There is a new kid on the block called Sound Grenade. Currently sound grenade is sitting in the top spot in iTunes free downloads. We thought it could get worse than Teen Tourte, but oh how wrong we were. iPhone Savior described it as “the most annoying, brain pummeling, face melting app on planet earth”, and we agree with that very accurate description

Sound Grenade App

According to the creators website:

Sound Grenade gives you instant crown control. That party get a little bit out of control? Sound Grenade is the answer. Plug your iPod touch or iPhone into some speakers and crank up the volume. Sound Grenade generates a really, really annoying, nauseating and headache producing high pitched sound.

Sound Grenade has some other interesting features such as being able to be set to motion activated alarm and a timer function, which according to the author “is great for stealth attacks”. We suggest if using the time stealth attack don’t leave your iPhone unmanned as it may be stomped on or thrown across the room by your unsuspecting victim

But there is another site to the story, Apple Insider managed to get an interview with the creator of Sound Grenade. As it turns out the 22 year old New Zealand based developer has worked on 20 something applications. Sound Grenade was made in under an hour as he had run out of ideas for new applications. Sound Grenade is now ad supported and is currently earning around $200 an hour – not bad for a fee app we think.

He also has interesting take on the App Store in his blog post i Wrote a top 10 app….and its shit:

The App Store is not like any other software market we’ve ever seen. If it could be compared to any other market, its like the Billboard Charts for Music. A good pop music producer can take someone with minimal talent, get them to sing some lyrics, and then run it through auto tune. Bam. Number one song. Thats all it takes with the App Store. Do some market research, work out that most of the people that download free apps are immature and seriously uncool (except you, dear reader, you aren’t like the rest of them*). Then, wrap an average idea that you think will appeal to immature and uncool people with some average graphics, and boom, top 10 app. Like the pop market, its hit and miss, sometimes it will work sometimes it wont.

None the less at least he is making some money out of his self confessed crap idea. Maybe we here at iTalk Magazine should develop and application. – Stay Tuned

Sound Grenade - Top App

Get sound Grenade from the iTunes Store – Free