Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games — Page 5
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
Fallout Shelter
RPG gameFallout Shelter's early hours are a sharp, funny management sim, but the vault eventually runs itself and the game turns into timer-watching and chore...Mixed6.8Wanderlog
Navigation appFor a free itinerary planner, Wanderlog covers an unusual amount of ground: map-linked days, real-time group editing, email-based booking import and c...Good7.8Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty!
Action gameJust Add Water's remake of Abe's Oddysee keeps the satire of industrial greed landing as hard as it did in 1997, and quicksave finally makes the game ...Good7.3Solar System Scope
Education appA polished, data-grounded astronomy model that makes orbital mechanics easy to see, though ads, a paid texture unlock and a shallow reference layer ke...Good7.5Magic: The Gathering Arena
Card gameMTG Arena's rules engine is a genuine technical achievement, and its Limited scene is the strongest reason to install it. But the economy is built for...Mixed6.1Life360
Lifestyle appFor families who need cross-platform location sharing and teen-driver oversight, Life360 is a solid choice with real flaws that matter. Crash Detectio...Good7.8Anybox
News appAnybox is a well-built, native way to save links on Apple devices, and its free tier is a fair trial. Its tags behave like folders, and the feature li...Good7.4The Elements by Theodore Gray
Education appMore than 500 real, rotatable photographs and Theodore Gray's funny, knowledgeable writing make this the strongest way to browse the periodic table on...Great8.7
Hoa
Action gameHoa is gorgeous and nearly frictionless, but its puzzles never develop past their first idea and its floaty movement keeps the core verb from ever fee...Mixed6.3DuckDuckGo
Productivity appDuckDuckGo protects your privacy by default, so you don't have to configure anything. It's a privacy tool ordinary people can actually keep using. Sea...Great8.0The White Door
Adventure gameThe White Door proves Rusty Lake's surrealism can work in a slower, more structured form, but it's short, gentle, and repeats itself more than it shou...Mixed6.6The Stillness of the Wind
Memory of God, Lambic StudiosThe Stillness of the Wind is hard to recommend for most people: it is slow on purpose, thin as a farming game, and over in a few hours. For players wh...Mixed6.1Pirates Outlaws
Card gamePirates Outlaws leans so heavily on Slay the Spire's skeleton that its own identity rests almost entirely on one idea, and harsh difficulty spikes can...Mixed6.8Fable: Book Club & Tracker
Books appFable earns a clear recommendation on the strength of its in-book discussion system, a genuinely clever design solution to the spoiler problem tha...Great8.6Lightbot
Education appLightbot teaches real computer-science thinking (decomposition, reuse, recursion and conditional logic) without showing a single line of syntax. It is...Great8.1Please, Don't Touch Anything
Puzzle gameA clever one-room puzzle game that turns a single forbidden button into about 25 endings, most of them darkly funny. It rewards patience and a notepad...Good7.0Stack the States
Education appStack the States hides a flash-card drill inside a physics puzzle that is genuinely fun, and the design still works. It is a clean, ad-free, privacy-r...Good7.6Lapse
Lifestyle appLapse is a convincing attempt to take the performance out of photo sharing: shots can't be checked right away, friends are the only audience, and ther...Good7.9Hinge
Lifestyle appHinge's core design is the most thoughtful in mainstream dating: you respond to a specific prompt or photo instead of swiping, so every match starts w...Good7.3Tiimo
Lifestyle appTiimo takes a clear, humane position on planning: time is hard to feel, and a visual schedule helps more than a list. Its colour-coded timeline and vi...Good7.4Monument Valley 3
Adventure gameustwo games finally lets Monument Valley leave the room it was built in. Sailing and reshaping architecture make this the most ambitious game in the t...Good7.5Pythonista 3
Education appFor writing and running real Python on an iPhone or iPad, Pythonista 3 remains the most complete option available. It works fully offline, includes a ...Great8.2Oxenfree II: Lost Signals
Adventure gameOxenfree II: Lost Signals has sharp writing, a strong adult lead and a soundtrack that gets under your skin, but it sticks too closely to the origin...Good7.1MarineTraffic
Navigation appMarineTraffic remains the most complete way to see the world's shipping from a phone, and its near-shore tracking is excellent. But the developer keep...Mixed6.5
