Apple has removed
Temple Jump and several more so-called 'clone' apps from its App Store.
As a consequence of Apple's clampdown on those who ape the names and mechanics of existing titles,
Temple Jump developer Anton Sinelnikov has had his library of 68 apps, including
Tiny Birds and
Numbers With Friends, pruned to a meagre nine.
Speaking to
Gamasutra, co-founder of
Temple Run developer Imangi Studios Natalia Luckyanova expressed her happiness at Apple's decision to remove
Temple Jump for the App Store.
Luckyanova said: "The app was clearly a scam that traded entirely on the popularity of
Temple Run and was packaged to confuse users."
Triple threatApple's more aggressive stance towards the violation of IP in its Store comes after
Triple Town developer
Spry Fox filed a copyright infringement suit against 6waves Lolapps last week over its suspiciously similar match-three puzzler
Yeti Town.
One week earlier, Zynga's
Dream Heights came under fire from NimbleBit's Ian Marsh for allegedly copying popular stategy sim
Tiny Tower.
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