Doodle Jump is one of the members of the app store royal family — and justifiably so. The title is, as advertised, insanely addictive, and achieves this with simple, but never simplistic, gameplay. The iPad version, which was long in coming, doesn’t really add to the experience, though. There’s an extra theme, which is nice, but that’s about it. And tilting the iPad (even with the lighter iPad 2) is much more tiring than playing the game on a handheld device.

Admittedly, that extra theme — a race-themed multiplayer — is a blast, though, and the game hasn’t gotten any less fun. If you don’t own a smartphone or iPod touch, this is an obvious choice. If you do, though, there’s not much incentive to pay $3 for another copy of essentially the same game.

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