Pancake - The Game is just like flipping a real pancake in that it's only entertaining for about 30 seconds.

Seafoam's Fire in the Hole looks like a bright, 8-bit throwback, but there's not enough booty to make this a compelling voyage.

Dungeons & Dragons: Arena of War puts players in a small area full of explosives where they'll battle it out against different types of monsters and bosses. Well, if they have enough energy.

Like the rest of the game, CraftedBattle‘s map creation shows promise amongst its many limitations. It’d be tough to recommend it above other, more polished offerings out there, but it’s still an interesting curiosity. With plenty more work, it could be something more tempting. Maybe.

With some original visuals, it's a shame that this game is fairly repetitive and basic in terms of its implementation.

Buy and sell stocks to make it to the top. It's ok to just guess, because that's all players can really do!

At the end of the day, Cop seems like a low to middling budget point and click adventure that is deeply scarred by a miserable control system.

Chopper Mike has players testing their piloting skills as they maneuver past obstacles while collecting gems throughout 48 levels.

A little uninspired and with some fairly poor controls, Sea Conquest is an unexciting Endless Diving game.

It's not even like Pilot Brothers is a particularly long game, weighing in at a couple of hours, but such repetition grates quickly. Such problems leave Pilot Brothers feeling like a relic of the obtuse 1990s adventure genre, something that no one really wants to go back to.=

Crucially, though, Little Amazon's main offense is that it just isn't interesting enough. It's the perfect definition of average and nothing more. Something that really doesn't cut it any more in the Endless Runner genre, even for free.

Commiting the mortal sin of charging for the base game and then containing loads of premium content is one thing, but not even being a unique or entertaining experience is a whole other problem.

The nicest thing I can say about Dr. Who: The Mazes of Time is that it's a game; beyond that I have no more kind words.

My issue with Cabbage Defense is that it's just so forgettable.

Quantum Legacy HD Turbo has players firing weapons and raising shields as they fight through 20 colorful in-space missions.

Fragger 2 is reminiscent of older physics puzzlers, but that isn't necessarily a good thing.

MLB Perfect Inning has a few good ideas, but the implementation is severely flawed.

This motorcycle-based platformer tries to give players a good sense of challenge, but mostly ends up feeling unfair.

This game is a self-proclaimed love letter to FTL, but with submarines.

Fraud Tycoon is a half-baked, messy, promotional tie-in that does their sponsor no favors whatsoever.

Pixels? Check. Zombies? Check. Oh, wait. We forgot to include an interesting game. Darn!

It might look the part but frustrating controls will put many players off Hill Bill.

Slow developing and potentially very expensive, Modern War lacks sufficient original features to really hook players in.

There is little replay value.

An interesting setting for a racing game with a solid track collection that is unfortunately weighed down by poor execution on the part of physics and vehicular control.

This dungeon-crawler/puzzle game has a neat idea behind it, but it's frustrating to play.

Adequate in almost every way, Spedition sadly fails to deliver on the most valuable commodity – fun.

Disappointingly, both the analog and tilt controls remain stiff and difficult.

If Galaxy of Pen and Paper were simply a sci-fi reskin of Knight of Pen and Paper, it would be a fine–although underwhelming–game. As is stands now though, almost everything Galaxy of Pen and Paper does to differentiate itself seems to either make it perform worse or find some other way to be frustrating. Simply put, if you're looking for a sci-fi RPG to enjoy, look elsewhere. This is not the game you're looking for.

Aces of the Luftwaffe is a game hardcore players will like strictly for its three boss battles, especially the final one. It is, however, hard to recommend this title until it receives more content, because easily flying through 9 missions to just play three difficult boss battles isn’t enough. It’s not a bad purchase for $.99 cents, but don’t buy in to purchasing medals when it only takes a few replays to earn them.

Propel Man is the start of a potentially good game, but currently it's repetitive and lacks variety. If the developers added additional game play elements and more items to buy in the in-game store, it could make the game much more fun.

Edge of Twilight – Athyr Above journeys between night and day to advance throughout the game’s stages.

Mech Conquest's approach to intergalactic warfare will see many sci-fi fans go weak at the knees. It's just a shame the use of completely automated battles may put a dampener on the action.

Time is not always kind to classic games. This sadly, is one of those cases.

Dead Crossing speeds towards the zombie apocalypse but it's ultimately a ride to nowhere.

Building an empire should really be more exciting than this.

Radiation City is a conceptual step in the right direction as a follow up to Radiation Island, but it fails to reach its potential on almost every level. A survival game based more on looting and exploration is a great idea, but only if the looting and exploring feel good. Unfortunately for Radiation City though, wandering around the streets of Pripyat mostly feels repetitive, random, and overly clunky.

There isn't nearly enough there in Banzai Dice as it is, and that's a shame because it does feel like there's an interesting, intelligent game that could be seriously addictive.

Flame Versus Blaze may seem pretty slick on the surface, but it's got a whole mess of problems. It feels very pay-to-win and its action is hard to follow and control. Considering these issues, and the fact that there are much better (and fairer) free-to-play MOBAs out there, there's really not much reason to play Flame Versus Blaze.

It isn't cool, doesn't possess even a touch of originality, and doesn't tie into the movie very well at all. I just don't understand, the TRON brand is way too cool for this game. I'd be so much happier with a remake of the original Midway TRON game.

When Sluggo clicks it feels every bit as potentially time-sapping as Snake, such is the strength of the idea behind it. It's a shame, then, that the execution isn't quite up to the same standard.

This game may be a AAA title for the gaming giant, but it is 13 years old, putting it somewhere in the hinterlands between classic and dated.

It sounds good on paper, but this mishmash of popular soccer games fails to hit the spot thanks to some very aggressive freemium components.

I understand the desire to make games that try to emulate console-style gameplay on iOS, but they usually wind up falling flat because they're not particularly a good fit for the platform. It's just that M.U.S.E. feels flat even for iOS, like if there's a really good game here, it's still ways off from being fully realized. There are other, better, 3rd party shooters to check out before this one.

In short bursts Urban Crime can be enjoyable. However, the problems raised throughout this review means that any fun had is often negated before too long.

Look, Speed Blazers is far from the worst thing out there, but unfortunately it's just not very fun, moment-to-moment.

This mini version of DayZ is a little too small and rough to feel satisfying.

It's not particularly classy, nor are the numerous spelling and grammar mistakes in the alerts. It's disappointing, frankly. There's a neat idea in Toy Factory and a game can that work, but unless players are prepared to spend money that's as far as it goes.

Straight-forward and pretty uninspired, Sugar Rush is a Match Three blitz game we've all seen before.

Decipher pixelated pictures and fill in the blank in this new word game.

Into the Dead 2 isn't a particularly innovative runner, but it looks and feels good, at least up to a point. The free-to-play systems in the game eventually force you to engage with parts of it that feel like they're only there to make you spend currency you either earned or bought. It's at this point that Into the Dead 2 changes from a decently mindless runner into an insidious one.

Overall this game is very frustrating and many challenges don't make much sense.

With some more polish, NinRobo could've been a pleasant little action diversion. As it is now though, its poor visuals, often clumsy controls, and misuse of the freemium model drag down the experience considerably.

This free-to-play rpg looks a lot like Heroes of Might and Magic, but it's poor interface and layering of mechanics makes it feel unnecessarily messy.

Speed Kills offers players a taste of death racing action.

If it weren't for the ever-present lag, the simple "puzzles" required to create new worlds might even be mildly entertaining, at least for younger kids. Unfortunately, constant crashes are simply unacceptable.

Even the most dedicated Transformers fans will likely feel let down by this one, perhaps being left wishing they'd transformed their dollars into something else instead.

Drag colored balls to the beaks of birds in this fast but uninspiring casual arcade game.

A shadow of the franchise it's based upon, ANNO: Build an Empire isn't a very good freemium city builder.

Neither the graphics, gameplay or overall design of this game allows it to compete in the App Store at this price, and even for free it would be disappointing.

MazzyBoyHD has so much potential to become a great game, but it needs some work to get there. Players looking for a game to kill some time and those who are big fans of labyrinth style games may want to give this one a try. It's definitely not a game that I can recommend to everyone, but it's worth giving it a shot since this iPad game costs less than one dollar.

Square Enix, with their occasionally lazy Final Fantasy rehashes and overpriced App Store ports, doesn't necessarily have the cleanest track record. Still, as one of the originators of the legacy of RPGs Wizardlings seeks to be a part of, they should know better. Wizardlings may be free but the time it wastes is not.

Minis' offers a menu-based, free-to-play, casual experience that is competent, but unsurprising in almost every way.

Play the originals instead of the versions of these games in Arcade Essentials. Many of them are available on iOS in either their original forms, or in superior independently-made facsimiles. This collection is a neat idea, but these games need to be more than just simple clones to be interesting.

Just when you think the NBA 2K series can't get any worse on iOS, they go and totally outdo themselves... and not in a good way either.

Seek out objects in this overly easy and far too cynical hidden object game, loosely based on the forthcoming movie.

In the state Brogguts is currently in, I believe it's worth from free to $0.99. When the control issues are fixed and possibly multiplayer added, it will be worth its $2.99 price tag or even more.

It's tough to recommend Match Day Collection to anyone other than nostalgia addicts. Even fans of the originals will feel saddened at how time has ravaged the series. It's to be expected but the steady release of Spectrum games to iOS have demonstrated how some classics such as Head Over Heels have lasted. This just isn't the case with Match Day Collection.

It's a cool name, but Ruby Run is a little too simple to entice.

Hotel Transylvania 2 might look cute, but there's not much to it.

Violett is an odd adventure game that has a lot of promise, but it fails to keep gamers interested for long.

Let Us Prey: Surrender to Hell touts itself as a difficult game, but "difficult" isn't the same as unfair.

Grudger is an auto runner that lacks some heart, as well as quality controls.

Throw in the fact that it's only really a game worth playing once and, then, only for a short time, and Track the Ripper feels awfully expensive for being a neat concept.

Fun for five minutes, and with an important message, Arctic Defender 2013 could do with offering more reasons to go back for more.

As good as Bullet Force seems on paper and in screenshots, it doesn't add up to much if it doesn't feel good to play. I would say the saving grace here is that it's free-to-play model is wonderful, but even that is undercut by the existence of Critical Ops, a better-playing and fairer multiplayer first-person shooter that released a little earlier this year. If Bullet Force gets some customizable control options or controller support, it could be a pretty great game, but for now, it's just too hard to bother with.

Throw with Joe is a an endless arcade game that supports charity and offers players the opportunity to enter a sweepstakes.

Simply put, there aren't enough reasons to play 3Heroes for very long. There are plenty of games like it that offer a higher quality experience in many ways. Unless players have very specific reasons for getting into this game, 3Heroes is a hard sell.

The Turtles finally come to iOS in the form of a lacklustre Endless Runner that demands a lot of grinding or in-app purchases.

Zombie Anarchy does just about everything it can to make it hard to enjoy. While the base-building in it is decent, the sheer amount of timers, collectibles, and other gating mechanics makes it feel like it was designed to turn you into a zombie.

The bottom line is that you could replace Tony Stark/Iron Man with any other character/villain combination and this game would be the same.

Admittedly, there’s something extremely compelling about engaging with a list of objectives in a game to get rewards, but all too often these progression mechanics are used to obscure or distract players from deeper, core design problems. This is precisely what Original Journey does, and it just doesn’t work.

Escape from LaVille 2 wants to be moody and atmospheric, but it's really not that interesting.

Too simple to really entice, this is an Endless Runner lacking any sign of depth.

In the end, I don't know who this game is for. The coming-of-age plot and cheap character designs might appeal to a kid, but a fair number of the puzzles would be too challenging for someone under ten.

I wouldn't count Dark Shrines out for the count quite yet, but unless it receives some much needed updates, it will be forgotten in a world of millions of apps fighting for the top spot.

This free-to-play game is charming, colorful, and has an interesting free-to-play strategy, but it just doesn't feel particularly deep or special.

Safe Cracker, although theoretically based on a good idea, falls short on delivering the bank heist experience that most will be expecting. It's repetitive levels and looping soundtrack certainly don't help.

If you think you're rather handy when it comes to Angry Birds, especially if you're an Aussie, then maybe Mogo the Monkey will offer a brief but welcome change of scenery from ornithological warfare with the potential to earn you some winnings. Otherwise, even at just 99 cents, iPhone gamers could do a lot better.

Smash Champs is a dry Fruit Ninja-style game wearing a fighting game's clothes.

Featuring a tedious storyline that is hard to invest yourself into, a deluge of the same enemies over and over again, plus a little visual tarnish to boot, Third Blade is a game that doesn't live up to its own high aspirations.

Neverending Nightmares sets up a great atmosphere, and then ruins it by featuring boogeymen you have to get past using poor controls. When you aren’t doing that, the game throws some jump scares at you, but a lot of the time is still spent shuffling around hallways randomly. This sucks a lot of tension around the game, and makes for something that’s more frustrating than it is scary.

Another blockbuster movie, another disappointing movie tie-in game. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - The Official Game wears out its welcome before you can even finish saying the title.

Ghostbusters Paranormal Blast is a one session play that will keep players occupied about as long as a commercial break.

Hammer Quest is another Endless Runner to add to the pile of others that are nothing special.

WRC Shakedown Edition races onto iOS allowing players to spin their wheels through several locations with official WRC rally cars.

Abduct Earthlings in this casual, but unfortunately grind-heavy, arcade game.

Iron Dragon lacks the variety, multiplayer support and therefore the replay value of the the old-school beat-em-ups it takes influence from.