Offering a different take on the Match-three way of doing things, Hexee isn't the prettiest but it is quite fun.

Gameplay also gets quite tedious after a while with nothing really changing. Every few levels, a special mission kicks in requiring players to build a specific structure out of the blocks but this is just a race against time rather than anything challenging. With arcade games, players are used to relatively short bursts but on a system like this, longevity would have been nice.

Ends up being a fairly good game, even if it is a bit hard to define.

The best aspects of Ski Jump Pro are the customization that players can make to characters, the sheer amount of content in the game, and the straightforward controls. The simple gameplay does get repetitive like so many other casual games, but it is nonetheless fun.

It may not be a real first-person shooter, at least not in the way everyone would naturally expect, but Mission Sirius is still quite fun. So long as players know what they're getting into I think they'll end up having a good time with it. Although I might suggest muting the sound. At least until someone addresses that annoying voice.

I like everything about Gravity Runner except for the game itself. I love the concept to death. I think that done properly, it could be an incredibly fun platformer, one that could really play with gravity bending the way that this does. But as an endless platformer, Gravity Runner just does not work.

Football Manager RPG won't supersede the likes of Football Manager 2011 but as a form of management title with a twist, it's a lot of fun.

Lifeline 2 is a creepy choose-your-own adventure that feels a little off.

Tough yet satisfying, ALONE... is a challenging endless flyer with some suitably sensitive controls.

There's just enough content to get a taste, and the multiplayer goes a long way to extending its shelf life.

Unfortunately, this game's finer points are often overshadowed by the fact that WonderCraft appears to be another in a long line of games offering shallow mechanics and innocuous progression in an attempt to funnel players to in-app purchases.

All snark aside, it is the perfect compliment for Trainz Simulator on iPad. If you are looking for a title to scratch A coal-hauling itch, this is the right station to pull into.

The lack of a strong storyline is unfortunate but thanks to its well paced nature, there's still some suitably entertaining fun to be had as one travels round Europe buying up everything possible.

Offering some tough but lateral thinking based puzzles works well for The Impossible Test 3, even if its replayability is limited.

Clay's Reverie is for the obsessive in all of us and will take multiple restarts to finish levels, which will be loved by the hardcore puzzler lovers.

With over 100 levels available it's worth every penny and while its experience isn't the deepest, it's an enjoyable ride to take nonetheless.

Shiny The Firefly is a nice, easygoing game with lovely background art that provides players with obstacles and challenges that most people can appreciate.

A little too much importance placed on premium currency drags down an otherwise perfectly enjoyable action RPG.

The core experience still boils down to dragging icons on top of icons until something happens and a new icon is made, but the added structure, pseudo-achievements and inability to accidentally – and tediously – recreate something that's already been discovered (thank you for that, Mind Vacation) make it feel unique.

Despite the Sonic the Hegehog undertones, SpeedyPups isn't quite a success. But it does capture a sense of speed well.

Big Buck Safari is fun, but it isn't a very deep game. Animals run, players shoot at them by tapping, that about sums it up. Fans of other hunting titles looking for more environments to hunt in may want to give it a look.

Descent: The Adventure has some potential but it's far too rough at the moment. Too rough and not very fun, sadly. There's always a chance it could see a few improvements along the way but until then it's probably best to keep a safe distance.

Just when you thought it was safe to venture outside, a teenager gains control over the undead.

Overall it's a good free-to-play game that almost gives players the monster brawling they've been clamoring for. It's just the fights that drag it down.

Some might knock The Sky is Falling due to its extremely simple nature, but I'd consider that unfair. Simple games are great for the pick-up-and-play nature of iOS. Especially when the simple games are fun and make us reflexively try again and again since it's so easy to "just try one more time."

Froad is cute and the plentiful supply of achievements goes some way to extend longevity, but this is clearly a title best for young gamers. On the iPad in particular, it'll be an ideal distraction for the young.

Use bullets conservatively to rack up the most points in this fun but short lived game.

Blood Gate - Age of Alchemy is a familiar match-3 puzzler with some tricks up its sleeves.

Each game might not be powerhouses of the App Store but together, it makes for an entertaining package. The Corona Indie Bundle is a worthy purchase indeed.

This is a great little game of small, guilty pleasures.

Amelia vs. the Marathon comes out of the gate with some ambitious new ideas but stumbles a bit over their execution. However, eventually it gets going and becomes a race worth seeing through until the end.

Mailmen is a cute, clever idea for a game which just seems to be missing a few key components. All the elements are there, but it doesn't quite fit together perfectly.

Far from an unique title, Pet Rescue Saga is still a quite fun, if in-app purchase heavy, Match Three-style puzzle game.

At just a dollar, it's hard not to recommend this throwback of a game to fans of text adventures or good writing. But it is important to note that the experience won't last more than an hour – even with multiple endings. Still, if the concept piques an interest, it's worth a look.

Shiver: Vanishing Hitchhiker isn't going to be a game that taxes old hands at the adventure gaming genre, but it is a decent example of what publisher Big Fish Games can offer. It'll only take around 3-4 hours to complete but it's a fun experience with the option of two difficulty levels, affecting play.

Transformed in a way you wouldn't expect, Angry Birds Transformers is a quite entertaining auto-runner.

It certainly offers a nice difficulty curve in its strategic depth, but I kept hoping for something a bit more: a bit more of a pull as for why I should care about these little block heroes' lives.

Six Guns feels like a missed opportunity. While it starts off an enjoyable enough romp, the issues mentioned start to have an impact on the overall enjoyment.

BEAT DRIFT counts on a player's logic in order for them to survive. It's techno beat and visuals will likely arrive as a delight to most, but it's difficulty levels could do with a tweak or two.

I applaud Meganoid (2017) for its ambition. The roguelike platforming that Spelunky offers feels like a great fit for mobile. Unfortunately though, this game doesn't quite capture the magic of its source material, offering a decent, but sub-optimal, platforming for the kind of game it's trying to be.

Great for those who want a dead simple game with easy controls.

Just don't go in expecting a New Star Soccer beater, it's not quite there yet.

Football Heroes has a good game of football at its core, but some of the missing features are killer.

The foundations of a fun game, regardless of your interest in reality TV shows, is there, which should prove sufficient for players for a while.

The environments in Street Wrestler are simply gorgeous. The cell shaded art style, the detailed design, and the dynamically animated backgrounds all make this game one serious piece of stylish eye candy. The controls aren't flawless, but they work well enough that the player can focus on fighting bad guys instead the controls.

Dragon Trials' multiplayer flying duels are fun once other players finally show up.

Magnetized is an action puzzle game with some clever ideas, but a crude look and not much longevity.

7HE CODE is easy to get into, but not all that easy to get out of; the hallmark of a good room-escape game.

This horror game is an enjoyably twisted and complicated web of narrative, but it feels perhaps a little too laser-focused on its core mystery.

Trick or Treat - Little Critter is a Halloween-themed storybook young children will enjoy.

This cat-themed word game is cute and fun, though perhaps a bit too procedural.

Disney: Hidden Worlds is a fun, challenging, but unspectacular hidden object game that nevertheless manages to captures the spirit of Disney in a way that kids will love.

While Starfighter Overkill is not a particularly inventive or innovative title, its wave-based gameplay is successful when coupled with the tried and true shooter mechanics.

Visual puzzles in REBUS flip between the laughably easily and the soul-crushingly difficult, making it feel a tad off-balance - even if it is satisfying in places.

If it had a bit more polish and a better combat system, Phoenix Spirit would be a winner, but in its current form, I would keep it do genre fans only.

I'm all for a good story, but tapping on arrows to navigate scene by scene is just tedious in todays marketplace… even on a mobile device.

Aside from my micromanagement woes, I like the path that Legendary War takes with the graphics and the story. Both are rich with detail, but not so crazy that you don't know what's going on. In other words, it's pretty and in-depth, but never confusing or hopeless.

Golfing Around is good, simple fun. If you just want a golf game that resembles old school titles like Fuji Golf, this game definitely delivers. Golfing Around is only really disappointing if you know going into it that the creator behind this game used to have ideas like what if slo-mo platforming and also golf? and is now just presenting a no-nonsense golf game with a course creator. It just feels a little underwhelming compared to his previous output, even though this effort is perfectly pleasant for what it is.

The game is aggravating and fun at the same time thanks to what seems like an easy task quickly escalates into a frenzy of herding chickens and foxes. Don't let the cutesy setting fool you, this is a challenging game and obtaining three stars on every level is not an easy task.

It’s not raining men, or cats and dogs, but it is raining words and word game adrenaline junkies might want to hop on board. This is not for the faint-hearted academic; speed is the name of the game.

Battle Command! might be well made but it's been done before, and fatigue is setting in steadily.

Drag + Peggle = Draggle? RuPaul and the queens return for a major update from the original Dragopolis.

Shardlight is a solid adventure game that bungles a few story and puzzle elements toward the end of it. As a port, it could use some work on being made a little more mobile-friendly too. Overall, it's not one of Wadjet Eye's strongest releases, but it's still enjoyable as far as conventional point-and-click adventure games go.

Wars and Battles puts up a good, but predictable fight.

Deep Flare: Lander is every bit as simple and oddly fun as its inspiration from the 70s, but it’s also every bit as “classic.” There’s absolutely nothing new here, aside from some rather bothersome ads. Nostalgic Lander pilots will most likely enjoy it despite the occasional thumb slip but I’m not entirely sure younger, more contemporary-minded App Store shoppers will find it all that special.

Playing Favorites scratches that Cards Against Humanity itch in a much less crass manner. As un-crass as scratching oneself in public can ever be, that is.

Speedy thrills await, for the patient.

Jungle Rumble offers fans of running games a pretty good time, even if it's not top-tier material.

A little simplistic looking and lacking some bite, Red Herring is still a fun word game all about dividing up words into relevant categories.

A hugely amusing pet simulation with a quirky, energetic main character.

It's interested me to see what Thumbstar will produce next, but a keener price would tempt more puzzle fans.

Simple to learn and play, Face Invaders is still a quite charming shooter, even if it lacks great depth.

While not a surefire strike, PBA Bowling Challenge still has the potential to cause plenty of damage to a wallet.

Holiday Havoc is a good way to enjoy the holiday season and let off a little steam during this often-stressful time of year. It is a bit on the shallow side, but it only needs to last through Christmas.

In a more traditional "game rating" sense, The Longing isn't exactly something I'd say would net a particularly high score, but it has arguably more value as an experience than many other games I may rate more highly than it. Do I want to play it again? No. Am I glad I played it? I guess? Was it a worthwhile experience? Absolutely. If you're left here scratching your head, probably the best advice I can give you is that if anything I said above hasn't completely turned you off from trying it, you will probably like The Longing.

Ultimate Robot Fighting will bring on a sense of déjà vu for players of Injustice. Whether that's considered to be a good or a bad thing is entirely up to them.

Stop Those Fish is a quirky aquatic spin on classic arcade game type and it has lots of character. Unfortunately, it takes more than that to make a game really fun to play again and again. While this game works really well, it just doesn't seem to have the staying power to pull gamers back time after time.

A little harsh to look at, TCHOW Rainbow still provides an enjoyable maze based experience.

Fun to play in short doses, Fairway Solitaire Blast isn't quite as addictive as its predecessor was. At least not yet.

For $0.99 though, Retro Games is a bit of a bargain.

A little too tricky at times, Transworld Endless Skater is a more true to skateboarding game than most.

Sequels often fall prey to the success of their predecessors. Sadly, this is another unfortunate case.

Combo Quest is RPG combat cut right to the bone.

It may seem like I wasn't a fan of RobotGladi8tor, but that's not true. I enjoyed it. I just had to work to enjoy it, which is sort of a problem. Still, it's certainly not a bad effort.

I certainly enjoyed the time I spent with Requiem: Unleashed, but I do wish the free-to-play experience lasted a little longer.

War of the Fallen is a card game with some compelling elements, but it is just a bit shallow.

Gun Commando recalls the original wave of first-person shooters, but is far from a perfect game.

The latest in the popular series of casual adventuring games, The Cursed Ship offers exactly what fans would want, and nothing more.

With plenty of options for creating huge words, Spell Collapse will appeal to those who want to take their time creating words.

If players can look past the bright colors and kiddie subject matter, they'll find a solid fighting game with an emphasis on strategic play.

Players test their reflexes by tapping on flying discs of different colors to send them back to their home base.

Cosmonautica is a hugely ambitious space exploration game, but one that clearly wasn't made with phones in mind.

Add one dose of LCD gaming to a hefty splash of World of Warcraft and this is what we get. Seriously.

The Sleeping Prince looks and feels great to play, but its lack of peril and restrictive energy system infuriates.

Tricky due to an awkward control system, Alphabeats is still an interesting combination of rhythm gaming and word play.

Swashbuckler is a technically solid game that lacks a creative spark. It isn't bad. In fact it's not even mediocre. However, it isn't quite good enough to whole heartedly recommend.

Tileout is a colorful puzzle game that asks player to think about matching puzzle games in reverse.

It all makes for an interesting concept but one that doesn't yet feel like a title worth spending hours playing.