Wooly Willy — $1.99

Wee willy winky runs through the town….nope, wrong name. But here’s a game that is perhaps more entertaining to children than that old-school non-sensical nursery rhyme. Wooly Willy enables you to try putting hair on two faces — that of the namesake, Wooly Willy, and his partner (we assume), Hairdo Harriet. The original versions of this game required metal shavings and a magnetic wand, and can only be found at yard sales these days. This version updates that in a way that blends it with Etch-A-Sketch: You tap the screen or move your finger across it to add hair, then shake the iPhone to clear the screen and start over. On the left upper portion, you can select from your own iPhone pictures to add hair — which could be a fun party trick. As much as we hate to say it, though, since we are big fans of the IDEA of retro apps in concept, in delivery we find it a little tiresome, and not something we’d come back to again and again. Maybe $1 for this one, but we’re not sure it’s worth $2. (SA)