Click Chick’s App of the Week: iSteam

When I was a kid, I looked forward to bath/shower time, partially so I could wait for the mirrors to fog up and draw pictures all over the place. For those grown-up kids who still do this, you can now create the same effect on your iPhone touch with iSteam. It has absolutely no practical value, but it’s fun and made a ton of money for its creators, with the download mark at well over 1 million.

You can choose your own background picture from your photo library, and to “fog up the glass,” you blow on the microphone (sorry, can’t do that on the iPod touch since there’s no mic). The harder you blow on your microphone, the quicker the haze forms. This makes your whole iPhone interface fog up with steam, complete with condensation and drips (thanks to steamX physics). When you write something on it, you’ll hear the finger squeaking sounds as you would on a real mirror - good sound effect.

You also can shake your iPhone to completely clear the screen. This app costs 99 cents and is well worth it for a little pointless fun (if anything, it’s a fun way to pass your friends notes).