Drawing on success

Price: 99 cents Rating: 4 out of 4 Consider it the hottest mobile game since Angry Birds.

OMGPOP’S Draw Something for Android, iphone, ipod Touch and ipad challenges gamers to draw a particular object on the touch-screen device — such as overalls, a picnic, coffin, penguin or even Lady Gaga — and another player, somewhere on the Internet, must guess what you’re drawing.

Likely inspired by Pictionary, you can search for friends to play with (by e-mail or user name), link up with others through your Facebook and Twitter circles, or choose to play someone randomly.

When you’re done drawing, the picture is sent to your opponent, who can then watch your fingertip creation being drawn before their eyes and must then use the letters at the bottom of the screen to type the word for what you created (think Hangman).

Divided into easy, medium and hard to draw, you’ll also earn virtual gold coins for performing well.

These can be used, for example, to buy extra colors.

The 99-cent game is so hot, it has just regained its spot as the No. 1 paid app in the itunes App Store, knocking off Rovio’s justlaunched Angry Birds Space.

If you don’t want to pay, there’s Draw Something Free, with advertisements, fewer words to draw and no gold coins to start.

Gaming powerhouse Zynga (maker of Farmville and Mafia Wars) recently acquired OMGPop for $180 million.