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Now that the App Store has been up and running for about a week now, I am sure we all have our favorites and with so many to choose from it seems difficult to find those perfect apps, of course you can always subscribe to that RSS feed I posted about earlier today, but sometimes its nice to get a more personal recommendation.

With that, I thought it would be a good time to share my top 5 apps that I have downloaded, and not only kept on my iPhone, but also use on a regular basis.

My top 5 apps, consist mostly of free apps, although I do have one low-priced app in the group, along with one that prompted me to upgrade to a premium service to use along with the iPhone app. These top 5 are in no real particular order, aside from the ones that ended up costing me money are listed first.

Lets get started with app #1…

1. Mobile Flickr: I am a huge Flickr fan, and this was a no brainer for me. This is my one paid app, but it was low priced at only $2.99. It gives just about complete control and access to your account.

When the app is launched you are given a very basic looking menu system with options for You, Camera, Upload, Contacts, Groups, Explore, Search, Settings and About. I have not been able to find anything so far that it will not let me do and tend to believe their statement of “Mobile Flickr lets you explore the whole world of Flickr.”

2. Evernote: While the iPhone app, and their service is free at the basic level they do have a paid premium account also. This is the app that prompted me to upgrade to a premium account. The premium account while not needed for everyone gives you access to additional support options as well as more available storage.

Evernote on the iPhone is similar to the Mac or PC client and allows you to sync and view the notes that are already in your Evernote account. Its also simple to use, simply launch the app and you are given the option to save a Text Note, Snapshot Note, Saved Photo Note and an Audio Note.

It works for me, because now I can save and remember that idea from wherever I am, and it syncs with the online client as well as Mac’s and PC’s alike, which means I can have access to that thought anywhere I have an internet connection.

The remaining three, and also my honorable mention are all free apps.

3. Twitterific: This app is available as both a free and also a premium version for $9.99. The premium version has access to an extra theme and does not offer any inline ads. Personally I opted to keep my $9.99 in my pocket, because I can live with the occasional ad.

Twitterific seems to be a must have for the Twitter fan and regular user. Personally I still like and prefer SMS, but Twitterific at least allows me to cut down on my received SMS messages by allowing me to follow lots of people using the client, and saving the SMS messages for the select few that I want to make sure I do not miss anything from.

Similar to the desktop version of Twitterific, you can keep track of those you follow, and also easily send and receive normal, reply and direct tweets. The iPhone app also lets you take and send an image and even share your GPS location. That last one of course is optional, which understandably not everyone is going to be willing to share that.

4. Weather Bug: Another free app, that as you can guess from the name offers you the current weather. You can add multiple locations and it gives you the current conditions as well as the weather for the upcoming two days.

The neat part about Weather Bug is that is also offers a radar feature, so you can track that nasty weather and see where its coming from and where its going in relation to where you are located.

It also has a Camera section in the app, which offers a live look at a selection of live cameras in your area. This while neat, does not seem to be as useful. It was fun to check out, but I could like without this function. Overall, still a great app.

5. myTo-Dos: Another must have for me, simply put I love to do lists and wish Apple had included this, but thankfully there is a great free app to make up for it.

As you can guess, this is a To-Do list, but what this offers above the standard features such as a starting and ending date, a priority and category is the ability to email the note. A nice perk, now you can create and save your note and then further email it to yourself as an additional reminder or send it off to share with someone else.

Moving on, the honorable mention is the Facebook app. I give this an honorable mention, because although I have never really disliked Facebook, I have also never really taken full advantage of it. With this iPhone app and the ease of use, I can see that changing and I can see myself becoming more Facebook friendly.

Wrapping this up, I also have a few apps, that while I don’t expect them all to make it into the App Store, I still like to keep a sliver of hope alive that they will show up. Some of them, notably number one has already been confirmed to be in the works. The rest I can just hope for.

• 1. SlingPlayer
• 2. iBank
• 3. Ping.fm
• 4. Google Talk
• 5. Sirius Player

So what apps have you been enjoying? Lets hear your top 5, leave some comments.