Illuminated

Illuminance (US$0.99) is another simple application that centers around speed and reaction time. The app has two simple yet challenging goals, they are; tap every green bubble that appears and do not tap any red bubbles that may appear. illuminance was created by Roberto Fera. There are four difficulty modes; easy, medium, hard and extreme. As you would expect each mode is more difficult than the previous.

Whilst you are tapping the green bubbles and avoiding the red ones, you must ensure that you do not miss a green bubble. If a green bubble does not get tapped, the square in which it occupied goes black (the same happens when a red bubble is tapped) and is rendered useless. If all the bubbles on the screen become black (and therefore unusable) the game is ended and your score is recorded. In extreme mode, "nuke" bubbles are introduced. If these new bubbles are not tapped within the alotted time period they explode and end your game immediately.

Hours can be spent trying to best high scores and avoid the fatal nuke bubble, and this is what seperates this application from the many other speed and reaction time orientated apps on the app store. It's design may not be mind-blowing and its gameplay may not be revolutionary, but it has the ability to entertain ad nauseum and that factor alone makes this application worth purchasing. At such a cheap price and with such an entertaining premise this app needs to be part of your iPhone or iPod Touch application library.

When I began using this application, I felt that it was underwhelming and repetitive, but, after a few more attempts at raising the high scoring bar I was hooked. The app grew on me very quickly and I now really enjoy using it. Guaranteed entertaining time-killer. Go buy it!

MyAppSource Rating: Four Stars!