ITunes(?) wiped out half my apps on iPad and iPhone today

iPhone 4, iPad2 - both set up for wifi sync to my iMac. Latest and greatest software all around. 
My last sync (on purpose) was last night.  Plugged both devices into their chargers just as I got ready for bed.  Got up this morning and all was well on both. Nothing wrong to see.
All morning used both devices and nothing seemed wrong.  After lunch I went to my Mac and noticed some sort of a error message icon next to my phones device entry in iTunes.  I clicked through it without taking much notice and went on with some work in another app.  About 10 minutes later I looked back at iTunes and notices the the Apps tab for my phone looked wrong - way wrong. More than half of my apps had vanished. A quick visit to my phone in the other room confirmed that somehow half of all my apps were gone.  My phone was NOT plugged into power at the time.  Next the really weird part....  I checked the apps tab for my iPad and - same story. Better than half my apps gone....  Another trip to my iPad confirmed that they were gone on the devices as well.  Again. The iPad was not plugged into its charger. 
Now. One device I can chalk up to some human mistake on my part.  Two devices with the same issue and I'm thinking bug...  I thought wifi sync only kicks in when I have the devices plugged in. But somehow iTunes wip these apps without them being plugged in.  As a test I checked the box for one of the apps in iTunes and hit apply.  And again - without being plugged in the app was synced back to my iPad. 
To fix the problem I had to do a complete restore of both devices.  After many hours I have the both back the way they were this morning.  I've also disabled wifi sync for the time being.  Not sure what other detail to add.  But I feel like there is a iTunes wifi sync bug out there someplace

Perhaps there is some corruption on your iPhone. You could try to restore it: iTunes: Backing up, updating, and restoring your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch software

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