Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games — Page 16
Expert-reviewed iPhone and iPad apps and games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 952
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
Proton Pass
Productivity appTrustworthy and well-priced, with a free tier and email aliases that make it an easy recommendation for privacy-minded users — though mobile autofill ...Good7.4Chess.com
Board gameChess.com is the most complete chess product available on a phone — a sprawling, polished, occasionally exhausting ecosystem built to make you a bette...Great8.4Grimvalor
Action gameGrimvalor is a sharp, demanding action platformer that treats phones like real gaming hardware—no ads, no microtransactions, no compromises on difficu...Good7.9Star Chart
Education appStar Chart remains one of the most approachable augmented-reality planetariums around, turning a night sky full of anonymous dots into a legible map o...Good7.1Waze
Navigation appWaze remains the sharpest tool for beating traffic in real time, powered by a famously loyal community — but it demands battery, data, and a tolerance...Good7.4Zoom
Business appZoom Workplace remains the most dependable way to get a video call to actually work on a phone — but the bloat of its "all-in-one" ambitions and its r...Good7.2Prisma
Photo & Video appPrisma still produces some of the most convincing neural-style transformations on mobile, but a bloated 500-filter library and an aggressive paywall h...Mixed6.1Cardhop
Business appCardhop rethinks the most neglected app on your phone by turning contact management into a conversation, and the core idea is solid—but the subscripti...Good7.1
Ferrite Recording Studio
Music appFor spoken-word producers, Ferrite makes a touchscreen a legitimate editing environment rather than a compromise—strongly recommended, with real reser...Great8.5Forvo
Education appForvo remains the most direct way to hear how a word actually sounds in the mouths of real native speakers — an invaluable resource wrapped in a mob...Good7.1Wikipedia
Books appThe official Wikipedia app is a rare thing — a piece of software that respects you. It's free, ad-free, open source, and quietly one of the best-desig...Outstanding9.1Death Road to Canada
Action gameA savage, hilarious, endlessly replayable roguelike that turns permadeath into a punchline and a punishment in equal measure. Rough edges and brutal R...Good7.7Broken Age
Adventure gameDouble Fine's crowdfunded passion project is one of the most gorgeous point-and-click adventures ever animated, buoyed by a razor-sharp voice cast and...Mixed6.5Tomb of the Mask
Action gameA ruthlessly efficient arcade climber that turns a single swipe into a compulsion loop few mobile games can match. On Switch it's a tidy, ad-free pack...Good7.1Labster
Education appLabster's 3D science simulations are well-built and scientifically faithful, but the mobile app is a cramped companion to an institutional subscriptio...Mixed6.1Ball x Pit
Action gameBall x Pit fuses Breakout, Vampire Survivors and a city-builder into a roguelite with real skill expression and a deep build-crafting hook. A grindy l...Great8.2Star Traders: Frontiers
RPG gameA staggeringly deep sandbox space RPG that rewards patience with emergent storytelling—if you can survive an onboarding process that feels like being ...Good7.7Highwater
Action gameHighwater is a gorgeous, sharp-witted narrative adventure with a drowned world worth drifting through—but its turn-based combat is a rowboat with one ...Mixed6.2The Gardens Between
Adventure gameA wordless, wistful puzzle-box about the moment two childhood friends realize they're growing apart. It's short, gentle, and gorgeous—and its most rad...Good7.6Afterimage
Action gameAfterimage is a strikingly beautiful Metroidvania with design that doesn't always keep pace with its art. Aurogon Shanghai built a sprawling, mechanic...Good7.1ELSA Speak
Education appA focused pronunciation coach that pinpoints the exact sound you're getting wrong — and does that one job well. The aggressive paywall and a recognize...Good7.1Shazam
Music appShazam answers "what song is this?" faster and more reliably than anything else on your phone, and it does so for free. Two decades of restraint have ...Great8.7Spotify
Music appSpotify's recommendation engine remains the strongest in streaming, but its push to become an "audio everything" app has left the once-clean interface...Good7.8Fortnite
Action gameFortnite stopped being a game years ago and became a platform—a chaotic, generous, occasionally exhausting entertainment machine that gives away the w...Good7.5
