iPhone puzzle applications are in abundance at the moment and these days it is hard to make them interesting or different to one another.

Enter Pathways: a puzzle app with a difference, one which allows for personality as well as brain teasing games.

Pathways introduces you to two faces as you play out the story of Tommy and Eddie, the young BFFs who get separated when Eddie sees a strange hole in the ground and insists on diving into it head first.

Your mission is to guide Tommy through a long series of confusing “pathways” as he forges ahead in his journey to save Eddie from the clutches of an evil villain who looks something like The Grim Reaper and has a taste for Orange Chicken.

The pathways contain tiles that disappear as Tommy moves across them, so you have to be careful of how you navigate the mazes.

Some tiles need to be crossed several times before they disappear, and there are also sliding tiles, natural obstacles, and more holes along the way that complicate things.

As you navigate through the pathways you’ll catch glimpses of Eddie and his evil captor, and there’s even some campy dialogue thrown in to drive the “story” that you’re playing out.

For $4.99, Pathways is a decent application for the price, offering up to nearly 100 stages.

So, if your looking for a puzzle game with a difference, and one that offers some personality as well as fun, pathways is a good choice.