And while the game looks pretty, it lacks the challenge of the similar LostPixels and the character of eBoy FixPix.

At its best, the game resembles a side-on Zen Bound, but the gradual introduction of arcade elements ends up being a frustration, since your finger too often obscures the action.

Briefly diverting, but quickly becomes forgettable.

It all feels like a beautiful graphical demo where someone forgot to put a game in.

It's fun for a bit of casual play with chums and randoms, but nothing special, plus you'll tire of the single-player version (against THREE whole AI players!) in record time.

This iOS version, alas, is akin to the original's early iterations. You're only offered the sandbox creation mode, in which you potter about a vast landscape, placing blocks to build stuff. Recreate your own house; make a fairytale castle; spell out 'help, I'm bored' – the choice is yours. And that's basically it.

It might look quite nice from the screenshots but don't be fooled – it's a headlong dive into the pit of ineptitude.

The game's not bad, just entirely forgettable.

Super Bit Dash is quite close to greatness, but while it looks lovely, the controls aren't quite tight enough, and the finite number of rooms repeats quickly.

An emphasis on live action that too often happens under your prodding digit, making levels past the first couple of dozen hugely frustrating? Oh. And what a shame - we really wanted to like this one, and everything else about it is fab.

As a rescue-'em-up, Saucelifter's under half the price, brighter and far more fun. Get that instead.

What's less fine is the game's imprecision, forcing you to play levels over and over until you stumble on placing a bomb on a specific pixel. The annoyance is such we were soon fed up, unintentional sinister undercurrent aside.

Wonder why this germ of a good game has average execution and problematic controls (angled shots are tough when your thing's near a screen corner). Realise wading through lower levels every game is a chore. Quit.

And so after an hour of this game, the only thing you'll want to launch skyward is your device.

The bit when the blocks pulling happy faces when you win is the most exciting bit of an uninspiring game.