Aero Smash [Free] is the latest arcade style shoot ?em up to hit the App Store. The game is very much an arcade game where the objective is to stay alive the longest and gain the highest score possible by shooting down enemy planes and objects on the hectic battlegrounds you will be thrust onto. You control a variety of flying objects that can be mostly classified as planes (although there is a flying pancake in there among other oddities), with additional flying vehicles that you can purchase or earn over time. You control your plane by tapping the left or right side of the touchscreen to move in that direction. However, the plane does a looping type of maneuver if you go too far to the left or right and it isn't a direct control method by any means. While you focus on moving your plane across the screen to avoid obstacles and enemies, your plane will be shooting automatically as well. The firepower will depend on the plane you have and upgrades because you gain levels over time and new abilities, however much of this is done through IAPs.

You have three hearts or hits before your plane blows up and you lose. However, you can continue once per stage and this will cost you either an ad (which I will go into below) or 100 coins. Coins and hearts are the main currency in the game and you can get coins by flying over them in mid-air during your battles. I am not exactly sure how the hearts are gained, but in general the better you do in-game the more you have unless you watc...