Apple's app vetting process is reportedly watertight, unless the copycat apps - on popular games like Angry Birds- or fraudulent releases, including a "Pokemon Yellow" app despite Nintendo never releasing an app on the platform, are considered. The latest issue isn't over the app per se, but surrounding the developers: Naughty Dog.

The "real" Naughty Dog is a Sony-exclusive developer, known for titles such as Crash Bandicoot to Uncharted to the recent title, The Last of Us. The phony Naughty Dog, on the other hand, released Super Galaxian on the App Store.

Of course, Naughty Dog isn't releasing iOS apps while working for Sony. Plus, don't even think that Nintendo will release iOS apps, considering it's about to return to profitability with the Nintendo 3DS.

While on the surface the name seems identical to the real developer, the company's full name is Naughty Dog Game. The developer also has a blog - with no content.

The Naughty Dog Game isn't just copying an esteemed developer's name; it's copying a Namco Bandai Games title: Galaga, the classic space shooter whose functionality seems copied and extremely familiar. The seller of the apps is listed as Hezeng Pan. It is unclear whether the app is a deliberate cash-in attempt.

Copying functionality of an app is fine, but ripping off the source material isn't what Angry Bird clones on the iOS App Store have done. The clones sport a different theme and have altered mechanics. Angry Birds itself is a tower defense clone and is rudimentary: users just fire a bird at a structure, and watch. No scope for interaction exists, unlike the Kinect game Wreckateer. In Wreckateer, users fire the bomb but are able to manipulate the ball's position mid-flight. Complete control is given through balls, with wings for example.

Rovio did launch Angry Birds Space, though, a true sequel - not the expansions, notably Angry Birds Rio and Season - and a title providing genuinely different mechanics to the original Angry Birds. In Space, users still fire the birds from a slingshot but the gravitational pull of planets influences the trajectory.

Naughty Dog Game's app is out now, if users really want to download the title. However, endorsing such practices isn't advisable.