All the best iPhone apps and latest iPod apps, rated, reviewed and ready for download.
A useful and well-executed app – though there are a couple of frustrating niggles there, too.
£1.49
FM freshens things up with a few new additions to help stay on top of the pile at Christmas
£6.99
A fun and casual drum-matching game featuring one of our favourite Muppet characters of all time.
£1.19
The Scotsman is a superb newspaper app for the iPhone, a must-buy for readers
£1.79
Add a proper career mode and multi-player option and Fight Night Champion would be a title winner.
£2.99
A pretty, fast app, but it needs to be able to tell you where to see a chosen film, more easily.
£0.69
From the makers of Real Racing, Most Wanted deliver slick visuals and great controls, but lacks a bit of variety
£4.99
Useful on occasions, but ultimately the developer’s claims turn out to be hyperbole. The filters are fun, but you can get more from the free Instagram app.
£0.69
A must-have app for the budding triathelite of fans of tight lycra pants
FREE
A slight but good-natured game that rarely slips up and very regularly shines.
£0.69
The free 2GB account may sound poky, but use it wisely and you may never have to pay to upgrade
FREE
Like a modern day version of the rubbish old X-Ray Specs you used to buy from Marvel Comics
£0.59
A first-rate puzzle game that rewards strategic thinking, but it lacks polish
£1.99
It’s a bit of a dog at times, but the data’s good, and the app’s free.
FREE
The Scotsman is a superb newspaper app for the iPhone, a must-buy for readers
£1.79
The rebooted physics of this new instalment means you’d have to be cuckoo to bet against Angry Birds’ continued domination as it aims for infinity, and beyond.
£0.69
A disappointing, cynical sequel that needs more levels and new features to justify its existence.
£0.69
Pretty and – in the context of iOS gaming – fairly innovative, but extremely short-lived. A missed opportunity.
FREE
This is likable enough as a basic adventure RPG, but it’s hardly a diamond in the rough.
£0.69
A good app for football fans, but an occasionally awkward interface means it’s not quite essential.
£0.69
A charming, challenging experience that’s slightly marred by twitchy controls. It’s a certainly a looker, but lacks a killer sting.
£0.69
Gifture could be (albeit very limited, short-term) fun. But as it stands, it doesn’t work, so it’s no fun at all.
FREE
New Year is rapidly approaching, and hidden behind the warm, booze-addled facade of Christmas hides the dour, po-faced business of making resolutions and giving up all the stuff that makes the end of the year so much fun in the first place.
But at least the NHS is on hand to make cutting down on smoking [...]
FREE
The latest multiplayer augmented reality game for those lucky enough to own a Parrot AR Drone
£1.79
It’s classic Sonic, sure, but with a strange insistence that you need overbearing guidance to cope with simple new moves.
£4.99
No more fights over who gets to stand at the whiteboard in meetings. Use AirBoard instead.
FREE
We love talking about the weather in good old Blighty, and Weather Pro provides incredibly accurate local forecasts
£2.39
Not as fulfilling as Super Crate Box and Muffin Knight, but akin to a massive sugary treat that will leave you dazed, but happy.
FREE
This will be a four-star-plus app once more prospectuses are available. A brilliant idea.
FREE
A great app that makes it much easier and safer to listen to your music while driving.
£1.19
Not the best-designed cooking app we’ve ever seen, but the recipes it contains are interesting and unusual
£1.99
It’s as light and fluffy as some of the animals you’ll rescue, but Extinction Squad proves an entertaining trifle.
£0.69
This guides you every step of the way, from sowing seeds to harvest time. Fantastic.
FREE
Silly, simple and fun. Not quite an App Store classic, but definitely earns a recommendation.
FREE
Airport Scanner has the look down pat, but this drab job simulator proves to be as rote as the real thing. Not much to declare, here.
£0.69
Save your money and go for Instagram, which is free and offers more filters. That is, unless you desperately want these effects for video.
£0.69
A largely entertaining game that’s pulled off with considerable skill.
£4.99
While limited in purpose and lacking multiple-account support, Friend Check provides a handy snapshot of friends in your social networks.
£0.69
Initially dazzling but short-lived; however, the price is right for the entertainment it offers.
£0.69
It needs a proper tournament and a multiplayer mode, but NBA Jam is nevertheless an incredibly amusing game.
£0.59
It’s a shame about the low resolution, but this app is easy to use, and produces astonishing results.
£0.69
There’s nothing really wrong with this game, but it utterly fails to stand out in a sea of iOS puzzlers.
£0.69
Looking for a free cross-platform texting app that ‘just works’? Try the reliable PingMe Messenger.
FREE
Moonpig has been around for almost a decade, with the card-personalisation service now getting a dedicated iPhone app
FREE
An essential iPhone app for any Londoner or befuddled visitor who cannot make head nor tail of the tube map.
£0.59
Make beautiful walks even more memorable by creating and sharing these journals – just make sure you’ve got a full battery before you do so.
FREE
A good idea, decently implemented. We’d like to have seen more guidance on how video is saved
£0.69
A great app, if you need the customisation; otherwise, RunKeeper’s marginally better and free.
£2.49
Great for sharing fun moments with friends, but it feels like the app isn’t quite finished yet
FREE
A fun photo-manipulation app that lets you turn your friends into the Mona Lisa.
£0.59
Incorporating a bar-code scanner and exclusive in-store discounts, Debenhams is leading the way in high-street shopping apps on iPhone
FREE
Recent updates have added some cool new features and an improved look and feel to PayPal on iPhone.
FREE
Should have be an exercise in hilarity, but the uneven difficulty and requirement for repetition make this all a bit damp.
£0.69
Horrifically fast retro larks with, we suspect, an extremely niche appeal. We like it, though
£0.69
It’s shy of a few play modes and lacking visual diversity, but Ballistic SE makes some fine tweaks to the twin-stick shooter genre.
£1.49
The best football game for the iPhone, courtesy of the masters of the game at Konami
£5.99
Max is back with some minor control issues that won’t get in the way of your enjoyment of this shooter classic
£1.99
iDarkroom is terrific fun at a very reasonable price, though is limited overall
£0.69
TV’s sauciest cook makes her debut on the iPhone, in a bid to knock Jamie off the iChef throne
£4.99
One the whole, you’ll squirm with satisfaction at Fancy Pants Adventures, but some of the more complex levels might leave your knickers in a twist.
£0.69
Compelling puzzle dungeon crawling, but a lack of variety keeps this high-score game from getting higher score.
£1.49
Puzzle, stealth, rhythm-action and a smattering of platforming, with Game & Watch era rigidity smashed into modern iOS-style aesthetics. Perfect.
£1.99
If you are into surfing, snowboarding or extreme sports then know that Quiksilver has developed one of the best resources for your iPhone.
FREE
A pretend fish inside a pretend fish tank that you have to pretend to feed and care about
£0.59
All you need to have a great summertime barbecue, packaged up in a thoughtful interface
FREE
If you are in the habit of regularly exchanging currency or need to check the latest exchange rates, XE is a great finance app.
FREE
An app with some useful features, but doesn’t make quite enough of a case for using yet another messaging app.
FREE
A virtual shopping mall, which beats being dragged around Bluewater by the missus.
FREE
A first-class app, and one that’s nicely flexible. The lack of ticket purchasing means it can’t be the only app you use, though.
FREE
The ultimate golfing application for both casual and serious golfers to track their progress.
£4.99
Shameless tie-in meets addictive-but-shallow new game mode. We love it now, but won’t respect it in the morning
£0.69
An ideal app for the terminally lazy on holidays who want to send postcards, but don’t want to move from the sunbed.
FREE
There are niggles, and it won’t be for everyone, but it’s a good app and quietens Facebook’s noise.
FREE
It’s not a perfect music player, but those looking to some EQ control will likely become totally addicted.
£1.99
Satnav applications on mobile phones have developed at an incredible rate, with the latest from CoPilot turning your iPhone into a fully-featured PND.
£26.99
A colourful collect-’em-up that uses simple mechanics to giddy effect – explore at leisure and you’ll be happy as a pig in muck.
£0.69
One of those games that, despite having a promising concept, is just too pedestrian and unexciting to truly grab hold.
£0.69
Great for collating news stories you want to read at a later date or when you are offline
£2.99
A smart, engaging one-thumb arcade puzzler that’s just a touch too fiddly to get our highest score.
£0.69
Free texting to your loved ones and your mates when you are abroad. Where’s the catch?
£0.59
myFry is Stephen Fry’s latest autobiography, in the rather wondersome shape of a beautifully-designed iPhone app
£7.99
Continental drift-paced space action that needs an iPad version and better controls. Still compelling and lovely, though.
£2.49
Liked Casey’s Contraptions? Then you’ll like Amazing Alex! While being troubled by a nagging sense of déjà vu.
£0.69
Britain has hundreds of crap pubs, avoid them forever more with CAMRA’s handy ale guide for your mobile
£4.99
You like football, hence you have an innate need to know what the live scores are in every match at any point. Here is the app to meet those very needs.
£1.19
Not quite paradise for iOS word-game fiends, but enjoyable enough and worth a look; doubly so if you’ve a bubble-popping fetish
£0.69
Perfect for tracking post and courier deliveries from the palm of your hand
£2.99
eBay for iPhone is superb for the casual buyer and seller, but no good for eBay Derrick Trotters.
FREE
A decent serving of quickfire puzzle action, but it ain’t no WarioWare.
£0.69
CircleTime is confusing at first, but reveals itself to be a an interesting way of viewing your calendar. It might be overkill for many, though.
£0.69
If you’re serious about using your iPhone to record video, this app will unleash your camera’s true potential.
£1.99
Tweetie 2 is the discerning Twitterer’s Tweeting app of choice for the iPhone.
£1.79
One of the best general news apps on the iPhone, featuring video streams and the overall reliability of Aunty’s news hunter-gatherers
FREE
It’s so easy to set up and use; you’ll never be without a song or video again.
FREE
One for those with a careless bent, and perfect for when you want to play a game but not do any thinking.
£0.69
With more polish CreaVures might have been fanVastic – instead it’s something of a leVdown.
£0.69
A touch fiddly at times, but this game’s imagination and wonderful visuals combine to make a tasty treat
£0.69
We are big fans of the mental French circus troupe and this app helps us track their gigs around the world
FREE
When it works it’s okay, but it’s too hit and miss and at times; the interface is confusing.
FREE
Firemint’s game is one of the biggest gaming hits on the iPhone to date
£0.59
Handsome, clever, and full of potential, Friends has yet to hit the mark but should mature well.
£0.69
My First Dictionary is a reasonably priced, pleasant app, and a fun learning tool for children starting school.
£2.49
Initially looks tasty, but not really enough to make our stomachs gurgle in delight, and the overly fussy approach and uneven difficulty curve gave us minor heartache.
FREE
FM Handheld is back ready to sap away your commute once again…
£6.99
Total Film magazine’s new app gives cinephiles and movie buffs everything that they could possibly want on the iPhone
£0.59
You get lots of engaging gameplay for your money, but the going is slow and a bit of a slog.
£2.99
The interface feels a bit out of place on iOS, but it’s a fun app, and produces interesting results.
£0.69
A worthwhile distraction from the day job! The videos are easy to follow, and the results felt straight away
£0.69
Weaving through colourful tunnels may not be consistently thrilling, but Caverns of Minos sure is a charming little curio.
£1.29
Coco Loco has the ideas for a pretty solid Angry Birds-like physics puzzler, but not the expert execution needed to make them matter.
£0.69
Needs a few more versions before it can truly compete with TomTom, but it’s still a good app.
£39.99
A great looking and original story, which disappoints with its lack of charm and colour.
£3.99
As easy to use as iMovie but it’s woefully short on editing options, making it too difficult to pull off a truly decent effect.
£0.69
A moderately entertaining audio toy with sharp looks, but you’d be hard pushed to use BeatSpiral to produce any actual music.
£0.69
The AA’s latest app won’t help you fix a puncture on the M1, but it will make sure your weekends are more fun.
£4.99
Come with me if you want to avoid wasting 69p on something that doesn’t work.
£0.69
Some useful features and an innovative user interface, albeit one that’s not without its frustrations.
£1.49
It could have been a contender, but Gears has a cog loose and so doesn’t quite run like clockwork
£1.99
This app lets you take truly unique photos and is definitely worth a look if you fancy creating beautiful alternative images.
£1.99
A well-crafted little projectile firing game, but the fling soon wears off.
FREE
Whether you are a football fan or not, you’re going to need to know everything you can about this year’s glorious World Cup.
£0.59
A must for fantasy leaguers on the go, the only app that works with the official Barclays Premier League Fantasy Football.
£0.59
Ignore the association with the Burnout series – there’s a fun, stress-busting game underneath, just not a thrilling one.
£0.69
Apart from the lack of levels, it’s a well-designed and atmospheric game of cat and mouse.
£1.49
Great portal to the renowned website that covers just about everything.
FREE
This pernicious pensioner doesn’t offer the deepest experience, but it’s fast, smashy, slightly silly fun.
£0.69
Bordering on unplayable. We only got through the game due to sheer bloodymindedness.
£0.69
One of the slickest ways to find out the latest football scores and watch highlights as the goals fly in
FREE
If you freelance or regularly work on the move, then WorkSnug Pro is pretty much an essential app to help you find a suitable workplace nearby
FREE
A brilliantly visual way to track your spending, even if it can be a little confusing at first.
£1.99
The latest Pro Evo on iPhone still shows how football gaming should be done on mobile
£4.99
Split/ Second is a fun ‘Mario Kart-inspired’ racing game that is amusing but not ground-breaking
£3.99
Scare yourself silly by putting realistic looking ghosts and ghoulies into your photos
£0.59
There’s little longevity here for adults, but Fleece Lightning offers tons of fun for tiny touchscreen fiends.
£0.69
A simple, elegant and assured game of chess that feels no need to show off. Positively classy.
£4.99
Free, beautifully designed, well thought-out and often ingenious. It’s not quite perfect, but it’s not far off.
FREE
Useful for those with a passion for statistics, and could save you real money in fuel efficiency.
£4.99
Need to organise your brain in a more productive manner? Let Things do it for you!
£5.99
Not an app most people are likely to use more than half a dozen times, but it’s reasonably well done.
£0.69
Whether you use it as a tool or as a toy is up to you, but there’s no denying the usefulness of this app.
£2.49
If you favour push-bikes over petrol-powered conveyances, then you need this app to keep your cycle road-worthy.
£1.19
If you love football, you’re going to love this app. Get it, use it and wonder how you ever did without.
FREE
To get adequate warning, you’d have to hold your iPhone at an odd angle.
£0.59
The jury finds the defendant guilty of lightweight strategy, casual entertainment, unfulfilled promise and hit-&-miss humour. Dismissed!
£1.99
Finally, a TV guide for the iPhone that lets you plan your gogglebox viewing in no time at all
£1.79
Tracking expenses and sticking to budgets are two dull necessities in life which iXpenseIt helps you to deal with to reduce some of that financial stress.
£2.99
FM 2010 finally arrives on the iPhone, much to the dismay of wags everywhere
£6.99
A must-have for the cooks out there – you’ll never burn anything again.
£1.99
Some levels could even stump a rocket scientist, but despite occasional frustrations, the level designs are smart and rewarding.
£1.49
It won’t be the right choice for everyone, but this is a polished, well-conceived and nicely executed app.
£1.49
An ideal app (and at an insta-buy price-point) for anyone whose life in part involves jotting down and sharing ideas.
£1.49
Love Nike? Like football? You might just be interested in this…
FREE
A promising Siri rival, if currently too unreliable to be a replacement instead of a companion app.
£0.69
The difficulty here will quickly drive you to extinction – but it feels more a result of flawed controls than deliberate design decisions
£0.69
You can create an unlimited number of beautiful 30-second slideshows for free. What’s not to like?
FREE
BMF: ‘My Fitness Instructor’ is the new app from the UK’s biggest outdoor fitness experts
£5.99
Potentially charming, but it tries a bit too hard; it’s quicker to use the Music app. The audio filtering’s nice, mind.
£0.69
You’re unlikely to need it every day, or every week for that matter. But for the convenience GloveBox delivers, it’s 69p well spent.
£0.69
Monitor your energy usage closely and save a small fortune on gas and electricity with Meter Readings on your iPhone.
£0.59
This latest iPhone photo-manipulation app is by far the grossest yet. And yet still the funniest.
£0.59
Not quite best-in-class, but Explosive Love is entertaining, challenging and a bit of a looker.
£0.59
The perfect iPhone app for those who like to micromanage their personal expenses.
FREE
Deezer knows what you want from a music streaming app – and this is a market-leading service.
FREE
Apple’s personable take on Google Latitude impresses by keeping things simple.
FREE
A useful group messaging app that’ll surely become a serious force worldwide when it launches outside the USA.
FREE
Lonely Planet’s Guide to London on the iPhone is certainly a pricey app, but it’s worth it if you are planning to explore the city.
£9.49
Perhaps the creepiest and most addictive thing to come out of Japan since Pokemon.
£1.79
Rockstar Games’ finest open-world gangland adventure gets its first outing on the iPhone.
£5.99
A brave attempt at translating a physical board game, but it just isn’t a great videogame.
£0.69
The Reggae Reggae Sauce fella from Dragon’s Den pops up with a recipe app for the iPhone
£3.99
iPhone GPS fitness app RunKeeper Pro is great for seasoned runners and newbie park joggers alike.
£5.99
Charming and amusing, but brutally old-school in terms of visuals and difficulty, so only buy if you’re prepared to be seriously challenged.
£0.69
Super-slick, quite crispy, but a little shallow, this is hip-hop empitomised and embodied in app form
£2.99
If you can afford to shop at Waitrose then it’s likely you can afford an iPhone
FREE
A brilliant app that beats the Spotify equivalent at the same price and happens to be a great tool for discovering new music
FREE
Whether a seasoned gym-bunny or a frightened first-timer, iFitness helps you track your workouts
£1.19
A bonafide legend that’s still well worth playing, in spite of interface woes
£6.99
A free open-source satnav app that could well genuinely disrupt and improve the market for navigation apps on smartphones
FREE
If you’re looking for some fun effects to add while you’re recording video, this app works a treat.
£1.19
Out and out the best arcade shooter for iOS. It’s not going to win any beauty competitions, but it sure deserves to win some ‘best games’ ones.
£0.99
The latest fun photo-manipulation app from the Japanese wizards at MotionPortrait.
£0.59
You’ll have yourself a ball, but give it some extra levels and raise the difficulty, and you’re looking at a potential classic.
£0.69
If you are bored of normal world news, why not treat yourself to some news about what’s going on in outer space?
FREE
Loop the loop, collect Blubbles, smash enemies, discover new lands and make friends along the way.
£0.69
Simple, great value photo app for moody, thoughtful images.
FREE
Not a game to buy if you dislike a challenge, but if you’re all for tough puzzlers, Beyond Ynth is great.
£1.49
If you’re a doofus, don’t play DOFUS. The various creature and enemy types make this a strategy puzzler of surprising depth. A satisfying challenge.
£1.99
Do you like stroking your chin in front of baffling paintings? If so, here is an app for you
FREE
A Sega fanboys dream iPhone game, Sonic 4 is everything we expect from our favourite speed-freak blue hedgehog
£5.99
Fiddly at first, but once you get the hang of it, finger-tricking on your BMX is a joyful experience.
£2.99
Easy websites for everyone at light speed. It’s limited , but what it does, it does with aplomb
FREE
As a streaming service, it’s great, and has some handy features. But as an overall music service, its lack of offline playback holds it back.
FREE
Simple and fun cartoon battles with an adventurous twist, and yours for a bargain price – get your swag on.
£0.69
A fine action-oriented puzzle game that pleasingly tries to do something different.
£1.19
A polished emulator, but for widespread appeal it needs more and better games.
£1.99
Disco Kitten’s difficulty ramps up too quickly, but it amuses up until that point.
£0.69
A vital app for anyone calling an 0870 or 0845 number, despite its imperfections.
£0.59
Miner Disturbance is the latest in a long, distinguished line of mining based games from British developers
£1.19
Ever wanted to impress girls by doing a hundred push-ups in the street just like Rocky Balboa?
£0.59
There’s plenty of fishing fun to be had in this great little virtual angler.
£0.59
Foursquare encourages you to get out and explore your city and meet your friends more.
FREE
We love the idea – Clear is visually stunning, and the UI is perfect for iPhone – but serious task masters need more robust tools.
£1.99
More powerful than it seems to let on, but still totally intuitive and easy to use.
£1.49
The perfect app to accompany a nice ice-cold jug of Pimms as you while away summer evenings in the garden
FREE
The visual splendor is somewhat spoilt by the dark tones, and levels are too slow-paced and repetitive to really grip you.
FREE
One of iOS’ finest. Fantastic aesthetics, precise controls and engaging gameplay.
£1.19
With bite-sized levels that perfectly suit the iOS format, this is highly recommended for nostalgics and puzzle fans alike.
FREE
We can get behind hiding the Music app’s clutter, but Audium could do with settings to personalise its appearance and behaviour.
£0.69
Brilliant fun, intensely creative, and universally accessible. A compelling musical toy.
£6.99
Packs all the Cave punch you’d expect, but really needs to be prettier and cheaper
£7.99
Fun, playable and simple, but lacking the depth it’d need to steal an extra base (star)
£0.69
Nooka is a beautifully-designed novelty clock app with loads of customisation options. Very stylish and a lot of fun.
£0.69
There’s plenty of fishing fun to be had in this great little virtual angler
FREE
A game this shallow is skating on thin ice, but it’s enjoyable enough that we don’t really care
£0.69
Visually stunning and pirouetting round Pro Evo like a Messi unleashed. EA is back on top…
£2.99
John Carmack develops a game for the iPhone, hardcore gamers worldwide gasp with joy
£0.59
Lunges for ‘classic’, but stabs ‘merely very good’ instead. Nonetheless, it’s essential if you enjoyed the original
£4.99
Elmo’s Monster Maker is good fun but just a little too expensive for what’s on offer here.
£2.49
Mixed results are an understatement, only of use for the most clutter free of landscape shots.
£0.69
A good, fun idea, but the app is hampered by being incomplete – and occasionally wide of the mark.
£0.69
If you’re a pro out in the field hooking up your DSLR to your iPad, it’s worth a look, but iPhone-only users will be left disappointed
FREE
WeightBot is a pretend virtual robot that wants to stop you eating. And he will succeed.
£1.19
Activision rolls-out its killer pretend-to-be-a-rock-star game for the iPhone, but can it work?
£1.79
Ita is an easy list maker and looks lovely, but it’s also not particularly powerful, and offers little over the built-in Reminders.
£0.69
Retro arcade space action that gets a little complicated and a bit silly at times, but it’s a cracking blast once you’ve a feel for it.
FREE
AA takes a no-frills approach to location-based discovery of UK attractions.
FREE
The world’s biggest and most popular social networking website works fantastically on the iPhone.
FREE
A slightly uneven experience, but for the most part this is charming and as fun as an Amoebarrel of monkeys.
£2.99
Definitely not a scientific abomination, but this isn’t quite the superior specimen you might hope for, considering its genes.
FREE
A handy app when you’re trying to get from A to B, although a little on the pricey side for simple info
£1.99
A bit of a solution in search of a problem, but it’s done nicely enough, and it’s free. Give it a whirl and see if it suits!
FREE
It could be useful, no doubt, but we’re not sure how many people will use it properly.
FREE
Golfers will enjoy showing it off at the clubhouse, but it’s not a proper game.
FREE
A solid, enjoyable foundation – but structural niggles soon grate, keeping this bear from getting the honey it would otherwise deserve.
£0.69
Find your family and friends wherever they are at any time of the day with HeyWAY.
£0.59
Convertr quickly converts values of all sorts, and the beautifully-designed interface makes it one of the most flexible we’ve seen.
£1.49
It adds some clever features over its competitors, but it’s also lacking some. A good app, but not essential.
£1.99
Android-toting gamers should have Madfinger’s website bookmarked, such is the quality of the Czech coders’ excellent Tegra Zone beat-em-up ‘Samurai II: Vengeance THD’.
£5.49
A nice way of getting younger kids to practice their adding perhaps, but with little enjoyment for an adult audience.
£0.69
What? A verdict!? Just leave us alone – we’re busy playing Diamond Mine! Again! All night long! Argh!
£0.69
An insanely fast racer with some great track design, but it somehow feels a little empty.
£2.99
If you fancy yourself as an arty photographer, the Muybridgizer will delight and entertain
FREE
Another Japanese gem that lets you create fantastic comic avatars of you and your mates in no time at all.
£1.19
We love Bizarre Creations’ original Xbox 360 Arcade version, almost as much as we love this new iPhone port
£2.99
It’s a massive map of the whole of Europe that you can view when you are offline. What is not to like?
£2.39
More puzzle than stealth, and enjoyable, if lacking that extra addictive quality that would demand you perfect every level. But when it clicks, it’s a blast.
£1.99
Brain-training games are becoming ten-a-penny, but finally there’s one worth your attention
£1.19
Slightly grabby with the IAP, but otherwise an excellent free photography app up there with the best of them.
FREE
If you like to impress people with apps that are utterly impractical then this is for you
£0.59
Putting photos front and centre in a buying and selling app is a perfectly good idea, but there are other flaws here.
FREE
Some frustratingly difficult later levels, but otherwise this enjoyable dam-building puzzle is top of the class.
£0.69
The cheeky cocker-nee cook that everybody loves to hate has only gone and made one of the best iPhone cooking apps yet!
£4.99
A superb way of capturing a moment, with an easy-to-use process – even if the app needs a little polish.
FREE
A handy barcode scanner that lets you pretend that you secretly work at Tesco’s.
£1.19
Little wrong with the app, though bandwidth can make the experience quite frustrating.
£2.99
Photobox.com has shot to prominence as Europe’s number one online photo service in recent times, so it’s about time it got its own iPhone app.
FREE
One of the rare few camera apps for iPhone that is worth your money and your time.
£1.19
With sparkling ingenuity, One Tap Hero explores the simplest of interfaces to deliver a testing puzzle platformer with 100 levels of ideal mobile gaming.
£0.69
It can be a bit random at times, but JellyCar 3’s springy gameplay is extremely engaging.
£1.49
The ultimate iPhone app to bring out that paint-swirling artistic side of you.
£2.99
There’s replay value for its target market, but the means to challenge other people’s robots would be a huge improvement.
£1.49
This offers solid performance in locating speed cameras, but its ugly interface lets it down
FREE
A minor classic in waiting that’s currently a bit too challenging for its own good
£0.69
A brilliant way to keep track of birthdays, with a level of polish to match Apple’s own apps
FREE
Popular social news aggregator gets its own iPhone app for news and trivia junkies
FREE
BoxPlots takes an overdone format and adds charm, character and a smidge of originality, resulting in a very pleasant puzzler.
£0.69
After a stirring World Cup stats success, Total Football tackles Europe’s elite cup competition
FREE
The best RSS news feed reader for the iPhone for hardcore news junkies
£2.99
Booking train tickets can be a real nightmare, but not if you get yourself RailEasy
FREE
An easy and pretty way for coffee connoisseurs to keep track of their favourite blends.
£1.99
One of Sega’s greatest creations from the golden years of the 1990s is lovingly recreated for Apple’s mobile internet device
£3.49
Lucozade’s latest iPhone fitness app is a decent stab at providing a free personal trainer on your phone. Willpower not included.
FREE
There are other ‘shoot with an old camera’ apps out there, but and extremely well done.
£0.59
Capcom’s classic beat-em-up heads to the iPhone, and is surprisingly playable
£5.99
Black Pegasus is easily the greatest war-themed first person shooter to grace the iPhone to date
£3.99
Spotify is the world’s greatest music streaming service and one of our favourite iPhone music apps.
FREE
Not the most demanding puzzles in the world, but this is a gently engaging adventure, with neatly designed problems and lovely looks.
FREE
Featureful, well thought-out and looks gorgeous too. Never forget that anniversary again!
£1.99
Revolution Software’s classic PC adventure is dusted off and given a new life on iPhone.
£1.79
We are Japanese if you please… Otamotone is one of the best and (bizarre-est) music apps yet developed for iPhone
£1.79
Put Things Off isn’t bad, but it’s just not as good as its peers, such as the excellent Things.
£1.49
A visually stunning and surprisingly fresh take on a genre that was becoming stagnant.
£1.99
Instagram enthusiasts will like its camera features, video enthusiasts will like its widescreen video. We like just about everything!
£1.49
Gameloft’s Fishing Kings is the greatest angling sim on a handheld to date
£1.79
We want much more analytics power, but it’s free and may prove useful for those who use bitly a lot.
FREE
If you loved the original THPS2 then this is a cracking trip down nostalgia park
£2.99
The iOS equivalent of a plain cheese sandwich: does the job, but it won’t linger in the memory afterwards.
£0.69
Less bells and whistles than the desktop version, but a brilliant mobile incarnation of iMovie that will empower iPhone 4 users everywhere.
£2.99
Tastily presented social app that presses the right buttons for food aesthetes.
FREE
A piece of brilliant interface design, but the figures are not something to be relied upon
FREE
Sadly, there are too few Echoes to be useful, and those that do exist read like marketing blurb.
FREE
Find amenities fast using this app, which searches multiple databases to give you more useful results.
£1.49
A fun game and probably a good investment, but initially content-light compared to its main rival.
£0.69
Challenging, addictive tile-based puzzle game that shows the benefits of empowering small indy developers.
£2.99
The quickest and easiest way to search and access Google Apps on the iPhone
FREE
It’s handy as a brief, pocket guide to all things coffee, but by no means perfect
£0.69
Although Anytune lacks the elegance and immediacy of Capo, it makes up for it with a strong and flexible feature set.
£11.49
A cracking little game that follows in the slightly bonkers tradition of Doodle Jump and Angry Birds
£0.59
A fun app, but only once or twice, and it needs more sharing options.
£1.49
Tough puzzles and a sharp difficulty curve mean this treads a fine line between fun and frustration
£0.69
A mercilessly difficult, albeit faithful Amiga port that rewards only the most tenacious of gamers
£2.99
Manage and control your sleeping patterns and be fitter, happier, more productive…
£0.59
A beautiful, well-engineered app that should be a gold standard for iPhone apps.
FREE
An atmospheric, incredibly interesting story undone by out-of-place combat
£0.69
Retro racing with its pedal stuck fast to the metal, and more to it than rose-tinted OutRun nostalgia.
£0.69
A nice mobile version of Dragon, but speech recognition’s clunky edge is hard to ignore.
FREE
It can’t quite replace a regular to-do list, but 30/30 can really help you manage your time each day.
FREE
Sports a reasonable set of features, but it isn’t pretty and lacks a sync feature.
£2.99
With bite-sized levels that perfectly suit the iOS format, this is highly recommended for nostalgics and puzzle fans alike.
£0.69
If you want to produce cool, retro-looking Polaroid style pics with your iPhone, Hipstamatic is the app to do it
£1.19
Sega’s cutesy monkey rolling, gliding and flying classic gets its second outing on the iPhone.
£2.99
If you already use toptable’s restaurant-booking website, then you will know what is in store with this useful food-finding app.
FREE
In borrowing the best from the rest and adding new twists, I Must Run! becomes best in class.
£0.69
A fast, fun, yet ultimately simple strategy game with brilliant controls
£0.69
A thoughtfully designed app, and one that really can help with your time management.
£1.99
A superb way of identifying new music that you like and sharing your finds with friends.
£2.99
It’s hobbled in a couple of important ways compared to Safari, but Chrome offers enough new features to win some people over – especially if you use the desktop version.
FREE
Oh, we don’t know. Works fine. Looks okay. Fills us with hate. Get it if you want. We can’t stop you.
FREE
Cartoonish golf-based fun for fans of classic arcade style gaming on the iPhone.
£2.99
A good idea. Sign up procedure could be easier, but it all works once you’re in.
FREE
Not quite a mobile version of our favourite web browser, but it’ll do for now
FREE
A decent app, and something worth splashing 69p on if you’re bored of Instagram and Hipstamatic’s filters, but no great shakes.
£0.69
A simple app that only really does one thing, but Capo does it so well that it’s very hard to fault.
£2.99
Don’t use as your only defence against things you can\’t eat, but it’s a great first line.
£1.99
Finger-touch controlled footy game to while away the hours in-between the real World Cup matches this summer
£3.99
It’s no Plants vs. Zombies, but Egg vs. Chicken is closer to ‘tasty treat’ than ‘undercooked’.
£0.59
The sort of game you’ll intend to play for five minutes – and then it’ll be dark outside.
£0.69
Technical gremlins aside, this is vintage Lara Croft with fantastic shooting and adventuring.
£3.99
Could find you a nice beer in a pinch, but it’s not comprehensive enough for our tastes.
FREE
Innovative controls and a great foundation, but repetitive. If new missions appear later, pretend we gave it another star
£0.69
Difficult to set up, but once you’ve got it working, it offers a great range of print options.
£5.99
A very cheap and very cheerful translation of the world’s favourite rhythm game.
£1.89
An absurdly addictive runner that stops just short of soaring its way to perfection
FREE
Amazon’s iPhone app lets you take pictures of stuff you want and instantly find out if they are in stock.
FREE
If you are bored of normal world news, why not treat yourself to some news about what’s going on in outer space?
FREE
An innovative, cute and moderately enjoyable game, but it’s not quite the finished article.
FREE
A great puzzle game, full stop, but especially nice for series fans.
£0.69
If you’re looking for a decent, free guide to UK hotels then look no further
FREE
Fast Five looks and feels great, but lacks the honed balance and difficulty curve of Asphalt 6.
£2.99
Currently the best footy experience on iOS by a considerable margin, and a step up from last year’s offering
£2.99
If you travel or holiday a lot, iPhone’s Trip Advisor app will definitely find you the best hotel or meal
FREE
The Ocado app lets you do your weekly shop from the comfort of your couch via the iPhone.
FREE
It’s a lovely game, lovingly restored and has great nostalgia value. It’s just not terribly user-friendly.
£2.99
LinkedIn on iPhone puts your entire professional network on the end of your index finger.
FREE
A timeless classic. And now, a little piece of role-playing history in your pocket.
£1.99
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