Best iPhone & iPad Apps & Games
Expert-reviewed iPhone and iPad apps and games, scored out of 10.
- Reviewed
- 19
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
Desert Golfing
Sports gameDesert Golfing strips away nearly everything a modern mobile game piles on and leaves one shot, one hole and one stroke counter that can never be rese...Great8.1Fishbrain
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...Good7.4Wikiloc
Navigation appWikiloc has one of the largest crowdsourced trail libraries anywhere, and its free tier with offline maps is useful on its own. But the features that ...Good7.2Retro Bowl
Simulation gameRetro Bowl pairs a one-gesture passing game with a front-office sim that actually bites, and hands over both for free. Its refusal to let you play def...Good7.7Grand Mountain Adventure
Adventure gameThree snowboarding brothers built a skiing game with an honest physics model and a top-down camera nobody else uses. That camera can hide the terrain ...Good7.7Golf Club Wasteland
Adventure gameGolf Club Wasteland is a melancholy, well-crafted eulogy for human civilization delivered through a golf game — solid, affecting work that ends sooner...Good7.2Descenders
Action gameRageSquid built a physics model strong enough to carry an entire genre experiment, and the result is a genuinely demanding skill curve in action sport...Good7.5Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Adventure gameCygames built a genuinely deep management sim, wrapped it in a polished presentation layer, and then chained the whole thing to a gacha economy and a ...Good7.4
Absolute Drift
Action gameAbsolute Drift is a study in focused design — one mechanic, sharpened hard, wrapped in stark white minimalism and drum & bass. Its punishing onboardin...Good7.8Alto's Adventure
Action gameA decade on, Alto's Adventure remains one of the strongest arguments for premium mobile design — a one-touch snowboarding game that plays like meditat...Great8.6CloverPit
Action gameA grimy, debt-driven slot-machine roguelike that borrows Balatro's engine-building and wraps it in real dread. It's a smart $4.99 pick for players who...Good7.6Alto's Odyssey
Action gameAlto's Odyssey doesn't reinvent the endless runner—it refines it with real craft and a couple of genuine reservations. We rate it a Great: clearly rec...Great8.5Golf Peaks
Puzzle gameGolf Peaks strips golf down to a deck of cards and a grid, and the result is a calm, clever puzzler with a clear identity. It's short and occasionally...Good7.6Fitbod
Health & Fitness appFitbod is a data-driven antidote to workout indecision that turns a smartphone into a competent personal trainer. It's a solid utility that earns its ...Good7.9Windy.com
Sports appWindy.com is a professional-grade command center that replaces vague "partly cloudy" icons with raw, actionable atmospheric intelligence. We rate it G...Great8.9Hevy
Health & Fitness appHevy is the antithesis of bloated fitness apps, offering a surgical focus on strength metrics paired with a surprisingly un-toxic social layer. It is ...Outstanding9.2Strava
Health & Fitness appStrava is the undisputed town square for the athletic elite and weekend warriors alike, offering a peerless competitive ecosystem that is only slightl...Outstanding9.1art of rally
Action gameA strikingly stylized racer that balances accessible controls with a deep, rewarding driving model. It's an atmospheric celebration of rally's golden ...Great8.2GRID™ Autosport
Racing gameGRID™ Autosport sidesteps the gimmicks of its contemporaries, delivering a pure, challenging motorsport experience for the serious enthusiast. It's a ...Good7.2
