facts to entertain and amuse.

Stupid Laws the Facts! (free):
Unbelievable laws from around the country and around the world.

2) iPhone Apps: Unusual Music

Bongo Bongo ($.99):
A pair of on-screen bongos that sound like the real things.

Buddha Machine ($3.99):
It plays nine strange ambient sounds loops over and over.

iBone ($3.99):
The only trombone you can keep in your pocket.

Kazoo (free):
For those rare times when you don't have a real kazoo with you.

More Cowbell ($.99):
You say you gotta have more cowbell? Then download this app and tap away.

Ocarina ($.99):
An enormous iPhone hit, it turns your phone into a simple wind instrument.

Pocket Trumpet ($.99):
Tap the valves and pretend you're in a real jazz band.

ShakeYa Tambourine ($.99):
Play it by shaking your phone like a real tambourine.

Tingalin ($5.99):
Play an eastern European lute.