There are loads of free browser-based games for the Apple iPhone. Some of these iPhone games are truly naff, others are playable and addictive. All are limited in scope by the challenges of fitting a game inside a browser.
Downloading iPhone games is a slightly more expensive but probably more reliable way to get your hands on a decent time waster. Unfortunately the really good games will require payments to be made, but such is life. There are a number of ways in which you can get your hands on these iPhone games and I’ll briefly skip through these now.
Buying iPhone games as one offs is a fairly standard business model seen in every other industry. The problem here is that you’re stuck with one game that you may or may not get bored of within a day. There are more effective ways in which to spend your money.
Membership sites will often offer unlimited iPhone games downloads for a monthly fee. Naturally they play the odds and hope that you won’t be downloading their entire catalogue every week. In fact the number of people that sign up and then don’t download after the first month is probably quite high: be sure not to fall into this trap yourself.