Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games — Page 5
Expert-reviewed iPhone and iPad apps and games, scored out of 10.
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- 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
iNaturalist
Education appiNaturalist is a genuinely valuable, if occasionally rough-edged, tool that turns a smartphone into a powerful tricorder for the natural world. It fus...Great8.7Threes!
Card gameThrees! is a beautifully crafted, endlessly challenging puzzle box that respects players' intelligence and punishes every mistake with a devastating, ...Outstanding9.0Zotero
Education appZotero is a genuinely excellent research tool that tames the chaos of information gathering, and its free, open-source model makes it an easy recommen...Great8.7Human Resource Machine
Education gameHuman Resource Machine cleverly disguises a rigorous introduction to computer logic as a charming, satirical puzzle game. It's a brilliant, and occasi...Outstanding9.1Mathway: Scan & Solve Problems
Education appMathway delivers instant answers to a staggering range of math problems, but its true educational value—the step-by-step guidance—is locked behind a s...Mixed6.4Symbolab: AI Math Solver
Education appSymbolab is a genuinely capable math solver with wide subject coverage, but its best features sit behind a paywall and its value depends entirely on t...Mixed6.8Desmos Graphing Calculator
Education appDesmos strips away the friction of traditional graphing calculators, offering a fluid, intuitive, and powerful tool that transforms abstract math into...Outstanding9.6CuriosityStream
Education appCuriosityStream offers a deep, high-quality documentary library at a low price, but a dated interface, sluggish app design, and weak discovery tools m...Mixed6.2
MasterClass: Become More You
Education appMasterClass sells beautifully packaged inspiration, not true education. As a school it falls short; as a premium form of intellectual entertainment, i...Mixed6.3Tynker: Coding for Kids
Education appTynker offers a genuinely structured, curriculum-driven path into coding for kids, but its rigid, closed ecosystem and subscription-heavy model make i...Mixed6.1PBS KIDS ScratchJr
Education appFor young children taking their first steps toward coding, PBS KIDS ScratchJr uses a cast of beloved characters to make sequencing and logic approacha...Good7.5ScratchJr
Education appScratchJr translates the core logic of programming into a creative sandbox for the world's youngest aspiring coders, though its open-ended nature ofte...Great8.5Mimo: Learn Coding/Programming
Developer Tools appMimo gamifies the grind of learning to code, offering a polished, habit-forming platform that drills fundamentals well but stops short of true mastery...Good7.0Sololearn: Learn to Code
Education appSololearn gamifies the first, often intimidating steps of learning to code, and few apps do it as smoothly. But it mistakes the starting line for the ...Mixed6.3Simply Piano: Learn Piano Fast
Education appSimply Piano offers a gamified on-ramp for the absolute beginner, turning the initial hurdles of learning into an engaging, feedback-driven process. B...Mixed6.8Yousician
Education appYousician gamifies music practice into an effective feedback loop, but it remains a sharp-edged tool, not a replacement for a human instructor. It is ...Good7.3Lumosity
Education appLumosity is a slick, habit-forming suite of daily brain games, but its value is undermined by a history of unproven claims and a subscription price th...Mixed5.8Elevate - Brain Training
Education appElevate is a polished, habit-forming suite of brain-training exercises, but its promises of cognitive enhancement should be taken with a grain of salt...Mixed6.6Khan Academy Kids
Adventure appKhan Academy Kids delivers a shockingly robust, genuinely educational, and completely free early learning suite that sets a new standard for the categ...Outstanding9.7Busuu
Education appBusuu injects a dose of academic rigor into the chaotic world of language apps, offering a structured, goal-oriented curriculum augmented by its human...Good7.7Memrise
Education appMemrise is a sharp vocabulary drill built on spaced repetition and authentic native-speaker video, but it's weak on grammar and effectively requires a...Mixed6.7Rosetta Stone
Education appRosetta Stone is the digital equivalent of a prestigious, old-school university: a rigorous, deeply structured curriculum whose dated methods demand a...Mixed6.0Babbel
Education appBabbel forgoes gamified distractions in favor of a structured, academically grounded path to conversational fluency. It's a solid choice for serious a...Good7.5Brainly: AI Homework Helper
Education appBrainly answers a stuck student's question in seconds, but the product leans toward handing over answers rather than teaching, the free tier is crampe...Mixed5.9
