Most good iPhone game developers will only give you their genious goodness if you’re willing to pay a few bucks, but every now and then a good iPhone developer or a quite unknown developer releases an awesome free iPhone game. There are completely free games, and of course the so-called Freemium games that will at some point require a few cents or bucks from you if you want to really get into the game. Actually the App Store has more good Freemium games than 100% free iPhone games, but for all the cheapscapes out there we compiled a list of the best free iPhone games.

Paper Toss

Paper Toss has been in the App Store for quite some time, and has always been a 100% free iPhone game. The concept is quite simple and get slightly addictive; you have some balled up paper and need to throw it in the trash bin by sweeping your finger over your touch screen. There’s some cool difficulties in the game like a ventilator that may distort your paper ball’s flight direction. The game has different stages and difficulty levels and can be made ad-free if you pay a dollar to the game’s developer. Download from App Store

Solitaire

There has probably never been a mobile phone that didn’t have some sort of Solitaire game pre-installed on it, well that is why game developers came up with this free Solitaire iPhone game. Don’t expect anything extremely fancy though, Solitaire looks just like the old Solitaire-game on Windows but has a few new features. You can change your game’s background, use Vegas scoring and use your own cards in the game. Download from App Store

Trundle

Trundle! That’s the name of this neat free puzzle adventure game for iPhone and iPod Touch with a really cool silhouette-like graphic style. The game lets you play with blocks by pushing them, using machines and by doing risky tricks. In case you’re really getting into it, you can go to the App Store and buy an extra level for the game. Download from App Store

A Quest of Knights Onrush

Knights Onrush by Chillingo took some precious time from a lot of iPhone-lovers, except of course you cheap ass iPhone-gamers who waited for a free look-a-like version of the game. The wait is over; some developers had the guts to try and make a free equivalent of the game under the name “A Quest of Knights Onrush”. Play as a midget-knight, slaughter enemies, enjoy hours of free entertainment. Download from App Store

Real Racing GTI

Volkswagen’s Real Racing GTI iPhone game starring the latest Golf VI is of course not a game intended to get some bucks from you, Volkswagen just wants you to testdrive its car on your mobile device. This game gives you the chance to cruise around in one of the six cars on the standard track. However, if you really like it you can always decide to purchase the full game from Firemint in the App Store. Download from App Store

Spider: Hornet Smash

Spider: Hornet Smash is actually a Lite version (demo) of the full non-free iPhone game Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor. All iPhone game reviewsites gave that game a whole bunch of love for its awesomeness, and now you can play it for free. In this arcade-style game you’ll be dodging bees and other stingy insects, and connect with friends over the internet with built-in Facebook Connect support and other goodies. Download from App Store

FallDown!

Usually free iPhone games that easily eat your time away are the best, and FallDown! could be the best example of that type of great free iPhone apps. This simple game lets you tilt your iPhone or iPod Touch to guide a ball to the holes in the game. It’s one of the most simple game concepts ever, and this game prooves that it still works. Pay a dollar and you won’t have to be distracted by the advertisements in this game anymore. Download from App Store

Traffic Rush

Traffic Rush is a simple but pretty chaotic car traffic game similar to Firemint’s non-free Flight Control game. You need to make cars stop and accelerate by simply giving them a touch of your finger. It’s your job to make sure that the cars don’t crash, until of course you lose your head and get too much tapping work and the cars crash leading to your game over with hopefully a new high score! So if Flight Control looks like it could be something cool for you but you’re not willing to pass the buck immediately, then definitely check out Traffic Rush! Download from App Store

Depict

A fan of pictionary? Be sure to check out Depict, a pictionary-like iPhone and iPod Touch title offering a few minutes of free fun. It’s a little bit different from the classic pictionary though; in this game you get multiple-choice options to make it a taddy bit easier and to speed things up. Get the full version of the game, and you’ll be able to play online and have access to tons of other good features. Download from App Store

Papi Jump

Papi is a happy, red little bouncing ball who likes to jump in the sky to try to be as high and dry as possible. You need to move your iPhone from left to right to get Papi to jump on the platforms. If you don’t manage to get Papi a platform to jump on, he’ll simply fall down and Papi with the amazing jumping skills will be no more. It’s dead simple, pretty addictive and a hardcore free iPhone game with some ads here and there. This game was actually the predecessor of Doodle Jump, one of the best-selling games in the App Store. Download from App Store

Right after Apple announced new Game Center and its November release, Firemint sent us an email to let you know that it will seamlessly incorporate Apple Game Center features into its hit games Flight Control and Real Racing via the Cloudcell platform. The Game Center features for these games will be available on the supported devices (iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPod touch 3rd and 4th generation), and will also be mirrored on Cloudcell to offer the same features to the non-supported devices. The Game Center features should be introduced right after Game Center is released, updates will of course be free.

Firemint will seamlessly incorporate Apple Game Center features into its hit games Flight Control and Real Racing via its Cloudcell platform. The features will be available on supported devices (iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPod touch 3rd and 4th generation), but will also be mirrored on Cloudcell whenever possible to offer similar functionality on older devices. Features such as achievements and leaderboards will be available in the game itself, on the Cloudcell web site or via Game Center. We hope Game Center features will be available in our games (as free updates) as soon as Game Center is released.

Epic Citadel is a nice demo that lets you explore a medieval city and lets you travel through a mysterious cathedral. Don’t expect too much from it, just give your eyes a little feast and spend a lot of attention to the gorgeous graphics of this “game”. As Towelie said it: “Don’t forget to bring your towel”, because you’re going to want to clean that drool of your iPhone/iPod screen after seeing the graphics in this amazing tech demo!

Steve Jobs dedicated quite some time to Game Center, and showed off some nice features along with Mike Capps from Epic Games. They presented the game Project Sword (codename); a sword fighting game with astonishing graphics, an amazing framerate and a multiplayer mode. Game Center will be all about multiplayer games said mister Jobs. You’ll be able to challenge friends, create duel games and compare scores with other gamers.

It looks like Apple is going to start taking gaming really serious now. This Game Center should become what Xbox Live is to the Xbox 360; one of the most vital things that keeps the platform rocking. The point collecting should be a great method to keep gamers going and to create a community aspect. As of now, there aren’t really any other games that Apple announced as Game Center games, but we know that a lot of developers will implement Game Center features in their existing games and are about to develop new games that support Game Center.

Hot Rod Game is Smoking

There’s nothing worse than clipping a wall or running over a patch of grass and losing control right at a critical moment in a race, so being given a degree of lenience when it comes to minor tings like this makes the game much more enjoyable. There are a number of ways to score points throughout the race including overtaking, drifting through turns and landing safely over any jumps. All the cars are supped-up with nitrous oxide (NOS) and if you use it wisely it can give you a timely boost and gain you a few extra yards on your race rivals. The game also centres on the idea of “pink slipping” or winning your rivals rides.

You have the option of staking your car against one of the other racers’ cars and if you win then you get their car, if not then you can kiss goodbye to your old faithful. The range of cars is good and the graphics are very well crafted. The controls are easy to use: touch the screen to brake, tilt to turn either left or right and don’t touch the screen accelerate. Overall, the game is one of the most exciting and easiest to operate and it without doubt in pole position in terms of the other racing games available. You’ll want to revisit the game time and time again and, in my opinion, it will be one of the best purchases you’ll make for your iPhone.

The graphics are slick and well made which is essential for a game where the pace of the action is often fast and unpredictable. The amount of obstacles, bonuses and hidden mini-features is fine but in my opinion there could be a lot more added in order to make the game more interesting. Adding extra features would definitely increase the longevity of the game because the more ways you can score extra points the more determined you will be to achieve a record score. One other downside to the game is the dynamic view the developers have chosen to use. Your view of the action follows the ball which means you can only see the certain sections of the table at any one moment.

This undoubtedly creates a greater sense of movement and action but when the ball is moving rapidly it makes the game much more difficult because you can’t always see the hole at the bottom of the table until it’s too late. A static view of the whole table would make the game less frustrating and players would still find it tricky enough to want to keep coming back to perfect their skills. Once you feel you’ve racked up a strong score you can submit your results to the international leader board but a word of warning, some of the top scores are eye wateringly high. It is difficult to get bored with Wild West Pinball because pinball as a game in itself is highly entertaining; whether the dynamic view detracts from your gaming experience will be a matter of personal preference. Wild West Pinball is certainly worth downloading though as it will provide you with more than enough entertainment when you’re looking for a way to pass the time.

There are four difficulty settings: free, easy, normal and hard. Free mode has no time limit and the water will only be released when you activate it. This mode is good as it allows you to create snaking labyrinths without having to worry about being soaked by the dodgy water mains valve. Once you’ve quelled your architectural urges in free mode it’s time to get serious test your skills in easy mode. From here it’s up to you to move through the levels and see how elaborate you can make your sewage systems without running out of time or space.

Toobz isn’t the a game that’s going to set the world alight but it is a quaint little game that will put your nerves and planning skills to the test. It’s unlikely that you’ll rank the game ahead of others you have on your iPhone and if your memory is getting low then it would likely be one of the first games to get the chop. It is, however, a game that you can dive into without any hassle and play a quick game when you’ve got a spare two minutes. Beating your own best scores will be the only motivation you need to keep your interest in the game and whilst it might be a game you won’t miss if it’s gone, you will certainly be grateful it’s there when you’ve got a spare few minutes to kill.

How to Shred Your iPhone

The game offers users the chance to either jam away on the guitar or bash out the beats on the drums. The ability to plug in headphones allows for total immersion in the game as players attempt to tour the circuit and achieve global rock star fame in career mode. Whilst strumming away to tunes such as Smoke on the Water, What’s My Age Again and Beat It, can be mastered relatively quickly on the easier levels, users may find that the drums take slightly longer to master. For the purpose of parity I should point out a few of negatives in the (although there aren’t many). Although the track list is stocked with instantly recognisable hits the experience is slightly tainted by the records not being by the original artists.

Also, if you fancy a quick jam session then you first need to work your way through the career mode in order to unlock the majority of the songs. However, this feature does increase the overall gaming aspect of the application. The biggest bug bear with the game though is that after half hour of ripping the chords you may find yourself needing to recharge your iPhone’s battery. Overall though these niggles aren’t enough to dampen the hours of fun you’re guaranteed to have tapping away to some of the biggest rock tunes in the world.