Apple’s policies on the iTunes App store may be arbitrary and hard to understand, but now they are getting a bit of appreciation after people accused an application in Google’s Android Market of being malware and erasing memory cards and spamming contacts.

Unfortunately, there seems to be no middle ground, with the mobile stores being on completely different ends of the spectrum. For instance, TechCrunch pointed out an oddball policy today that leaves you scratching your head. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is asking a risque application called Wobble to remove anything having to do with ‘Boobs’ and ‘Booty’ from its marketing text. TechCrunch writes: “The ban on “sexy” words isn’t particularly surprising given how new the App Store is. Apple is still experimenting with new policies—for months it didn’t allow any ‘burp’ or ‘fart’ apps, which have grown to become disturbingly popular, and it only recently began allowing developers to build their own web browsers. But the store has a rating system for a reason, and the arbitrary restrictions are tough on developers, who are left wondering what they’re allowed to write about and what they can show.”

Contrast the censorship of dirty language with the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android Market, which allows any developer to post anything. Policies do exist—developers aren’t allowed to break the law and post copyrighted material, for instance—but it’s more up to the community to weed out the bad applications via a rating system. Oover the last week, questions arose as to whether an application called MemoryUp, which promises to optimize the performance of your device by reclaiming unused memory, was going rogue and wiping data from memory cards and spamming contacts, arstechnica reports. A Google spokesperson told Ars that it has investigated MemoryUp and determined that it is not malware, stating, “In the versions we tested, MemoryUp cannot perform any of the malicious things it is reported to have done.” Still, even if the application is safe—and at the worst doesn’t work as advertised—it brings to light the problems that may exist in an un-moderated market, especially as it begins to pick up steam and more applications become available. It will only get more complicated when applications become available for sale. If they don’t work as advertised, or do harm, users will not just give it a poor review, but will demand their money back which may create customer service headaches for the carriers.