Best iPhone and iPad apps and games of all time

There are now more than 650,000 iPhone and iPad apps available. So which are the best iPhone and iPad apps and games to download? Check out our lists of the best free and paid iPhone and iPad apps and games of all time.

Best apps of all time

  • Best free iPhone apps of all time

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Skype
    • Pandora Radio
    • Dropbox
    • NPR News
    • Amazon Mobile
    • Evernote
    • Facebook
    • Yelp
    • Kindle – Read Books, eBooks, Magazines, Newspapers & Textbooks
    • Instagram

    What are the best free iPhone apps worth downloading right now? Although there are a lot of great free iPhone apps to choose from, time is money and here we are recommending the best free iPhone apps of all time. Skype Used to be that Skype was cool but not particularly useful. It allowed users to ... Full Article »

  • Best free iPhone games of all time

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Words With Friends Free
    • Angry Birds Free
    • ▻Sudoku
    • Unblock Me FREE
    • Hanging With Friends Free
    • Paper Toss 2.0
    • Fruit Ninja Free
    • Six-Guns
    • Poker by Zynga
    • Amazing Breaker Free

    Not all iPhone games require you to pay 99 cents or more to download them. So what are the best free games for the iPhone? These selections are worth paying for even though they won’t cost you a dime. Words with Friends Free Who would have though that Apple’s iOS platform was the perfect platf ... Full Article »

  • Best free iPad apps of all time

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Facebook
    • textPlus Free Text + Calls : Free Texting + Free Phone Calling + Free International Messenger
    • Google Earth
    • NASA App HD
    • NPR for iPad
    • NYTimes for iPad
    • Flipboard: Your Social News Magazine
    • GoSkyWatch Planetarium for iPad - the astronomy star guide
    • Virtuoso Piano Free 2 HD
    • WeatherBug for iPad

    What are the best free iPad apps worth downloading right now? Although there are a lot of great free iPad apps to choose from, time is money and here we are recommending the best free iPad apps of all time. Facebook (Free) It took a long time arriving, but finally the Facebook app got updated to w ... Full Article »

  • Best free iPad games of all time

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Cut the Rope HD Free
    • Air Hockey Gold
    • Tilt to Live HD
    • Pocket Legends
    • Harbor Master HD
    • Tap Tap Radiation
    • NinJump - HD
    • Angry Birds HD Free
    • Smurfs' Village
    • My Horse

    If you recently purchased an iPad 2 and are wondering which free iPad games are worth downloading, we have you covered. From adventure games, to racing games to music games to sports game, we showcase the best iPad games that won’t cost you a dime. Cut the Rope HD Lite We know there’s a fine l ... Full Article »

  • Best paid iPhone apps of all time

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Hipstamatic
    • Camera+
    • iMovie
    • TuneIn Radio Pro
    • Things
    • MLB.com At Bat 11
    • Save My Place
    • Mobile Mouse (Remote/Mouse/Trackpad/Keyboard)
    • NewsRack
    • FlightTrack Pro – Live Flight Status Tracker by Mobiata

    While we all like to get things for free, some iPhone apps are simply worth paying for. Many premium apps for photography, productivity and entertainment can be downloaded for just a few bucks or even 99 cents. So which are the best paid iPhone apps you should download right away? Hipstamatic ($1.9 ... Full Article »

  • Best paid iPhone games of all time

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Dead Space™
    • Infinity Blade II
    • Osmos
    • Cut the Rope
    • World of Goo
    • Jetpack Joyride
    • Plants vs. Zombies
    • Scribblenauts Remix
    • Angry Birds
    • Fruit Ninja

    While we all love free iPhone games, for in most cases just a few bucks, you can now download state-of-the-art iPhone games that would cost you several times more on other platforms and devices. So what are the best iPhone games worth paying for? Dead Space ($2.99) A truly horrific visual style wr ... Full Article »

  • Best paid iPad apps of all time

    Apps Mentioned:
    • KORG iELECTRIBE
    • Marvel Comics
    • Air Display
    • Reeder for iPad
    • Netflix
    • Pianist Pro
    • GoodReader for iPad
    • Numbers
    • The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
    • Hulu Plus

    There are many great iPad apps worth paying for - even the ones that are not iPad games. Whether you like to consume movies and music on the go, are a fan of classic comics or need a survival guide for your next camping trip, we have selections for you. Korg iELECTRIBE - $19.99 Are you a closet DJ ... Full Article »

  • Best paid iPad games of all time

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Infinity Blade II
    • Peggle HD
    • Minecraft – Pocket Edition
    • Plants vs. Zombies HD
    • Real Racing 2 HD
    • Pinball HD
    • SCRABBLE HD for iPad
    • Angry Birds HD
    • Osmos for iPad
    • Zen Bound® 2 Universal

    What iPad games are worth paying for? The features, speed and overall coolness of the iPad 2 make Apple’s tablet a revolutionary gaming device. And iPad games are much cheaper than console games and traditional PC titles. Here are our picks of the best iPad games worth downloading right now. Infi ... Full Article »

Best apps of 2012

  • Best iOS Apps of 2012

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Google Maps
    • Camera Awesome
    • Slices for Twitter
    • Khan Academy
    • Brewster Address Book
    • NextDraft - The Day's Most Fascinating News
    • Action Movie FX
    • Atlas by Collins™
    • Vyclone
    • Highlight - People Nearby
    • Clear
    • Pocket (Formerly Read It Later)
    • Showyou
    • Paper by FiftyThree

    Nearly six years after the debut of the iPhone, mobile applications are beginning to mature. The best mobile apps of 2012 – with a few notable exceptions – are more about refined practicality rather than anything revolutionary. Below are the apps that made headlines and ultimately improved our h ... Full Article »

  • Best iOS Games of 2012

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Horn™
    • ARC Squadron
    • Angry Birds Star Wars
    • Rayman Jungle Run
    • Letterpress – Word Game
    • Beat Sneak Bandit
    • Punch Quest
    • Real Boxing™
    • The Room
    • Triple Town

    With each passing year, the volume of high quality games released in the App Store increases. 2012 saw an Angry Birds-Star Wars crossover, great endless runners, and adventure and puzzle titles with beautiful 3D graphics. While some developers worked tirelessly to figure out the best way to utilize ... Full Article »

  • Best iPhone food apps of 2012

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Sara's Kitchen
    • Wine Spectator WineRatings+
    • Giada
    • Food Network On the Road (Official)
    • Great Coffee App

    Whether you were looking for better restaurants, wine, coffee or recipes, the iPhone came through with plenty of apps to suit your needs in 2012. Long gone are the days of relying on friendly word of mouth and large cookbooks for any of the above, now we have apps to tell us what to like. I kid, but ... Full Article »

  • Best iPhone sports apps of 2012

    Apps Mentioned:
    • NBA Game Time 2012-13
    • Coach's Eye
    • WatchESPN
    • MLB PrePlay
    • Football Pickem

    At first glance, after six generations of iPhones, the general sports app landscape doesn’t have much left to reveal. There are dozens of apps that function in basically the same way, offering up some combination of fantasy news, the latest scores and social media components. But that thinking obs ... Full Article »

Best apps for new owners

  • New iOS Device for the holidays? Download these apps first!

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Facebook
    • Google Maps
    • Camera Awesome
    • Google Search
    • Netflix
    • VUDU Player
    • Hulu Plus
    • Crackle - Movies & TV
    • Pocket (Formerly Read It Later)

    With each new holiday season, Apple finds itself selling a huge number of iOS devices, from old iPhone 4s to the brand new iPad mini. This means that there will be people waking up during December days off, stumbling through the iTunes App Store, wondering what they should be downloading on their sh ... Full Article »

  • New iOS Device for the holidays? Download these games first!

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Walking Dead: The Game
    • Infinity Blade II
    • Angry Birds Star Wars
    • Grand Theft Auto 3
    • Letterpress – Word Game

    Congratulations on your new iPhone or iPad! The first few days with a new iOS device can be daunting if you’re new to Apple’s walled garden. There are literally hundreds of thousands of apps available, and when it comes to gaming, there are a great many that aren’t worth your time, your hard d ... Full Article »

Best apps of 2011

  • Best iPhone apps of 2011

    Apps Mentioned:
    • SkyView - Explore the Universe
    • Tiger Woods: My Swing
    • Roger Ebert's Great Movies
    • Chefs Feed
    • RadioSoulwax
    • Best Of...
    • SoundTracking
    • Google Translate
    • GarageBand

    Writing for Appolicious, I look at hundreds of apps a year. Most of them stay on my iPhone about as long as it takes to review them, while others have a longer shelf life that ends only when I find myself irrationally clearing the decks so I don’t have to scroll through 10 pages to find a particul ... Full Article »

  • Best iPhone Games of 2011

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Jetpack Joyride
    • Starfront - Collision™
    • Anomaly Warzone Earth
    • World of Goo
    • Scribblenauts Remix
    • League of Evil
    • Cut the Rope: Experiments
    • Infinity Blade II
    • Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP Micro
    • Dead Space™

    With 2011 coming to an end, it’s time to look back at all the great games that have graced Apple’s iTunes App Store in the last 12 months. There have been some really exciting titles in a variety of genres over the last year, ranging from the new and beautiful Infinity Blade II to the brilliant ... Full Article »

  • Best iPad Apps of 2011

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Google Currents
    • Snapseed
    • Aweditorium
    • A Charlie Brown Christmas
    • GarageBand
    • iMuscle - (NOVA Series) - iPad edition
    • Penultimate
    • Flipboard: Your Social News Magazine
    • djay
    • HowStuffWorks for iPad

    The iPad has really grown in this last year, both as a gaming platform and as a tool that does just about everything. Many useful apps use  the extra space on an iPad's screen to make beautiful flowing interfaces, and some of these apps are downright art. From professional media tools to productivi ... Full Article »

  • Best iPad Games of 2011

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Dead Space™ for iPad
    • Crimson: Steam Pirates
    • Infinity Blade II
    • Aquaria
    • Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
    • Dark Meadow
    • Real Racing 2 HD
    • Machinarium
    • Anomaly Warzone Earth HD
    • Death Rally

    Unlike previous years, the iPad has really taken a foothold as a legitimate gaming device, able to bring us high definition, complex mobile titles that the iPhone simply could not. This year seemed like only the first salvo of an oncoming onslaught of iPad-optimized titles that could change the face ... Full Article »

  • Best iPhone social networking apps of 2011

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Amen
    • Facebook Messenger
    • Foursquare
    • Google+
    • IntoNow from Yahoo!
    • LinkedIn
    • Path
    • Pinterest
    • Quora
    • Twitter

    This year was a hot year for social networking apps, with the launch of the Google+ app, Facebook Messenger and many other social apps that bring people together to share news, wisdom, answers, laughter and the best and worst of everything. Here are ten must-have iPhone social apps that launched or ... Full Article »

  • Best iPhone apps for work of 2011

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Instant Customer
    • SamCard Pro-business card reader & business card scanner & visiting card
    • CalculateRetro
    • Phone Swipe – Credit Card Terminal
    • MerchantCircle

    With the increase in mobile tech over the past years, businesses and individual teleworkers now have even more opportunity to accomplish just as much out of the office as they do sitting at their desk. Here are 2011’s five best apps geared towards the mobile entrepreneur. Instant Customer ($2.99) ... Full Article »

  • The best iPhone sports apps of 2011

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Bill James Baseball IQ
    • ESPN Radio
    • PrePlay
    • Tiger Woods: My Swing
    • Yahoo! Sportacular

    Because sports are largely seasonal obsessions, rating sports apps can be incredibly difficult in context. As great as I think the MLB At-Bat 2011 app was this season, you won’t find it on this best-of list because it’s no longer relevant for anyone and will be replaced by a brand new app in Mar ... Full Article »

  • The best iPhone shopping apps of 2011

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Nordstrom
    • Best Decision
    • STYLEBOP Shopping App
    • RedLaser – Barcode Scanner, Shopping Assistant & QR Code Reader
    • Etsy

    With an influx of new fashionable brands each year from around the world, and multiple iPhone apps to match, it can be hard to keep up with the latest and greatest shopping opportunities. Here are five must-have shopping apps that launched in 2011 that you definitely don’t want to miss adding to y ... Full Article »

  • The best iPhone apps for freelancers in 2011

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Sum+it Billing Buddy For Easy Estimates
    • Ronin
    • EYH Billing
    • Toast Invoice
    • MiTime Free

    Whether by choice or circumstance, many creative types are farming themselves out as freelancers rather than sticking to one main gig. While that will keep an aspiring writer or videographer busy, it can also make keeping track of invoicing a small nightmare. Luckily, there are apps for that, too. H ... Full Article »

  • The best iPhone travel apps of 2011

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Oh, Ranger! ParkFinder™
    • Best Of...
    • Expedia Hotels & Flights
    • Where To Eat? - Find restaurants using GPS.
    • RoadAhead Highway Exit Finder

    Some of my favorite apps on the iPhone fall under the “Travel” category. I’m not a glutton for booking trips, rather iTunes uses that wide-ranging term to encompass everything from trip-booking apps, to grand reference guides for cities and parks, to collections of the best cuisines in certain ... Full Article »

  • The best iPhone blogging apps of 2011

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Pinterest
    • FileHound - File Transfer On The Go + Remote Desktop
    • Blogger
    • Blogsy

    Being a blogger may not be as difficult as being a firefighter or a doctor or even an accountant, but that doesn’t mean bloggers don’t need some help from time to time. Whether in need of inspiration for story ideas, or simply dying for ways to actually get their posts up, there were plenty of a ... Full Article »

  • The best iPhone fitness and nutrition apps of 2011

    Apps Mentioned:
    • P90X
    • 10K Runner: 0 to 5K to 10K run training
    • LIVESTRONG.COM - Calorie Tracker - Your Diet and Fitness Calorie Counter for Better Health
    • Nike Training Club
    • Meal Snap - Calorie Counting Magic

    Getting your diet and fitness on is a lot easier when you are armed with the proper iPhone app tools. You can ditch your gym membership and your diet-tracking notebook for some savvy nutrition and exercise iPhone apps that will take your workouts to the next level. Here are five of the best fitness ... Full Article »

  • Best iPhone weather apps of 2011

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Weather+
    • Fahrenheit - Weather and Temperature on your Home Screen
    • Living Earth - Clock & Weather
    • Weather™

    Whether the weather outside is frightful or delightful, there’s no better app to have by your side when you want to know whether to bundle up or strip down than a weather app. Here are five of the best weather apps released in 2011. Weather+ ($0.99) Any weather app can tell you the weather, but ... Full Article »

  • Best iPhone apps for learning Mandarin Chinese

    Apps Mentioned:
    • Pleco Chinese Dictionary
    • BoPoMo Help - Zhuyin Pinyin Aid
    • 5000 Chinese Audio Flashcards
    • Chinese Radicals Audio Flashcards
    • WCC Chinese Flashcards (Bigram) with Audio
    • Chinese Chinese
    • Catch Me If You Can! (L1 – Pancake) Simplified
    • Hanzi Warrior
    • uTalk Chinese (Mandarin)
    • Mandarin Chinese Pro

    The iPhone is a perfect tool for studying Chinese. Learning the 5000 characters you need to be able to read the paper takes a lot of time and repetition, so load up your iPhone with these apps and make the most of your time standing in line by studying Mandarin. From Chinese dictionaries to flashcar ... Full Article »