Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed iPhone and iPad apps and games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 952
- Average score
- 7.8 Good
Across all 952 published apps and games we’ve scored in this hub
Top rated on iOS
- 01AmphetamineAmphetamine fundamentally corrects macOS's energy management, offering professional-grade automation for a price that d…9.7Outstanding
- 02Chrono TriggerChrono Trigger is a relic of the 16-bit era that still works: its narrative economy and mechanical elegance remain the…9.7Outstanding
- 03NetNewsWireFor anyone tired of algorithmic feeds and ad-choked reading, NetNewsWire is the cleanest way back to an intentional web…9.7Outstanding
Featured on Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games
Lagrange
Utilities appFree, open-source and focused on typography, Lagrange is a sensible smallnet browser for iPhone and iPad. The iOS edition trails the desktop build and...Good7.1Early Reader
Books appStrict, quiet and free, this phonics course pairs direct instruction with spaced repetition and skips the engagement tricks. It is a solid choice for ...Good7.4Tearscape
Action gameTearscape has a coherent Souls-like skeleton and strong boss design, but a weak map, thin enemy variety, uneven difficulty and a combat model that lea...Mixed6.2Shelf
Books appAutomatic logging removes the chore that kills most media diaries, and a social layer with no posting and no follower counts keeps Shelf calm rather t...Good7.4Indigo
Social appCollapsing cross-posted duplicates is the main reason to consider Indigo, turning a Bluesky-plus-Mastodon habit from a two-app chore into one feed. Th...Good7.7Novi Notes
Productivity appThe local MCP server is a distinctive idea for AI-heavy note workflows, but the iOS-only scope, unproven reliability and agent write-access risk make ...Mixed6.3Due Tomorrow
Education appDue Tomorrow solves a real problem for students whose classes split between Canvas and Google Classroom, but its iOS-only reach, two-platform coverage...Mixed6.7Farwave
Music appThe globe gives radio a useful sense of place, but the podcast and local-library planets stretch that idea thin, CarPlay sits behind Pro, and the publ...Mixed6.4
Pocket Jam
Education appThe pitch-locked slowdown, transposition and looping are useful, but streamed Apple Music tracks lose key features and the import gate plus confusing ...Mixed6.2Route 25
Reference appA tightly fenced-in hub for Pokémon card collectors, with broad English and Japanese tracking and a trade system that deliberately cuts out private ch...Good7.2oh my hours
Health & Fitness appThe hour-based grid is a useful reframing, but the honor system, the dead zone after a lost hour and a reported midnight scheduling gap make this hard...Mixed6.3Overflight
Travel appA local-first flight tracker with a clear scope and strong accessibility intentions, but the Pro split, compass dependence and variable coverage make ...Mixed6.3Pight
Puzzle gameA clean, coherent puzzle game with a fair one-time price, but the no-hint, no-text design will strand many players at its difficulty spikes. At $3.99 ...Mixed6.7Fortissimo
Music appHard to recommend for most listeners: Fortissimo demands manual track-by-track scoring, runs only on iPhone with iOS 26 or later, and has no meaningfu...Mixed6.3TR-49
Adventure gameA clever catalog-code mystery with a strong central loop, but guessable codes, uneven signposting and a weaker Switch fit keep it from the top tier. R...Good7.5Laytr
Productivity appHard to recommend for most people: Laytr’s return-date scheduling and no-account privacy are strong ideas, but a divisive interface, a restrictive fre...Mixed6.7Pirates
Lifestyle appHard to recommend for most people: the Screen Time blocking, forfeit rule and locked hard mode are real commitment tools, but the reward loop leans on...Mixed6.3Journeybot
Productivity appA privacy-first packing assistant with useful seasonal logic and baggage reminders, but generous suggestions, weak family sharing and a thin track rec...Mixed6.5COPY
Lifestyle appPrivate and built around a well-chosen gesture, COPY dresses asynchronous voice notes in vintage walkie-talkie hardware. The costume is appealing, but...Good7.0Another Page
Books appThe read-to-unlock loop gives app blocking a useful payoff, and the free tier makes the idea easy to try. A tight app cap, all-at-once unlocks and Pre...Good7.2Hibi
Lifestyle appCharm does much of the work here: a free, account-free paper layer over Apple Calendar and Reminders that rewards handwriting, stickers and washi tape...Good7.2Groove Number
Music appIts narrow electronic-music focus and unproven accuracy make Groove Number hard to recommend for most people, though the $1.99 utility gives electroni...Mixed6.8TeFont
Utilities appA thin public record, limited fitting controls and a trial that cannot save make TeFont hard to recommend for most people, despite a stroke-first desi...Mixed6.1Dobudex
Education gameLimited free scans, rarity tied to scan counts and card stats with no use make Dobudex hard to recommend beyond casual family walks. The Dex, offline ...Mixed5.9
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How we place scores
- Outstanding
- 101
- Great
- 276
- Good
- 426
- Mixed
- 149
- Median score
- 7.7
- Top score
- 9.7
Outstanding is reserved for the top of the category; 101 of 952 reviewed apps and games earned it. See the score atlas for the whole catalogue
About the iPhone & iPad hub
This hub collects the iPhone and iPad apps and games our editorial team has reviewed, all in one scroll. iOS is where subscription fatigue bites hardest, so the reviews lean on value as well as quality: a beautiful subscription app that duplicates something you already own scores lower than a modest one that earns its monthly fee.
Use the genre and price filters to cut the list down, or sort by top rated to see what scored highest. Because the catalogue also covers Android, Steam and Nintendo Switch, a cross-platform release appears here with its iOS score attached rather than duplicated as a separate entry — one review, one score, and the platform label telling you where it runs.
An iOS score is assembled from a published breakdown shown in full on each review page, so you can see which parts of the rating carried the headline number and which dragged it down.
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