Top 10 iPhone apps to entertain a crowd!

The iPhone’s a born crowd-pleaser. Install any of these top-notch entertertainment apps and you’ll soon draw a crowd. Install them all, and you might have to fight your way to the door!

Whether it’s multi-player games, music services or simply entertaining distractions, there’s something here to wow all your friends and have a desperate throng lusting after your iPhone in no time.

Super Monkey Ball (£5.99)
Navigate a cute little chimp through a variety of mazes to reach its goal. It’s infuriatingly addictive, but that’s not what’ll draw the crowds. To play this game you’ll need to use the iPhone’s accelerometer. That means wiggling the mobile around like a lunatic. Passers by will either assume you’ve got something stuck under the screen, or stop to take a look.

Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D (£5.99)
The wacky marsupial is back for some insane karting fun and crazy battles, along with console-quality graphics. Fire up this addictive racer and you’ll soon attract some interested eyes. Shortly after, expect to see jaws drop. Graphics this slick are unheard of on mobiles until now, and guarantee you’ll have a group gathered and wanting to know more.

SuperPong (£1.79)
This game Takes an old classic and gives it a 21st century makeover. Luscious graphics and wrist-twitching gameplay make it a must-install, as does its price. How does it entertain a crowd? You can upload your scores and battle to beat the best in the world, or anger those you’ve just toppled. OK, so maybe you’re not entertaining them if you’re beating them, but it’s worth a shot!

Last.fm (£free)
Surrounded by bored mates with no interest in your shonky music collection? Fire up this app, tap in an artist they like and Last.fm will serve up quality tunes guarnateed to get their foot tapping. It’s the perfect pocket essential for use at parties too, or just getting hold of that track your mate’s had buzzing round his head all day.

TyroTuner (£1.79)
This guitar-tuning app for your iPhone will mean next time you pull out the six string, it’s guaranteed to be in perfect pitch. Strum away to a group of friends safe in the knowledge it’s properly tuned, and not straining their ears (or patience). It’ll even switch between strings automatically as you use it, so there’s no need to keep prodding through menus.

Etch A Sketch (£2.99)
Make doodles on your iPhone just like you did as a kid with this nostalgia-inducing app. Within minutes you’ll have mates huddled ’round, wanting a piece of the action, but don’t let them. The second they get their hands on your precious iPhone they’re sure to shake the handset and wipe all your good work from the screen!

Tap Tap Revenge (£free)
Hit the lights in time to the rythm, and use the iPhone’s amazing multi-touch screen to play against a friend on the same phone. It’s the most fun you can have huddled over a handset, and with fingers pummeling everywhere you’ll soon have a group wanting to get involved.

Shazam (£free)
Identify songs just by holding your phone up to the music. When it’s sampled enough, it’ll vibrate to let you know, then just wait a few seconds and the name that’s been on the tip of everyone’s tongues for so long will be revealed. It’s a great way to show off the iPhone, as well as relieve nagging questions in companions’ minds!

Sketches (£3.49)
Scribble pictures of your friends with the best iPhone drawing app around. Not too hot at art? Don’t worry - you can take pictures and draw over them too. There are even clip art objects included, to make adding moustaches and hats to friends as simple as pinching the screen!

Mind Warp (£0.59)
Mess with your mates’ minds using this handy app full of optical illusions. Get them to stare at the screen for a few seconds, then see them leap as the world goes wibbly around them. OK, it’s over-priced for something that could be done with a video clip, but you won’t mind the outlay when your friends are passing it ’round in the pub.

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