Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games — Page 17
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
Moonstone Island
Adventure gameA clever mash-up of Stardew Valley comfort and Slay the Spire tactics that mostly makes the fusion work—provided you play it with a controller, ac...Good7.1Fastmail
Productivity appFastmail's mobile app is a well-built, privacy-respecting email client that asks a fair price for the radical act of not selling you out—but it's a po...Good7.7Castro
News appCastro's inbox-and-queue model is a coherent answer to subscription overload, and for listeners who want to hand-sort their shows it earns its place. ...Good7.1Wide Ocean Big Jacket
Simulation gameA sharp, well-observed 90-minute story about growing up that trades puzzles and combat for unusually believable dialogue. If "wandering and reading" c...Good7.4The Big Con
Adventure gameA charming, big-hearted throwback that leans on comedy and warmth more than mechanics — short, funny, and touching, so long as expectations don't incl...Good7.0Athenian Rhapsody
Adventure gameA solo-developed comedy RPG that treats every battle as a chance to reinvent itself — sometimes you fight, sometimes you draw the boss yourself. Uneve...Good7.5PCalc
Business appPCalc is the rare utility that turns a solved problem into a craft object — a scientific calculator so thoughtfully built and deeply configurable that...Great8.4Darkroom – Photo & Video Editor
Design appDarkroom is a thoughtfully built iOS photo and video editor that edits straight from your camera roll, with a toolset deep enough for real work. The s...Good7.4
Widgetsmith
Productivity appWidgetsmith earns its keep through sheer depth of home-screen customization, but iOS throttling, a fiddly two-step setup, and creeping paywalls hold i...Good7.2goblin.tools
Productivity appA pile of tiny, unglamorous AI utilities that solve a real neurological problem with unusual clarity of purpose — for a one-time $2.99 on mobile. The ...Good7.8Iris and the Giant
Card gameLouis Rigaud's card-battler about fighting your own depression is emotionally honest and mechanically clever, but the iOS port is a broken promise — t...Good7.1RetroArch
LibretroRetroArch is among the most capable retro gaming software available and one of the least welcoming. Push through the menu system and you get 100+ cons...Good7.6Cascadeur
Design appCascadeur is a rare animation tool that makes you better at your craft instead of doing it badly on your behalf — a focused, physics-literate animatio...Great8.7Beli
Food & Drink appBeli replaces the tyranny of the 4.3-star average with a ranking engine built from your own comparisons, and it's a genuinely sharp piece of design — ...Great8.1Gaia GPS
Navigation appGaia GPS is one of the most serious backcountry navigation apps available, with a depth of map data that rivals dedicated GPS hardware costing far mor...Good7.4Copilot Money
Finance appCopilot Money is a personal finance app that treats design as a feature, not an afterthought — a polished, genuinely clever money tracker whose subscr...Good7.7Two Dots
Board gameTwo Dots is an elegantly designed puzzle game with a genuinely deep core mechanic — and a quietly persistent free-to-play economy that works against t...Good7.2Pocket City
Simulation gamePocket City is a modest, principled city-builder—a paywall-free tribute to classic SimCity that fits in your pocket and never reaches for your wallet....Good7.2Prune
Family gamePrune is a rare thing — a mobile game with the soul of an art installation and the discipline to never overstay its welcome. Ten years on, it remain...Great8.0Old Man's Journey
Adventure gameA wordless, hand-painted meditation on regret and reconciliation that lands like a short story — affecting, if slight. The puzzles rarely push back, s...Good7.4Kingdom Rush
Action gameA decade-plus on, Ironhide's fantasy tower defense remains one of the sharpest-designed games in its genre—tight, funny, and built with real care. We ...Great8.7Hidden Folks
Adventure gameA hand-drawn hidden-object game that ditches the exploitative freemium playbook for patience, craft, and a huge library of sound effects made with a h...Good7.8Alto's Odyssey
Action gameAlto's Odyssey doesn't reinvent the endless runner—it refines it with real craft and a couple of genuine reservations. We rate it a Great: clearly rec...Great8.5Ringotan
Education appRingotan is a rare free tool that does one hard thing well — training the hand, not just the eyes, to produce thousands of kanji. It's plain-looking, ...Great8.6
