Sean Capelle

This game draws some similarities to Jetpack Joyride, but the only Mr. Cuddles in this game is a squirrel.

This is a fun puzzle game that is free, with no in-app purchases or advertisements. Dare I say, it’s the bomb?

Different multi-colored pieces rest at the bottom of the screen. Your objective is to place the pieces on the board in an orientation that satisfies the space it rests on, as well as allows you to use up all of the pieces. This may sound a little intimidating, but I’ve figured out a strategy that can shed some light.

This app takes the standard Connect 4 game and multiplies it by four.

When you look at it in its simplicity, an iDevice is a bright, shiny object that reacts to touch. What’s not for a toddler to like? It’s like a two-way television.

Tadeo is a young ninja in need of stopping the evil Lord Hito. However, instead of running around, swinging a sword and flinging throwing stars, you just jump around a lot and try to avoid trip lines.

Playing the game can be quite addictive, mostly due to the hectic time management gameplay, combined with the well-paced levels and humorous monsters.

It seems that the Canadian App Store is able to experience a bliss that none of the others are privy to yet. Happy Street, a freemium town building game by Godzi Lab, is available as a beta release in Canada.

It appears your fishy buddies have been captured in cubes. The best way to free them? Attach a sling between two fish and fire conch shells at them, of course.

What happens to wayward balloons? Do they write to say how they’re doing? Do they tango with airplanes, or cha-cha with birds? This “uplifting mystery” aims to find out.

With so many apps available, trying to find the right one for your kids can be overwhelming. I’m making it my job to find the best apps to help your children become better 21st century learners and citizens (and gamers).

This game has you swinging in circles as you try to collect as many jewels as you can. While you’re at it, saving some trapped princesses would be a good idea, too.

This game is a side-scroller featuring Toby and his fan-propelled backpack. Help him as he travels through a toy store, popping balloons with his arsenal of toys.

Puzzle fans looking for some thinking and laughing will enjoy this app. Grumpy people looking for an easy game need not apply.

Those looking to bring Space Invaders onto his or her iPhone will enjoy this game that definitely pays homage to the original.

This game combines birds and physics, but not in the way that we’re all familiar with. The birds need to reach their nest of eggs by rolling toward them.

You can pick whichever square you’d like the butterfly to start from. There’s no timer and no lives, so you can take all the time you need to map out a course.

Select which robot you’d like to construct in the main menu. A silhouette of them is shown as they stand on a platform. All of the required pieces to put the robot together are at its feet.

Are you not nerdy enough to actually know binary? Don’t worry, there’s help within the app for that. A question mark button on the left of the timer bar will show the correct combination.

This game is perhaps the most difficult app I've ever looked at. And it's not even due to the game itself being hard to play.

The beauty about webr is that it’s all done in an interface that fits perfectly on the iPhone’s real estate. For free, it’s certainly worth a shot to look into it.

What does the title “Patientia” mean? Not quite sure. But I do know that the game equals entertainment.

The goal is simple: slide the empty square around the level until it snatches a circle. With circle in hand, book the square toward the exit. However, that may be easier said than done.