Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games — Page 4
Expert-reviewed iPhone and iPad apps and games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 139
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
Pimsleur
Education appPimsleur is the antithesis of the modern, streak-obsessed language app—a rigorous, audio-first bootcamp that prioritizes functional speech and native-...Good7.7HelloChinese
Education appHelloChinese is a precisely built pedagogical tool that dismantles the specific hurdles of the Chinese language where generalists fail. We recommend i...Great8.8Complete Anatomy
Education appComplete Anatomy is a richly detailed medical education platform that makes a strong case for replacing traditional atlases, provided you have the har...Great8.8Goodnotes
Education appGoodnotes remains a leader in digital handwriting, now bolstered by genuinely useful smart features, even if its new subscription model leaves a bitte...Great8.2MarginNote 3
Education appMarginNote 3 is a demanding, ambitious laboratory for synthesized thought that replaces the passivity of reading with the intensity of architectural k...Good7.5Nibble
Education appNibble packages genuine microlearning into a polished app, but aggressive paywalls, opaque billing, and shallow content make it hard to recommend for ...Mixed6.2LingoDeer
Education appLingoDeer abandons the dopamine-chasing gamification of its rivals to deliver a rigorous, grammar-first curriculum that treats you like an adult. It i...Great8.3Drops
Education appDrops is a well-designed, minimalist vocabulary builder that turns word acquisition into a quick, low-friction ritual. It works well as a supplemental...Good7.5
Swift Playgrounds
Education appApple's attempt to gamify the syntax of the future is as beautiful as it is curated, though the leap from solving logic puzzles to building production...Great8.2Solar Walk
Education appA visually rich, scientifically rigorous planetarium that turns the solar system into a tactile playground, held back from a higher rating by intrusiv...Great8.5Capacities
Education appCapacities is a sophisticated, object-based take on note-taking that treats notes as entities rather than files, but its mobile experience lags well b...Good7.5Please, Touch The Art
Education gameA minimalist puzzler that turns the "look but don't touch" ethos of high art into a tactile, rhythmically satisfying logic puzzle. It is as much a dig...Good7.7Seek by iNaturalist
Education appSeek by iNaturalist strips citizen science down to its most friction-free form: a privacy-first, free identification tool that turns a walk outside in...Outstanding9.4RemNote
Education appRemNote is a powerhouse of academic rigor that demands a steep intellectual down payment before it starts paying dividends in long-term retention. It ...Great8.1Kiwix
Education appKiwix is a genuinely important tool that succeeds in its radical mission to democratize knowledge, turning a smartphone into a serious offline reposit...Great8.9Euclidea
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...Great8.9DailyArt
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...Good7.8Structured
Education appStructured is one of the very best digital planners available on iOS — a carefully engineered time-blocking system that makes daily planning visually ...Outstanding9.3SketchAR
Design appSketchAR is an intriguing, technology-forward approach to artistic development through augmented reality, but its finicky AR tracking and aggressive m...Mixed6.1GDevelop
Developer Tools appGDevelop sets out to make game development accessible to all, and its no-code environment is well suited to rapid prototyping and 2D design, though mo...Good7.2Microsoft OneNote
Education appMicrosoft OneNote is a free, feature-rich digital notebook with a genuinely brilliant freeform canvas, but inconsistent mobile performance and a deman...Mixed6.7Star Walk 2 Ads+
Education app"Star Walk 2 Ads+" is a visually striking astronomy app with genuinely strong educational bones, but its pervasive full-screen advertising undercuts t...Mixed6.0Geoguessr
Education appGeoGuessr turns geography into a genuinely clever deductive game, but a subscription-only model with a stingy free tier makes it hard to recommend for...Mixed6.5Readwise
Books appReadwise tackles a real problem: we read more than ever but remember less. It's a well-designed system for capturing and retaining knowledge that will...Good7.9
