Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games — Page 28
Expert-reviewed iPhone and iPad apps and games, scored out of 10.
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- 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
Telling Lies
Adventure gameAn ambitious, prestige-tier expansion of the FMV genre that proves more data isn't always better for the detective's soul, though its mechanical stubb...Good7.2Flightradar24
Navigation appFlightradar24 remains the most dependable aviation tracker available, turning raw ADS-B telemetry into an interactive window into the global sky. It i...Great8.5The StoryGraph
Books appThe StoryGraph is a sophisticated analytical mirror for your reading life and one of the very best apps in its category — a genuine, fully-realized al...Outstanding9.7Merlin Bird ID
Books appMerlin Bird ID is a rare triumph of applied AI, turning decades of academic data into an outstanding tool for nature identification that feels like a ...Outstanding9.6Euclidea
Education appEuclidea is a rare achievement in educational design that treats geometry not as a chore to be memorized, but as a series of increasingly elegant puzz...Great8.9Strava
Health & Fitness appStrava is the undisputed town square for the athletic elite and weekend warriors alike, offering a peerless competitive ecosystem that is only slightl...Outstanding9.1Roam Research
Productivity appA demanding, high-friction tool with genuinely powerful networked-thought features—but a dated interface, weak mobile apps, and a steep learning curve...Mixed6.4Scrivener
Books appScrivener is a formidable structural engineering tool for words that trades a steep learning curve for exceptional organizational power, though its re...Great8.3
Session
Social appSession is one of the most ambitious attempts yet to decouple messaging from personal identity, trading mainstream convenience for serious metadata pr...Great8.2Cryptomator
Productivity appCryptomator is a solid, well-designed answer for anyone who trusts the cloud's convenience but distrusts its keepers. Its zero-knowledge encryption re...Good7.7Brotato
Action gameBrotato distills the "survivors-like" genre to its mathematical bones, proving that real depth doesn't require a sprawling map—only a perfectly tuned ...Great8.4Gnosia
Adventure gameGnosia is a remarkably successful translation of social deduction into a single-player format, turning the anxiety of 'Werewolf' into a personal, haun...Great8.3Lemmy
News appLemmy is a defiant, decentralized answer to the corporate capture of social media, offering a raw but rewarding return to community-driven discourse w...Great8.3Radio Garden
Music appA breathtaking bridge between geography and sound that reminds us that despite our borders, the airwaves remain a shared, chaotic, and beautiful human...Outstanding9.4SimpleX Chat
Social appIf Signal is a vault, SimpleX is a ghost. By entirely severing the link between your identity and your data, it demands a steep usability tax to deliv...Outstanding9.4Immich
Photo & Video appImmich is a credible, privacy-first alternative to Google Photos, with a polished native app and genuinely local AI search—provided you're willing to ...Great8.8Zulip
Productivity appZulip is the thinking person's communication tool, trading the chaotic firehose of modern chat for a structured, topic-based architecture that respect...Great8.4Paprika Recipe Manager
Food & Drink appPaprika Recipe Manager 3 is utilitarian software design at its most focused, trading flashy social gimmicks for brutal, reliable efficiency that turns...Outstanding9.5Kagi Search
Utilities appKagi Search is a sophisticated, pay-to-play escape hatch from the advertising-choked state of modern search, offering power users deep control at a pr...Great8.2DailyArt
Education appDailyArt is a quietly confident act of minimalist curation that turns a smartphone into a daily cultural ritual. Its editorial craft is real, but a cl...Good7.8Bluesky
Social appBluesky is a rare structural rebellion that doesn't forget to be a functional product — a genuinely well-designed decentralized network without the us...Great8.7Perplexity
Productivity appPerplexity is a sharp strike against the SEO-clogged wasteland of modern search, delivering cited, synthesized answers that make traditional search en...Great8.4Raycast
Productivity appRaycast for iOS is a carefully designed extension of the Mac's best productivity tool, turning the iPhone into a capable AI command center and snippet...Good7.9Heptabase
Productivity appHeptabase is a well-designed cognitive workbench that bridges the gap between atomic note-taking and spatial reasoning, though it demands a real menta...Great8.1
