Easier way to re-download lost apps

Is this a joke or do I really have to re-download all the apps I had before the last update to my Iphone 4 failed. Causing me to have to restore the phone and in the process, all apps were erased. I use two Apple ID's so determining which account was used for each app would take years. Surely almighty Apple has a way to push all those apps together so that I can re-download them at the same time?
I've spoken to two Apple phone answerers and both told me I had to re-download the apps with no suggestion of why the update failed. even after I told them that the only two times I've updated the phone it has failed and forced me to restore. If anyone can help let me know.

There you go - at least you get what the OP failed to get and understand - other people read these threads and can learn something from it so those that do read this thread hopefully won't repeat the same mistake as the OP, which he/she chided me for. What was provided and the answers to your questions to follow won't resolve or change the OP having to re-download each app one by one, but is for future reference for him/her and for others that have and will read this thread.
The OP may have been syncing the iPhone with iTunes but obviously did not have Sync Apps selected under the Apps tab for the iPhone sync preferences with iTunes. If this were selected which should be selected, after downloading an app with the iPhone, the app would be copied to the iTunes library automatically the first time the iPhone was synced with iTunes after doing so. This also provides for downloading an app with iTunes on your computer and installing the app on your iPhone via the iTunes sync process. And this provides for being able to remove an app from your iPhone without deleting the app by deselecting the app under the Apps tab followed by a sync. To re-install the app on your iPhone again later, reselect the app under the Apps tab followed by a sync. This also prevents the OP's problem now - having to re-download each app one by one. No iTunes content in your iTunes library on your computer can be lost when syncing an iPod or iPhone, but your iTunes library should be included with your computer's backup stored on an external drive or some other external media used for backup purposes only among with all other important data - documents, photos, etc.
All iTunes content on your iPhone - all music, movies, tv shows, and 3rd party apps should be in your iTunes library on your computer and will be in regards to music and 3rd party apps with Sync Music and Sync Apps selected under the Music tab and Apps tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes and regular syncs with iTunes. The same applies to music purchased/downloaded direct with your iPhone as with Apps.
No iTunes content on your iPhone is included with the iPhone's backup which is updated by iTunes as the first step during the iTunes sync process - no music, movies, tv shows, podcasts, or 3rd party apps. No need for this since all iTunes content on your iPhone should be in your iTunes library on your computer, and your iTunes library should be included with your computer's backup along with all other important data. A hard drive can have a partial or complete failure without warning regardless the age of the hard drive or how much it is regularly used.
This link provides the data that is included with your iPhone's backup.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

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