Zombie Attack! Second Wave is a brave, but flawed, take on the tower defense genre. It has polish and charm to spare, but the gameplay leaves something to be desired.

Mystery Mania won’t satisfy anyone who is a regular player of video game puzzles, but if you’re new to them or just want some light entertainment, then this might be an app for you. Provided you don’t mind the $3.99 price tag.

Rather than “addictive, stylish, and fun,” the normal words that pop into my head when thinking of Snood, the words I think of when considering EA’s abysmal port of the classic game are “baffling, inexplicable, and aggravating.” EA has simply made so many bad decisions in the making of this port that make you wonder if they ever even played their own game.

myDesktop is an excellent idea, and it has potential. But this multi-window browser just has too many rough edges to be useful, featuring bookmark bugs and lag-tastic speeds.

Despite a rough learning curve and the lack of any online integration, Earth Vs Moon manages to be a worthy interpretation on Missile Command with a nice dose of humor and entertaining boss battles.

NotifyMe is an event reminder application that utilizes Apple’s Push Notification Service. Whether it be TV Shows or To-Do events, the app will push information at a specified time. With a leaf from Apple’s minimalist tree, this application is almost flawless.

If you’re a fan of the Sims or any of the other “Virtual” games that Last Day of Work has created then you will feel right at home with Virtual Families. You should still be leery of the fact that this game is in fact a port of a PC/Mac game and it shows in the difficulties I had with controlling the game.

Lexulous (formerly Scrabulous) is a Scrabble competitor that has long outdone Scrabble in the online arena. The iPhone version is sadly lackluster compared to its online counterpart, but for Scrabble fans, it’s still a decent app and a good complement to the online game.

Monster Pinball has a great sound and colour along with 6 tables of pinball action all in the same game. The ball shoots from table to table making you play longer than what you may have initially intended!

If you’re looking for complexity and options in a To Do app, Put Things Off probably isn’t the direction you want to go. But if speed and simplicity interests you, Put Things off has got plenty of both.

Twitterrific 2.0 is a well made update to the critically acclaimed, 2008 Apple Design Award winning, Twitter app. The app is definitely geared more towards the Twitter power user, but it has enough charm to delight the masses. If Iconfactory addresses just a couple of issues in the near future, Twitterrific could become my Twitter app of choice (or at least in my 3 app rotation).

Birdhouse acts as a suave addition to your favourite Twitter client. Acting as a 140 character notepad for all your pre-tweets, the app allows you to compose, save and (when ready) publish your tweets. Don’t like one? Un-publish it with a couple of taps!

Route Candle is kind of like playing golf with fire in a dungeon. Only instead of holes, you light candles, and instead of being a golfer, you’re a flame. Oh, and your useful little companions are matches.

Muses don’t schedule appointments. They aren’t fine with being told to “please hold.” If you don’t have time for her at the moment, there are plenty of buskers down the street who will. Left your guitar at home? Not her problem. Of course, she might think that your iPhone merits some extra inspiration, that is, if you have Star Guitar.

While major publishers work to port their blockbuster games to the iPhone, it’s the indie developers that are paving the way to the platform’s strong suits. Eliss brings innovation as well as targeted controls to the playing field, but how well does it actually deliver?

WordDigest is a dictionary app with a huge database and a number of useful features, including bookmarking, browsing history, a thesaurus, and more. If you’re looking for a solid dictionary, this is one to consider.

Bounce On is a great 2-D platformer and loads of fun. Instead of a plumber in red overalls, you’re Bounce, a sentient red bouncy ball on a quest to return to your owner’s pocket. It’s cute, polished, fun, and has a perfect difficulty curve that will keep you playing this one for quite a few hours.

The Touchmaster series is generally quite good on the Nintendo DS platform, and while the games here are also good, there isn’t as much variety present. Furthermore, while the games Midway has included aren’t all that exciting, if you are a puzzle fan you’ll definitely find something here to like.

An accelerometer based space game that takes the shooting out of shooter and still delivers solid, difficult, and amazingly fun arcade action. An example for how to get the controls just right in a game.

While Save My Docs is a one trick pony, all it does is save documents viewed within Safari and then allow you to view them within the app, it does it fairly well. Other viewers offer a variety of ways to get documents onto your iPhone, but Save My Docs is novel and useful.

ScribBall a ball popping game with a great crayon style. Recently a great update to increase the game play variety was released.

A fantastic, functional and fun interface on a seriously great app. Weightbot does an excellent job of helping you keep track of your weight in a beautiful app.

Strategy board game will have you buzzing

RaonbowNote allows you to keep all of your notes on you iPhone — and back them up to Google Docs

Dashball is a tough, and at times frustrating, breakout type game

geneBlender is an interesting photo manipulation app the adds to the realism with blending techniques

Pinch ‘n Pop is a quick, fun, and beautiful arcade color matching game

Vocalia tries to satisfy the need for a voice dialer, but it’s not there yet

Touch Em is an interesting and fun take on the tile matching game type

Lumen is a fantastic puzzle game with nearly endless levels