iPhone Weekly Digest: Twitter Drafts, Minigore and a Bunch of Games

It’s Friday and it’s time for our weekly digest of tiny iPhone reviews, courtesy of iPhoneTiny.com, with some extra commentary exclusive to Cult of Mac.

APP OF THE WEEK

Birdhouse: Notepad for Twitter. Drafts can be rated, backed-up, published/’unpublished’. Fantastic UI. 5/5 $3.99 http://is.gd/2A56C

Shoot-Em-Up: Competent but easy, unexciting vertical shooter with annoying ship inertia. 2/5 Free http://is.gd/2wmWJ

Bloons Lite: 12-level dart-throw action puzzler. Iffy controls, poor graphics. Mildly compulsive but annoying. 2/5 Free http://is.gd/2wn5L

Spaceballs: Mediocre Puzz Loop clone. Dull graphics and slowdown take edge off fun core gameplay of original. 2/5 $0.99 http://is.gd/2wnoq

Minigore: Characterful Robotron-style shooter. Fun, but lacks depth & environment doesn’t affect protagonist. 3/5 $0.99 http://is.gd/2xWGi

PapiJump+: Cute vertical platformer with varied modes, but bettered in every way by Doodle Jump. 3/5 $0.99 http://is.gd/2C0uN

Mevo: Rhythm action game. OK graphics, but dullish gameplay and problematic response lag & slowdown. 2/5 $0.99 http://is.gd/2Eeys

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In amongst lots of iffy games, a fun vertical platformer (PapiJump+) and Chillingo’s bloody (and furry) dual-thumb shooter (Minigore), Birdhouse appealed this week. Birdhouse is a good example of how a really odd idea can be great. The app is a drafting app for Twitter. You might wonder why you need to draft 140-character tweets, but if you’re serious about the service, it often pays to think about things and mull them over. Birdhouse is like a sounding board for your thoughts, and the interface is absolutely fantastic. The ability to rate drafts and back them up to email is also welcome.

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