OK, realized I was missing at least a dozen apps, STILL, and sync'd by wire and went to apps. Had to go thru the list and checkmark all- some were checked, some weren't. Sync'd (apply). And got some back. Then I looked on the list, and found MORE apps had reappeared, including one's I'd paid for like Best Alarm and a couple of sleep aid ones. Sync'd AGAIN. This time, it looks like I got 'em all. But I'll have to go back to organizing them again. All my work to naught, it's randomly restored the apps.