Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed iPhone and iPad apps and games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 21
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
Featured on Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games
Openvibe
News appCrossposting earns this app a place on a home screen: write one post, publish it to several open networks at once, Threads included, for free and with...Good7.1Folo
News appFolo has the most ambitious idea in RSS in a decade — an open-source, ad-free aggregator that uses RSSHub to pull X, Reddit, YouTube, and podcasts int...Mixed6.8Anybox
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...Good7.4Ground News
Magazines & Newspapers appGround News is a news app built to make readers uncomfortable — it shows who covered a story, who ignored it, and who owns the outlet doing the tellin...Good7.6Substack
Lifestyle appAs a reader, Substack's mobile app is among the best-built content clients on either store — chronological, ad-free, and genuinely pleasant to read in...Great8.4Castro
News appCastro's inbox-and-queue model is a coherent answer to subscription overload, and for listeners who want to hand-sort their shows it earns its place. ...Good7.1Ivory
News appTapbots took everything that made Tweetbot a benchmark for third-party clients and rebuilt it for Mastodon, and the result is one of the most refined ...Great8.5Reeder
News appSilvio Rizzi torched the unread badge and rebuilt his beloved RSS app as a calm, chronological river of everything you follow. It's handsome and genui...Good7.6
GoodLinks
News appGoodLinks is a focused, well-built utility that turns the chaotic modern web into a clean personal library — and it does so with a single upfront purc...Great8.6NewsBlur
News appNewsBlur stands apart from algorithmic feeds by demanding active control of your information diet through a robust, if complex, machine-learning filte...Good7.8Warpcast
News appWarpcast is a strong argument for decentralized social media, trading the "free" price tag of legacy platforms for a high-signal environment that resp...Great8.8Matter
News appMatter is a sophisticated, high-fidelity filter for the modern information diet, transforming a cluttered article queue into a curated, audible, and d...Great8.8NetNewsWire
News appFor anyone tired of algorithmic feeds and ad-choked reading, NetNewsWire is the cleanest way back to an intentional web. Free, open-source, and fierce...Outstanding9.7Lemmy
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...Great8.3Feedly
News appFeedly is a powerful RSS reader built for turning information chaos into order, and its design remains solid. But its most potent tools against digita...Good7.0Pocket Casts
News appPocket Casts remains a deeply capable, thoughtfully designed podcast player that earns a clear recommendation. Its playback tools and organizational d...Great8.4Overcast
News appOvercast remains a titan in the podcast space for a reason. Its powerful, user-centric audio features and reputation for reliability make it a default...Outstanding9.5Quora
News appQuora is a vast, often-fascinating repository of human curiosity, but inconsistent quality control and a user experience that struggles to separate si...Mixed6.4Nextdoor: Neighborhood Network
Lifestyle appNextdoor promises a digital town square but often delivers a digital battleground. Its utility for practical neighborhood logistics is real, yet incon...Mixed6.2Mastodon
News appMastodon delivers on its promise of a decentralized, user-controlled social network, but its philosophical strengths create real onboarding friction t...Good7.4Reddit
News appReddit remains a powerhouse of community-driven discussion, with remarkable depth on nearly any topic imaginable. The official mobile client, however,...Good7.6
