The first mode is QuickPlay mode. First to hit 250 points wins. Points are awarded based upon the cards you play. You play against three other computer players until one of you gets a sum of 250 points.

Then there is Single Player mode. Two options are available: Tournament or Custom. Tournament mode involves playing against three other computer players. Each level gets increasing difficult, unlocking player icons, puzzle pieces, and backgrounds as you advance. In Custom mode, you can choose a variety of factors for your game: difficulty level, game mode, penalties, Jump-In rules, etc.

There’s also a Multiplayer mode. The options for multiplayer mode are over Wifi, on one device, and online.

You must be on a Wifi network in order to play over Wifi or to play online. Over Wifi, you can play with other people who are on the same network and also have the app. Up to four people can play on one iPhone if you aren’t on Wifi or if no one else has an iPhone or the game.

You can also play online against other people. You can create your own room or choose a room to play in. Each player’s turn is timed so one person doesn’t stall the game.

Uno on the iPhone is just as addicting and fun as I remember playing the physical game growing up. However, there are a few issues with the app. In order to play cards, you have to double tap a very small space. Also, the entire game is in landscape mode, with no option for portrait mode. There are several load screens you have to tap through to get to actual play, which is annoying when you just want to play.

Multiplayer mode adds back the element of real competitiveness of playing against another human and not just the AI computer. The tournament mode challenges you as you advance, unlocking fun icons and backgrounds. While not the best UI experience, it is the classic, competitive, fun physical game brought to the iPhone platform.

You play the character Jill Evans, who is trying to prepare for her wedding. A time bender breaks, and her friends and family are sent back in time to various points in “history.” Each set of levels takes place in a different place and point in history. You must make cakes of various complexities and make enough money as a bakery to free each friend or family member.

The fast-pace levels are easy to play, with simple tapping to make, frost, and give cakes to customers. There are also small treats that can be given the customers to keep them happy, as well as tea, coffee, and cocoa that customers can order. Each level requires you to make a certain amount of money at the bakery to advance to the next level. You can replay a level as many times as necessary to reach the required monetary goal. There is a “Super Bakery Level” of money above the minimum for each level as well. Your progress through each era of history is marked by a path of blue stars for making the minimum level of money or red stars for “Super Bakery Level” of money.

There is also a challenge game where you just play through one location until the bakery doesn’t reach its goal for that level. This is essentially a mini game of the overall game, where you only play path of levels until you don’t reach the monetary goal or that level. Your score can be uploaded to an online site, which opens in mobile Safari. You must register for the site before your score can be uploaded.

The game is easy to play, and very addicting. However, if you get interrupted mid-level by a phone call or needing to exit the app, your progress for that level is not saved. The next time you open the game, you can begin at the beginning of the last level you were playing. Also, the game is very resource intensive, and lags slightly on startup, close, and if interrupted by a phone call.

Cake Mania 3 is on sale for $4.99 right now, so enjoy playing this fun, addicting game.