IronBrick: Bricks & Balls

Time stops while you aim.

This is a turn-based brick breaker. Nothing moves until you lift your finger. Measure the angle, count the bounces, and shoot when you have made up your mind. On the train, or in bed before sleep, there is nothing to rush.

■ No waiting for the last ball

Anyone who has played this genre knows the feeling: one ball rattling around the walls while seconds tick away. IRONBRICK calls a ball home once it has nothing left to hit. The tail end of a turn went from 6.3 seconds to 1.4.

■ Ads only when you want them

There are no full-screen ads between rounds. Ads are something you tap when you want coins or a speed boost, and even those can be paid for with coins instead. You can play it start to finish without watching a single one.

■ A different hand every round

You pick your loadout before launch. Reinforcement, critical, blast, supply boost — each one is spent within the round, so you go in with a different hand every time. Every ten bricks earns a coin, and those coins change how the next round begins.

■ Today's goals are clear

Three daily quests. The coins land the moment you clear one. The weekly ranking is settled on best wave and resets every Monday. The goal is simple: one wave further than yesterday.

■ Works without internet

Play in airplane mode and keep earning coins. Only the ranking and rewarded ads need a connection. Link an account and your record follows you to a new phone — and linking is only asked for when you use the ranking.

■ One rule

If the blocks cross the defense line, it is over. Until then, the only question is how many waves you can hold.