Where's My Water?
Disney's Where's My Water? iOS game has been a big hit – and has seen the debut of a new character, Swampy the Alligator. Now he's snapping his way onto Android with the physics-based puzzle game.
Android
ChuChu Rocket!
Sega's classic Dreamcast action-puzzler is already on iOS, but now Android owners can get in on the fun. As ever, it's about guiding mice to rockets while avoiding prowling cats. Quirky, but marvellously so.
Android
Top Gear: News for iPad
This BBC Worldwide app isn't available in the UK: presumably it's for overseas Top Gear fans. Sponsored by Mercedes-Benz, it offers "all the latest news, rants and opinions from Top Gear" along with videos, photo galleries and previews.
iPad
Zombie Lane
Digital Chocolate has ported its Facebook social game Zombie Lane to iOS. It sees players defending their home from a horde of zombies, in an undead take on the tower defence genre.
iPhone / iPad
NFL Pro 2012
Gameloft's take on American Football enters the 2012 season on iPhone, adopting a freemium model: players buy "Credit Packs" in-game to build their team and unlock new features, although these things can also be earned by playing.
iPhone
National Geographic Traveller (UK)
National Geographic Traveller magazine has a new iOS version for its UK edition, offering articles on holidays, city guides and practical travel tips. It's using Apple's iOS Newsstand subscription system.
iPhone / iPad
Photo Editor Ultimate
RIM's latest giveaway BlackBerry app is Photo Editor Ultimate, which helps people crop, rotate, resize and apply effects to the photos they have taken on their smartphones.
BlackBerry
Farm Frenzy 2
Windows Phone is still waiting for FarmVille, but Farm Frenzy 2 may appeal to anyone who wants to grow crops and breed animals on their Microsoft-powered smartphone.
Windows Phone
Sports Car Challenge
Volkswagen's latest advergame for iOS puts players in six virtual supercars – including models from Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini and Porsche as well as Volkswagen's own Scirocco R.
iPhone / iPad
London Calling
Nothing to do with The Clash, this is the latest app to use augmented reality technology from UK startup Aurasma. It promises to reveal "new layers of fantastic cultural content across London and beyond" on leaflets, brochures and posters.
iPhone / iOS
Cthulhu Christmas Calendar
H.P. Lovecraft and Christmas... Together at last! This advent calendar app uses Cthulu characters with a festive countdown, including trivia questions. It comes ahead of the release in 2012 of a full Call of Cthulu mobile game by developer Red Wasp Design.
iPhone / Android / iPad
DC Super Friends: Race to Save Christmas
Young comics fans will be getting a festive treat with ScrollMotion's DC Super Friends: Race to Save Christmas. It sees Superman and The Flash searching for Santa. The core book-app is complemented by camera, personalisation and puzzle features.
iPad