Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed iPhone and iPad apps and games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 84
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
Shelf
Books appAutomatic logging removes the chore that kills most media diaries, and a social layer with no posting and no follower counts keeps Shelf calm rather t...Good7.4Indigo
Social appCollapsing cross-posted duplicates is the main reason to consider Indigo, turning a Bluesky-plus-Mastodon habit from a two-app chore into one feed. Th...Good7.7Route 25
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...Good7.2COPY
Lifestyle appPrivate and built around a well-chosen gesture, COPY dresses asynchronous voice notes in vintage walkie-talkie hardware. The costume is appealing, but...Good7.0Stella Foster
Lifestyle appHard to recommend for most people: Stella Foster’s phone-number access is a smart structural idea, but an always-on Mac dependency, a thin public reco...Mixed5.9Germ DM
Productivity appA considered privacy layer for Bluesky, with real caveats: MLS encryption, handle-based sign-in and burner cards are thoughtful, but an unaudited laun...Good7.2Mozi
Social appA privacy-minded answer to one specific question — which friends will be in the same city as you, and when? The design is principled and the contact b...Good7.3Openvibe
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...Good7.1
bitchat
Social appA privacy-first mesh messenger built for dead zones, crowded venues and shutdowns, held back by the one thing no update can ship: enough people nearby...Good7.4Keet
Social appKeet's serverless design gives privacy a structural basis, but the seed-phrase identity and thin onboarding keep it a specialist tool rather than a de...Good7.4Welder
Productivity appWelder is an ambitious Dutch attempt to collapse communication, learning, and HR into one white-labeled app for deskless workforces, and the design th...Mixed6.1Loops
Photo & Video appLoops shows a short-video network can run without ads, surveillance, or engagement traps, and its fediverse plumbing is genuinely clever. What it hasn...Good7.3Skylight
Social appSkylight Social takes a genuinely different swing at short-form video's lock-in problem, and its open-protocol foundation addresses something TikTok w...Good7.2Bumble For Friends
Social appBumble For Friends keeps the dating app's swipe-and-match loop, puts its most useful tools behind a paywall, and has become a side branch now that Bum...Mixed6.1Literal
Books appA thoughtfully designed Goodreads alternative with a genuinely useful highlights archive — held back by a patchy book database and a small community. ...Good7.2Fishbrain
Social appFishbrain is the fullest social network built around fishing, and its crowd-sourced maps and forecasts can cut down the guesswork. But its best intell...Good7.4Life360
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...Good7.8Fable: 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...Great8.6Hinge
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...Good7.3Olio
Food & Drink appOlio's usefulness hinges entirely on how many neighbors already post, and in a quiet area the sign-up wall and paid map search mean you commit before ...Mixed6.5Flickr
Photo & Video appA serious archive and critique community wrapped in a phone app that still leans on the website for its best tools. Worth paying for if you shoot seri...Good7.1Marco Polo
Photo & Video appMarco Polo is built around one good idea — video conversation without the tyranny of the calendar — executed with restraint. It's also an app that has...Good7.8Hardcover
Books appFor readers ready to leave Goodreads behind, Hardcover offers the sharpest set of ideas in the category: half-star ratings, match-score recommendation...Good7.0Lex
Lifestyle appLex bets that words are hotter than selfies, and that bet pays off often enough to matter — but a stingy paywall and thin moderation keep a genuinely ...Good7.4
