If a lot of people see the iPhone as a gateway to reinventing the wheel, there are others who just want to have fun developing simply amusing applications. They’re not after that dare-to-be-great situation by programming something unique and never before seen. Their games may be criticized for being copy-cats or adaptations. The truth is, some of these games are meant to be just that: simply amusing. Imagine a game where you don’t need to go through tutorials, rules upon rules upon rules, and several screens before you can finally experience game play. Imagine a game that is so simple that you’d want to play it despite it being so simple.

Such a game is Blots, an iPhone puzzle game developed to mix good fun with interesting brain challenges. Don’t expect IQ testers from this one though.[...]

Straight from the developers behind 1 to 25 came a new way of looking at Sudoku. Str8ts, developed for your iPhone and iPod Touch, is the next generation of puzzle games that would truly compete with Sudoku not only for market share, but for providing you with the most original and creative puzzles in a simple yet effective manner.

The puzzle is easy to learn, with simple rules and great replay value to give you the right dose of addiction. Mind you though, Str8ts is not your average number puzzle game you’d find loads of in any newspaper. With Str8ts you’re starring creativity in the face. The game has the look of a crossword puzzle, with white and black cells spread on the board at seemingly random places. It does however have rules similar to Sudoku, and it is indeed played with numbers. [...]

If you remember some time ago our iPhone review for Documents2, we’ve received quite a number of emails telling us about a better documents processor for the iPhone, with more functionality and easier to use. We’ve had this app on our iPhones for quite some time now, but it wasn’t until last week that we decided to have a go at writing a review for it, because, in all truth, we are intimidated by it.

The team behind QuickOffice Mobile Office Suite has been developing for mobile devices worldwide, with a presence in over 150 countries. It’s a brand leader in providing the highest quality office software available to mobile platforms, including Symbian, BlackBerry, Android and the iPhone OS.

Their development for the iPhone OS is strikingly important, as QuickOffice quickly became a necessity [...]

Starting from the all-acclaimed flash game Copter, the development team over at Cyan Soft came up with a great remake with its own creative touch.

In iHawky you play a young hawky guiding him on his dangerous flight over the mountain peaks and keeping under the clouds. There’s not much news in the controls. Simply tap and hold to keep the hawky flapping its wings and flying, and release to let it float downwards. One addition to note when comparing iHawky to Copter is the power bar at the bottom of the screen. Continuously flapping its wings to keep the young hawky flying high into the air will make it grow tired and you’ll eventually have to come down.

With rapid clouds coming at you and mountain peaks appearing when you least expect them, changing wind speeds will make the game even more interesting. [...]

Just when you thought the greatest puzzle games for the iPhone and iPod Touch have already been coded, Syndicated Puzzles comes out with an interesting approach to a new puzzle game using the numbers 1 to 25.

With 1 to 25, your task is to carefully arrange all the numbers on a 5×5 grid, according to two simple rules. The “next to” rule states that every number placed on the board needs to have neighbors in a consecutive sequence. The goal is to form a snake like row of numbers, starting at 1 and ending with 25. The snake won’t bite it’s own tail, but will curl around their bodies.

The “edge” rule relates to the placement horizontally and vertically of any give number. Around the 5×5 grid, you will see all the 25 numbers laid out in a random order, with big arrows pointing towards the board. [...]

We’ve heard a lot of Glu but never had the chance to get our hands on one of their games for the iPhone so far. But we couldn’t have picked a better time, and game, to do it. Cops & Robbers, released just this month, is one amazing action-arcade game that will provide you with a few-hours straight of fun and excitement.

With Cops & Robbers, you’re dealing with a cartoon-style Parkour game where your goal is to basically run away from the cops. Each of the levels is a race against the clock between you (the robber) and the cops that are right on your tail. Your character is in constant motion and runs automatically and you’re left with just stirring him right, left avoiding obstacles, jumping over them and on and to roof tops. If the cops catch up with you because you’ve gotten blogged down [...]

Giving off the impression of just another match-3 game type, just a copycat, Stoneloops of Jurassica from PlayCreek exceeded our expectations and came out as a smashing piece of art to stand at the fore-front of future such arcade games.

The game play is simple providing you with a really low learning curve. Differently colored stones will slide in from the top of the puzzle screen, going through a looping path, heading towards the end of the path where a dragon head is waiting to devour your stones. If you fail to prevent the stones from reaching, it’s game over. Doing this is simple enough in theory. Fire stones from the launcher at the bottom of the screen, aiming to complete a three or more lineup of same colored stones in the path. The more such stones are in the path, the higher you’ll score. [...]