Effectively, this is the latest version of iDrop Dead. However, the latest update to that game got rejected by Apple for being too gory. The earlier versions were fine, the new version with extra levels and characters was rejected. This may be down to having a more sensitive app reviewer, or might be because the new characters are more human-like than the teddy bears and worms that were in the earlier versions. Whatever the reason, the app was rejected.

So the developer decided to leave iDrop Dead alone, for people who still want blood, bones and brains, but make a new version of the game, with the extra content, but with flowers and candy canes instead of gore. Got that?


So that people who’d already bought iDrop Dead didn’t have to pay for the new version, it was put up for free, which was a nice gesture. (At the time of writing it’s still free, but may cost 59p by the time you read this.)

This all also means that I’ve had to start the game again from the beginning to get to the new content. This is not a problem. In fact, it feels exciting. I get to play it all again with a clean slate – hooray!

You see, iDrop Dead is an excellent game and a graphical makeover doesn’t change that simple fact. It’s a brilliant physics-based puzzle game in any incarnation and I’ll always choose to play the version with the most content. Go get it.