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PhotoGrabber is a photography app that lets you easily download photos from your Facebook contacts directly into your iPhone’s photo library. You can also quickly upload pictures onto your Facebook feed from your camera.

Acoustigrid is an iPad-only synthesizer app that uses visual cues to experiment with sounds in a fun and creative way. You don’t have to know anything about music to appreciate this app. You can just tap squares and let the automatic player do the rest of the work for you.

MovieCam is an image-altering video camera app made exclusively for the iPad 2. It offers nine different effects that are applied in real-time allowing you to create interesting videos to share with friends and family.

Play Carl Palmer's Drums is a drum simulation app that lets you play a replica of one of British classic rock’s legendary drummers, Carl Palmer. Palmer is known for his chops in such bands as Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Asia, and Atomic Rooster, among others. Now, you can bang away on his custom-made kit while his smiling mug looks up at you from his drum throne.

Skrappy is a popular digital scrapbooking app that lets you add clip art from the web and music from your library. Skrappy was recently updated to allow some minor user adjustments, and to add printing capabilities.

Beat Hop is a beat box for your iPad. This entertaining app is clever, simple and has a time-wasting factor that sits just above Cat Piano.

DML is a music discovery app for those who love house, dance, club and similarly styled music. This ad-supported free app offers unlimited access to artists and allows you to download or stream songs into the app without all those copyright restrictions getting in the way.

MTV Push is a music discovery app from the biggest name in the music video industry. Strangely, there are no music videos to be found in this app.

Bobblers is a charming game of toss-the-alien that is original and creative. The engaging and casual gameplay will give you hours of enjoyment without making your eyes hurt or your thumbs cramp.

Cavorite is a side-scrolling, 16-bit graphic puzzle game that will keep you engrossed and playing for hours until you’ve beaten every level, or the sun starts to rise.

Music Marquee is a social networking app that allows you to share music from your iPhone or iPod touch with friends, through social networking sites such as: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and others. Let the world know what you are listening to right now with just the touch of a button.

ShotList is a filmaker’s production scheduling app that is so well-designed it would impress Franklin Covey. The app is a niche twist on the traditional GTD productivity app in that it is dedicated to organizing and tracking film shoots.

Elemental Wars is a fantasy-style battle game that combines elements of role-playing games (RPG) with basic turn-based fighting. Focusing only on spell casting, your goal is to defeat the enemy by destroying his tower before he destroys yours.

This game is just as awesome as the developer’s previous release, Ball Towers HD, but it is much easier. It is pinball at its finest. The graphics are stunning and the action is highly responsive. There are five different types of games, so if you are a fan of pinball, this app will leave you drooling for more.

JamKit + Pro Gear is the premium version of Jam Kit by the same developer. It is literally the same thing as having Jam Kit, along with the in-app purchase. If you have already purchased Pro Gear and the in-app addition, you don’t need this app. If not, you don’t want to pass up this fun and addictive game.

Snowball Duel HD is an iPad only game that pits friend against friend in a heated battle of snow and ice. Never again will you trust your loved ones to play nice when they pummel you to unconsciousness with fist-sized balls of powder.

Major Scales Bass is a simple, but useful way to practice your scales. There are plenty of them, and to become a proficient musician, you need to practice every day. This app gives you TAB and notation for every major bass scale. So, now you have no excuse.

VideoHunters is an iPad-only YouTube video watching app. Released in March, this application has skyrocketed in popularity among fans of YouTube-related apps.

Galaxart HD is an iPad-only creative painting app that uses stars and planets instead of brushes and ink. Take your artistic endeavors to the next level while exploring a new universe along the way.

Glow Piano Lessons is a piano learning app that shows you which notes to play on the keyboard in a fun and different way. Ernest Properties is affiliated with Apps For Hunger and donates 90 percent of their profits to Compassion International. You can pick up this app for free through the rest of this week.

Mobile Lullaby is a virtual mobile that plays a sweet lullaby and relaxing scene for your sleepy little baby. Some babies fall asleep just fine, some need a little extra help. Mobile Lullaby will sing your precious one to sleep while you take a minute for yourself.

is a top-notch digital audio workstation (DAW) that leaves nothing out. As long as you have a basic understanding of song structure, notes and drum timing, you can create a fully flushed out song to add to your repertoire. Image Line Software is having an introductory sale and is offering FL Studio HD for only $19.99 instead of the regular price of $24.99.

Horizon synth is an iPad-only high quality digital synthesizer for the iPad that will blow your mind. There doesn’t seem to be anything that this app can’t do. Be warned: This is not a toy. It is a complex synthesizer with plenty of knobs, buttons and faders.