Sharing iphone apps

My wife and I have the iphone 4.  We each have seperate itunes accounts.  We have turned on the home sharing and can share music, photos, etc.  However, I thought there was a way to share apps that each of us has purchased.  Does anyone know if I can share and app that I have paid for with her, or will she have to purchase it also?  I know if we used the same login that she could download the apps to her phone, but we have 2 itunes accounts.

Here is my scenario:
Same household and we use different computers and different iTunes accounts and libraries.  I have home sharing enabled as I also run iTunes on a server so that it can connect to my ATV 2.  I tried enabling home sharing on her computer using my user account that I use for home sharing throughout the house.  I was then able to see the apps from my account under home sharing on her iTunes.  I dragged an app from the home share apps folder into her apps folder.  Hooked up her iPhone and was able to see the app in the list under her phone.  Did a sync and app was copied onto her phone.  When attempting to run the app the screen just flashed and it does not open.
As it stands right now I just purchased 2 copies of Garmin, one for my phone and one for her's.  It would be nice to be able to use it on both our phones.  The same goes for books and other types of items that you tycpially share with family members if you had bought non-electric versions.

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