This week in iPhone apps was all about creativity. These three applications highlight that creativity and may give a hint at the diverse future of location-based services.

Join Me by Mobya allows users to track anyone they’re waiting for in real time. Now keeping track of friends and loved ones finally becomes simple with info like the estimated time of arrival, current speed, and total remaining distance of the individual en route are all available though your iPhone.

For the old school gamers out there, the ultimate fantasy has finally come true as Mario Life by Vyacheslav Bushtruk adds elements from the famous Mario franchise into the real world. By marking the location of virtual coins, mushrooms, and princesses on a map of your current location, Mario Life creates a new Mario experience where the player literally has to go on a journey in order to save the princess.

You R Here by LongTrek allows you to take a photo of any map board and plot your location directly on the photo. Map boards are found in the front of parks, trailheads, and tourist areas and often have information labeled on them that Google Maps does not. With You R Here you can take that detailed map with you as a photo and still use your iPhone’s location technology to find your current location on the map.

By Amir Shaikh