Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games — Page 3
Expert-reviewed iPhone and iPad apps and games, scored out of 10.
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- 127
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
Death 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...Good7.7Tomb 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...Good7.1Ball 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...Great8.2Highwater
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 ...Mixed6.2Afterimage
Action gameAfterimage is a strikingly beautiful Metroidvania with design that doesn't always keep pace with its art. Aurogon Shanghai built a sprawling, mechanic...Good7.1Fortnite
Action gameFortnite stopped being a game years ago and became a platform—a chaotic, generous, occasionally exhausting entertainment machine that gives away the w...Good7.5Kingdom 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 ...Great8.7Alto'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...Great8.5
Feist
Action gameFeist is a gorgeous, physics-driven survival platformer where the world does most of the killing—yours and everyone else's. It's short, frequently mad...Mixed6.0Ultimate Chicken Horse
Action gameA rare party game that turns level design into a blood sport, Ultimate Chicken Horse is a clever, well-built take on emergent chaos—great with friends...Great8.0Type:Rider
Action appType:Rider is a beautiful, atmospheric history lesson—a striking platformer whose floaty physics never quite live up to the strength of its concept. W...Good7.1BOKURA
Action gameBOKURA turns miscommunication into a puzzle mechanic, building a game that structurally demands two people talking to each other. It's inventive and o...Good7.4Bugsnax
Action gameA deceptively adorable creature-collector that smuggles a surprisingly mature story about grief, obsession, and belonging past its candy-colored exter...Good7.3Moonlighter
Action gameDigital Sun built a game around a genuinely fresh idea—run a shop by day, raid a dungeon by night—and executed it with enough craft and charm that its...Good7.2Holedown
Action gameA ruthlessly polished brick-breaker that trades the genre's mindless tapping for genuine geometry, Holedown is a satisfying premium puzzle game—short ...Great8.1Phoenotopia: Awakening
Action gamePhoenotopia: Awakening is a beautifully crafted, fiercely challenging retro adventure that rewards patience and punishes carelessness. For players wit...Good7.4FAR: Lone Sails
Action gameFAR: Lone Sails is a beautifully paced, atmospheric journey that turns the potentially tedious chore of vehicle maintenance into something intimate an...Good7.6Planet Coaster
Action gamePlanet Coaster is a deep, piece-by-piece digital construction set that excels at park customization but falls short as a financial management simulati...Good7.0Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Action gameA clever adaptation of the co-op franchise that brings tactical, fully destructible terrain and tense crowd-control dynamics to the auto-shooter genre...Good7.5SNKRX
Action gameA clever, highly addictive fusion of classic Snake movement and auto-battler drafting that turns tactical positioning into a chaotic, high-stakes pu...Great8.1Linelight
Action gameLinelight is a study in minimalism, stripping away the friction of modern gaming to reveal a pure, hypnotic core of logic and movement. It is one of t...Great8.7Muse Dash
Action gameMuse Dash strips the bloat from traditional rhythm games, replacing complex inputs with a hyper-kinetic, two-button combat loop that is elegant in its...Good7.7Streets of Rage 4
Action gameStreets of Rage 4 is a superb genre revival, blending hand-drawn artistry with mechanical depth that puts it among the strongest modern brawlers — rec...Great8.2Nova Drift
Action gameNova Drift is what happens when you cross-breed the frantic DNA of Asteroids with the obsessive depth of an ARPG skill tree. It is a deeply clever p...Great8.8
