Every week, Pocket Gamer sister site Quality Index (Qi) highlights the newest games to make a critical splash in the cool, seductive waters of the iOS pool.

Grabbing scores and opinions from all corners of the web, including from 148Apps, AppGamer, and AppSpy, Qi answers all of your iPhone-related questions before you've even asked them.

Today, we're going to focus on two new contenders vying to be crowned king of your iPhone. Both are worthy, but do they have what it takes to win your head, your heart, and your wallet?

Hedge your bets

Proving that gamers have room in their hearts for more than one cartoon hedgehog, Crazy Hedgy rolls into today's #5 spot.

Taking its cue from physics-puzzlers like Super Monkey Ball, the game requires you to tilt your iPhone in order to guide Hedgy around a woodland full of caustic creatures and terrible traps.
Crazy Hedge boasts over 35 levels of tilt-tastic action, a flexible upgrade system, and a quirky sense of humour, resonating with critics and gamers alike. Indeed, 148Apps claims that "it may be the best platformer of 2011".

Boggle me

Arranging itself neatly into the #8 position, meanwhile, is word-making puzzler Scramble With Friends.

From the developer behind Words With Friends, Zynga's latest alphabetical app draws inspiration from the classic tabletop game Boggle.

You are presented with a 4x4 grid of lettered tiles, then tasked with using adjacent tiles to form words. In multiplayer mode, the combatant with the highest score after three rounds is declared the winner.
Slide To Play has only positive things to say about Scramble With Friends, stating: "The biggest problem with this game is the amount of time you will lose playing it."



You can get the up-to-date information about which games are reviewing best over at the Quality Index.