I agree completely, you know not too long ago I wrote a comment on your post comparing box2d and motor2. I pushed out that game using motor2, and it was not the best experience – it’s a rouge developer who barely updates the api

Anyway, back to the point… I agree that it’s bloatware, bought an ipod touch 2 months ago, and it wasn’t all that difficult to learn objective-c. Once this is released the app store in its entirety will suffer. Yes it’s good for the few developers who might use it how it was envisioned in the big meeting they had when it was approved. But what it really will do – is make it very easy for every 2 bit fast buck grabbing nefarious developer flood the app market with a bad app per week.

Also to everyone interested in doing iphone development check out cocos2d!
That framework made the transition a breeze!

oneday,
littlephysics.com

Here are my thoughts:

Box2D seems more powerful in terms of features but originally not written in AS3 … so that using it and digging in it’s code was not intuitive at all.

Motor2 may be less powerful in terms of features (less constraints, …) but originally written in AS3.

As i needed to custom the engine to fit my needs, i decided to start with Motor2 … up to now i don’t regret my choice.
I just hope that Motor2 is not a dead project and that there will be further releases.

I wrote a game (LineGolfer – http://www.candystand.com/play.do?id=18253) using APE previously, and while good I really had to hack into it to get what I wanted out of it. Plus it seems to be stagnant.

So I on this project i’m going to start, i thought i’d mess around with the new kids on the block and do some test.

I was going to spend sunday afternoon doing something similar, here you’ve already done it!