A mixed bag, After Earth has some nice ideas but it falls into typical Endless Running repetition a little too easily.

A mindless shooter is just what the doctor ordered, every once in a while. This should fill that prescription quite nicely.

That fun depends on how accustomed the player is to regular poker, however, as more experienced players might find themselves frustrated.

Thanks to these easy, intuitive controls Radia is easy to enjoy, making it a great game to zone out and relax with.

Mighty Strike Team is an old school single screen shooter. It's familiar yet fun.

Mixing up two forms of tower defense gaming and collectible cards, Base Busters is a fun mix that's restricted by freemium elements.

Final Fantasy IX is not a particularly great iOS port but it's good enough for die hard fans to enjoy on the go.

Fun and quirky, Monster Eat Sushi is a fast paced time management game that's let down by some picky controls.

Colossatron comes ready to destroy everything, but it is just a bit too chaotic, and players are given too little control.

Hell Yeah! Pocket Inferno can be a lot of fun for a quick play-through, but some of the tougher elements were only first introduced in the final world, where enemies fire at the player with different weapons and where it is more difficult to maneuver.

Zombie Purge offers just the right mix of intriguing and intense gameplay that is sure to win over most zombie game fans. However, scrolling around the screen to find zombies can be cumbersome and might annoy some.

Simple yet frantic fun is the best way of summing up Heavy Pillar.

It's not a long game but there are two endings at least and the variety of different things you can possess extends longevity.

Players can challenge Facebook friends and battle random opponents live in this fast-paced battle game that features crazy slingshot armed rabbits.

Lunar Flowers is a rather beautiful line-drawing puzzle game.

This game takes Crossy Road and makes it an endless shooter.

Super Fowlst incorporates Spelunky into its mishmash of influences. This would be incredible if not for the game's kind of slow start.

Proving initially quite generous, this F2P monster rearing game is quite fun.

Breakout Boost doesn't have a lot going on for free, but its very fair and affordable IAP practices are appealing in a world where even someone like myself, who understands the move to consumable IAP, feels kind of annoyed by the shoehorning of it in games where it otherwise doesn't belong. Breakout and Arkanoid fans should give this one a test.

A solid freemium game. It has simple controls, a cool, retro, aesthetic, and is easy to pick up and play. The in-game purchases aren't necessary and the ads aren't intrusive, so be sure to give it a try.

Archetype feels just incomplete. What is here is fun, albeit very generic, but there just isn't much here.

Offering a minimalist experience, Outworded is a fun if simple word search game.

Prince Penny is a charming, cute and decently entertaining experience. Unfortunately, there's not a lot of incentives to play the game, such as things to unlock, which detracts from the game's lasting appeal. That noted, it's still a good-looking, fun experience for iOS, and it's only a buck at that.

Defenders of Suntoria is a solid tower defense game, but it leans a little too much on freemium upgrades.

The retro-style 8-bit graphics fit perfectly with gameplay that is like some sort of psychedelic mutant version of Pong.

The key issue with Random Heroes is that in making the levels longer, Ravenous took out a lot of the replay value by just making the levels completion-based.

Motley Blocks doesn't quite offer that "just one more go" factor, as it's tricky stuff at times, but it is an interesting take on a tried and tested formula. Albeit, available at a rather pricey $2.99.

Coldfire Keep is perhaps only for those willing to stomach some old-school dungeon crawling, but they will dig it.

For an accelerometer based game, Alice's Fall works smoothly, but the sudden changes in direction and the seemingly random bonks on the head by books and the like will quickly drive you nuts.

Combining tile matching with soccer playing is a fairly successful combination for this charming if simple game.

To The End will test players' patience, timing, and dedication as they try to navigate all 13 levels in only 3 attempts.

So long as the curious don't download Little Masters expecting a rivalry with Gary Oak, and accept that it's a freemium game, they should still enjoy themselves. It's certainly not a major time-sink but it can make waiting more bearable in short bursts.

Arc War is an endless shooter with great overall art direction and a multitude of control options for players to choose from. There's just some questions over its “infinite" gameplay.

A dark and intriguing detective story awaits, behind some awkward controls and graphical glitches.

This track-laying puzzle game serves up a lot of brain-bending challenges, but struggles to make a lasting impression.

City of Secrets 2 Episode 1 is quite the enjoyable adventure but it's over before it really gets started.

In my opinion, it's a bit of a mess, lacking any real tie in to the movie, or reality. It does have a great 80's inspired sound track, though, and that just about covers the price of admission for me.

Great visuals and an interesting combat engine overcome minimal player interaction in Armor Blade.

Galcon Legends revives one of the original iPhone games, and it holds up well to this day.

Playing it safe, Sonic Dash is a fun if unremarkable Endless Runner that owes much of its gameplay to other games within the genre.

Resynth is a decent puzzle game, but its musical elements are all pretty weak. The music is there and it's tied to the game's aesthetic, but at the end of the day, these elements don't change the fact that you're pushing blocks around the same way you might in dozens of other Sokoban-style games. As a result, there's no real reason to go out of your way to check out Resynth.

Frog Orbs 2 is repetitive, but younger players should enjoy it nonetheless.

With regular updates, Word Cracker could prove to be quite a hit amongst word game fans and rightly so.

It might not be revolutionary but it is pleasantly fun.

Stop the moon from singing an annoying song by launching rockets at it.

This simple game has a surprising degree of variation and that keeps the game fresh from stage to stage. Players will enjoy Chicken Frenzy, even if they risk ending up with some egg on their face.

T.E.C 3001 is a good looking runner with plenty of content to enjoy, but it’s saddled with a control scheme that gets in the way of actual enjoyment.

It's all fine but nothing more than average. Nothing makes it stand out from the crowd, not even the attractive hand-painted backgrounds.

Card Wars is fantastic up until the free-to-play aspects become apparent, which is a problem in a game that has an up front cost.

It's a game that could get away with being more expensive and still be worth playing so at less than a dollar, Get Outta My Galaxy is near unmissable. You won't be sorry.

Splash Dash is an entertaining endless runner that just needs a tad more content to increase its replay value.

Kitten Sanctuary doesn't reinvent the cheese wheel here (sorry), but the game successfully blends classic genres in an unexpected way that kept me playing far longer than I anticipated. It's a solid pick-up for casual gamers and cat ladies alike.

A collection of interactive short stories, The Guardian of Imagination is charming and morally-educational in equal measure.

Dragon Hills 2 is mostly a good–if simple–experience. The feeling of burrowing underground and emerging to chomp tons of zombies is smooth and completely satisfying. That said, there are times when the action can be halted by bizarre environmental interactions, and the depiction of the main character is just unecessarily uncomfortable.

It won't be for every player and may even lose some players very early on, but those who stick with it past puzzles and bosses will find themselves richly rewarded with a well-rounded, competent package.

Jousting is a time-honored tradition that has been woefully under-represented on iOS. Joust Legend aims to bring an end to this tragic injustice.

Virtual buttons are a nuisance, yes, but sometimes they're just the better way to do things. Or at least with Joe Danger Touch, while touch-optimized controls were clearly important, they were not perfected before shipping, and they're a large part of why this one crashes and burns too much for me.

Battlefortress gives players a classic-style shooter that can be addictively fun.

I'm glad The Innsmouth Case doesn't just use Lovecraft to blindly celebrate his occult aesthetic, but at the same time the game feels like it stops just short of any biting criticism or satire. That, plus the repetitive nature of the game, can bog down the experience, but there are enough shining moments of comedy here that I enjoyed the experience in Innsmouth, at least the first few times.

It doesn't matter how fun a game is when more time is spent in menus than in the heat of combat.

This billiards puzzle game is a little too minimalistic for its own good.

It's just nothing substantially memorable.

Construction Simulator 2 is a all right time, but it's also a game that doesn't really jive with mobile gaming. It's a slow and deliberate game that rewards patience and accuracy on a platform that's ideal for quick experiences using a (somewhat imprecise) touchscreen. It's not exactly a bad game. I had quite a bit of fun with Construction Simulator 2 at times, but it also tested my patience constantly.

A busy surface tries to muddle this otherwise fairly straightforward Hidden Object game.

Keeping it simple, DiceTris+ is an entertaining strategy game but one that lacks that addictive factor.

Minit has some neat tricks up its sleeves, but I lost interest in looking for them before I finished it. The looping mechanic is one that makes for a great pitch and first impression, but it gets old very quickly. This isn’t to say there aren’t things to enjoy about Minit, but they were probably far more enjoyable a year ago when the game was fresh and you were playing it with a controller

Overall, Worms 2 is terrific fun.

High Five Hero is a fun, but fleeting, ode to enthusiasm.

Pizza making is fast-paced but enjoyable in Papa's Pizzeria To Go!, a fun time management game.

This puzzle game mixes pool, mini-golf, and a bunch of video game nonsense and produces mostly good (and occasionally confusing) results.

Escape is a fun, challenging diversion for the retro-minded endless jumping fan.

A great app for anyone willing to conisder in in-app purchases a micro-lessons from poker pros.

Mole mashing monotony in its purest concentrated form.

Diplomatic negotiations is where empire building sim March of Empires is at its strongest.

Butterfly Sky combines the gameplay of Doodle Jump and Tiny Wings into a fun and quirky little game that unfortunately lacks the impact of the games it's inspired by.

If you enjoy being challenged to the point of tears, TimeCube is worth your time.

With the addition of new settings with the charm of Circus, more robust multiplayer action – and my personal wish – an endless mode that gets progressively harder, Woody Woodpecker could be epic. As it stands, it's a great bet for kids, a kick for nostalgia junkies and for all, at $.99 for a universal build, it definitely offers some ha-ha-ha-HA-ha's!

Stemming from a successful Kickstarter campaign, the tales of George Stobbart and Paris return to our screens but lack a certain je ne sais quoi.

Aside from the few nagging issues, Heroes Lore is an incredibly deep RPG experience (over 30 hours of gameplay) that will surely satisfy anyone who appreciates a good, old school RPG.

I cannot emphasize enough how overpriced Luxor HD is. $9.99 for a simple arcade-style game, no matter how well realized, is just too much to ask. I suggest waiting for the inevitable release of Zuma for the iPad.

Solve the number puzzles in this simplistic yet entertaining logic puzzler.

Like precious little else, Safari Rescue is a pretty quirky and tongue-in-cheek game all about rescuing animals.

DOFUS: Battles 2 HD simply isn't as fun as the original. But it's definitely an interesting take on tower defense games and is worth playing for major fans of the original and, of course, fans of the MMORPG, DOFUS.

The Shadow Sun is a bit awkward to play and needs some polishing, but look beyond that and it’s actually an incredibly competent action-RPG.

A clever and colorful way of gambling with nothing on the line.

Are you a horse lover? Then you might enjoy this freemium sim that allows you to breed and raise them.

Nothing can stop this square, but slight gameplay slows it down.

Languinis mixes word gaming and Match-3. It works well.

Despite the problematic controls that occasionally get in the way, Elevator Zombies is still a lot of fun. Having a bit more diversity to the buildings (i.e. special level conditions specific to each theme) would have been cool and seems like a missed opportunity, but there's still plenty of old-school goodness to appease fans of the long-dead franchise.

Avoid. is a simple but pleasant game of avoidance.

Space Bits fuses two unlikely genres pretty well, but it's still rather rough.

Apart from some slight control and speed issues, Kill All Zombies! is a colorful, cute, and addictive zombie kill-a-thon.

Slingshot turtles and use special powers to defeat evil cacti in this Angry Birds-like game.

Keep on moving, for real, with Just Go Golf - a fitness focused golfing game.

For a simple 'find the image' game though, it's a clever idea and one that certainly makes a change from the standard Hidden Object title.

Devil Shard looks and sounds wonderful, and its match-three battle mechanics are addictive. Its difficulty combined with its in-app purchases might make you grimace, however.

With level ratings like "Excelsior" and level select screens that mimic comic book layouts, any Marvel fan will feel at home in this app and they'll find plenty of familiar faces to welcome them.

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