Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed iPhone and iPad apps and games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 27
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
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Reference appA tightly fenced-in hub for Pokémon card collectors, with broad English and Japanese tracking and a trade system that deliberately cuts out private ch...Good7.2Night Sky
Education appFor pointing a phone at the sky and finding out what's up there, Night Sky remains one of the simplest options around. The AR is polished and the free...Good7.8BirdNET
Education appBirdNET is a serious scientific tool, and it shows. It identifies common birds by ear, costs nothing, shows no ads and every recording feeds real cons...Good7.1The 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...Great8.7Speechling
Education appSpeechling does the one thing most language apps quietly avoid — it makes you speak, then has a real human tell you what you got wrong. The interface ...Good7.6Sky Tonight
Books appSky Tonight is a capable pocket planetarium that pairs an accurate sky map with genuinely useful event forecasting—but its free tier is riddled with v...Good7.3NASA
Education appNASA's official app is a rare thing in mobile software—an authoritative, ad-free, genuinely free educational resource with more content than most user...Good7.9Star Chart
Education appStar Chart remains one of the most approachable augmented-reality planetariums around, turning a night sky full of anonymous dots into a legible map o...Good7.1
Forvo
Education appForvo remains the most direct way to hear how a word actually sounds in the mouths of real native speakers — an invaluable resource wrapped in a mob...Good7.1Wikipedia
Books appThe official Wikipedia app is a rare thing — a piece of software that respects you. It's free, ad-free, open source, and quietly one of the best-desig...Outstanding9.1Pl@ntNet
Education appPl@ntNet is a rigorous, non-profit plant identification tool that trades commercial hand-holding for scientific integrity and a zero-dollar price tag....Great8.5Sky Guide
Education appSky Guide remains a standout for mobile stargazing, wrapping rigorous astronomical data in a polished, AR-driven interface that makes navigating the n...Great8.8HelloChinese
Education appHelloChinese is a precisely built pedagogical tool that dismantles the specific hurdles of the Chinese language where generalists fail. We recommend i...Great8.8DeepL Translate
Books appDeepL Translate is a focused, well-designed translation utility that prioritizes context and tone over sheer language count. It earns a strong recomme...Great8.4LingoDeer
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...Great8.3Kiwix
Education appKiwix is a genuinely important tool that succeeds in its radical mission to democratize knowledge, turning a smartphone into a serious offline reposit...Great8.9Callsheet
Reference appCallsheet is a surgical strike against the ad-cluttered, slow-loading mess that modern media databases have become. It is quite simply the fastest way...Outstanding9.5Merlin Bird ID
Books appMerlin Bird ID is a rare triumph of applied AI, turning decades of academic data into an outstanding tool for nature identification that feels like a ...Outstanding9.6Star 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...Mixed6.0Poe
Productivity appA single, tidy front door to several leading AI models, Poe earns a recommendation for convenience and custom bots, with the caveat that breadth comes...Great8.0eBird
Books appeBird is the digital backbone of modern ornithology, turning a personal hobby into a genuine scientific contribution. Its academic roots show in a dat...Great8.3Obsidian
Productivity appObsidian is a powerful, deeply customizable note-taking tool for those who value data ownership above all else. Its steep learning curve makes it a co...Good7.3Brainly: 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...Mixed5.9WolframAlpha
Books appWolframAlpha is not a search engine; it's a formidable computational knowledge engine that delivers precise, calculated answers, making it a valuable ...Great8.6
