The year is coming to an end, and in the spirit of the great App Store, Apple has posted a list of the top iPhone apps of 2008. Apple has been quite successful this year and their app store has been one success that is, in fact, so successful (despite some problems) that other companies are creating their own app store.

The list that Apple whips up commemorates the most successful of the apps during App Store’s existence. It’s divided into the categories of Top Paid Apps, Top Free Apps, Games, Entertainment, Utilities, Social Networking, and Music, with sub-categories for each.

Of all of the apps in the App Store, the most popular downloaded “paid” application is the boring, yet fantastic Koi Pond from The Blimp Pilots. Of the free apps, the top app was Pandora Radio which is another great app.

View the rest of the top apps of 2008 in iTunes.

On a side note, I must recommend AppShopper.com which is a fantastic website that allows you to view the same in each category as well; just not for the year. Quite helpful and you should definitely check it out.