All the best iPhone apps and latest iPod apps, rated, reviewed and ready for download.
Best game apps for whittling away dull train journeys, dull meetings, and dullness in general. Power up your phone with these playful gaming apps.
Loop the loop, collect Blubbles, smash enemies, discover new lands and make friends along the way.
£0.69
Sega’s cutesy monkey rolling, gliding and flying classic gets its second outing on the iPhone.
£2.99
John Carmack develops a game for the iPhone, hardcore gamers worldwide gasp with joy
£0.59
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
We love Bizarre Creations’ original Xbox 360 Arcade version, almost as much as we love this new iPhone port
£2.99
A largely entertaining game that’s pulled off with considerable skill.
£4.99
Currently the best footy experience on iOS by a considerable margin, and a step up from last year’s offering
£2.99
A simple, elegant and assured game of chess that feels no need to show off. Positively classy.
£4.99
One of iOS’ finest. Fantastic aesthetics, precise controls and engaging gameplay.
£1.19
A cracking little game that follows in the slightly bonkers tradition of Doodle Jump and Angry Birds
£0.59
Puzzle, stealth, rhythm-action and a smattering of platforming, with Game & Watch era rigidity smashed into modern iOS-style aesthetics. Perfect.
£1.99
Challenging, addictive tile-based puzzle game that shows the benefits of empowering small indy developers.
£2.99
If you loved the original THPS2 then this is a cracking trip down nostalgia park
£2.99
Not the most demanding puzzles in the world, but this is a gently engaging adventure, with neatly designed problems and lovely looks.
FREE
Apart from the lack of levels, it’s a well-designed and atmospheric game of cat and mouse.
£1.49
Capcom’s classic beat-em-up heads to the iPhone, and is surprisingly playable
£5.99
One of Sega’s greatest creations from the golden years of the 1990s is lovingly recreated for Apple’s mobile internet device
£3.49
A Sega fanboys dream iPhone game, Sonic 4 is everything we expect from our favourite speed-freak blue hedgehog
£5.99
There’s little longevity here for adults, but Fleece Lightning offers tons of fun for tiny touchscreen fiends.
£0.69
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
The iOS equivalent of a plain cheese sandwich: does the job, but it won’t linger in the memory afterwards.
£0.69
One for those with a careless bent, and perfect for when you want to play a game but not do any thinking.
£0.69
The latest Pro Evo on iPhone still shows how football gaming should be done on mobile
£4.99
The best football game for the iPhone, courtesy of the masters of the game at Konami
£5.99
We are Japanese if you please… Otamotone is one of the best and (bizarre-est) music apps yet developed for iPhone
£1.79
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
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
From the makers of Real Racing, Most Wanted deliver slick visuals and great controls, but lacks a bit of variety
£4.99
Black Pegasus is easily the greatest war-themed first person shooter to grace the iPhone to date
£3.99
Miner Disturbance is the latest in a long, distinguished line of mining based games from British developers
£1.19
Brain-training games are becoming ten-a-penny, but finally there’s one worth your attention
£1.19
Max is back with some minor control issues that won’t get in the way of your enjoyment of this shooter classic
£1.99
The Reggae Reggae Sauce fella from Dragon’s Den pops up with a recipe app for the iPhone
£3.99
Cartoonish golf-based fun for fans of classic arcade style gaming on the iPhone.
£2.99
Technical gremlins aside, this is vintage Lara Croft with fantastic shooting and adventuring.
£3.99
An absurdly addictive runner that stops just short of soaring its way to perfection
FREE
It can be a bit random at times, but JellyCar 3’s springy gameplay is extremely engaging.
£1.49
Lunges for ‘classic’, but stabs ‘merely very good’ instead. Nonetheless, it’s essential if you enjoyed the original
£4.99
In borrowing the best from the rest and adding new twists, I Must Run! becomes best in class.
£0.69
Horrifically fast retro larks with, we suspect, an extremely niche appeal. We like it, though
£0.69
The sort of game you’ll intend to play for five minutes – and then it’ll be dark outside.
£0.69
A very cheap and very cheerful translation of the world’s favourite rhythm game.
£1.89
A visually stunning and surprisingly fresh take on a genre that was becoming stagnant.
£1.99
This pernicious pensioner doesn’t offer the deepest experience, but it’s fast, smashy, slightly silly fun.
£0.69
Rockstar Games’ finest open-world gangland adventure gets its first outing on the iPhone.
£5.99
FM freshens things up with a few new additions to help stay on top of the pile at Christmas
£6.99
FM Handheld is back ready to sap away your commute once again…
£6.99
Gameloft’s Fishing Kings is the greatest angling sim on a handheld to date
£1.79
There’s plenty of fishing fun to be had in this great little virtual angler.
£0.59
There’s plenty of fishing fun to be had in this great little virtual angler
FREE
Visually stunning and pirouetting round Pro Evo like a Messi unleashed. EA is back on top…
£2.99
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
A smart, engaging one-thumb arcade puzzler that’s just a touch too fiddly to get our highest score.
£0.69
A minor classic in waiting that’s currently a bit too challenging for its own good
£0.69
Some frustratingly difficult later levels, but otherwise this enjoyable dam-building puzzle is top of the class.
£0.69
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
A first-rate puzzle game that rewards strategic thinking, but it lacks polish
£1.99
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
With bite-sized levels that perfectly suit the iOS format, this is highly recommended for nostalgics and puzzle fans alike.
FREE
With bite-sized levels that perfectly suit the iOS format, this is highly recommended for nostalgics and puzzle fans alike.
£0.69
A bonafide legend that’s still well worth playing, in spite of interface woes
£6.99
A good idea. Sign up procedure could be easier, but it all works once you’re in.
FREE
A great puzzle game, full stop, but especially nice for series fans.
£0.69
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
A touch fiddly at times, but this game’s imagination and wonderful visuals combine to make a tasty treat
£0.69
Not a game to buy if you dislike a challenge, but if you’re all for tough puzzlers, Beyond Ynth is great.
£1.49
Revolution Software’s classic PC adventure is dusted off and given a new life on iPhone.
£1.79
What? A verdict!? Just leave us alone – we’re busy playing Diamond Mine! Again! All night long! Argh!
£0.69
Silly, simple and fun. Not quite an App Store classic, but definitely earns a recommendation.
FREE
Continental drift-paced space action that needs an iPad version and better controls. Still compelling and lovely, though.
£2.49
An insanely fast racer with some great track design, but it somehow feels a little empty.
£2.99
A fast, fun, yet ultimately simple strategy game with brilliant controls
£0.69
A slight but good-natured game that rarely slips up and very regularly shines.
£0.69
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 slightly uneven experience, but for the most part this is charming and as fun as an Amoebarrel of monkeys.
£2.99
Liked Casey’s Contraptions? Then you’ll like Amazing Alex! While being troubled by a nagging sense of déjà vu.
£0.69
The latest multiplayer augmented reality game for those lucky enough to own a Parrot AR Drone
£1.79
Fiddly at first, but once you get the hang of it, finger-tricking on your BMX is a joyful experience.
£2.99
A fun and casual drum-matching game featuring one of our favourite Muppet characters of all time.
£1.19
Split/ Second is a fun ‘Mario Kart-inspired’ racing game that is amusing but not ground-breaking
£3.99
It’s classic Sonic, sure, but with a strange insistence that you need overbearing guidance to cope with simple new moves.
£4.99
A fun game and probably a good investment, but initially content-light compared to its main rival.
£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
You get lots of engaging gameplay for your money, but the going is slow and a bit of a slog.
£2.99
Definitely not a scientific abomination, but this isn’t quite the superior specimen you might hope for, considering its genes.
FREE
A great looking and original story, which disappoints with its lack of charm and colour.
£3.99
A decent serving of quickfire puzzle action, but it ain’t no WarioWare.
£0.69
It needs a proper tournament and a multiplayer mode, but NBA Jam is nevertheless an incredibly amusing game.
£0.59
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
A game this shallow is skating on thin ice, but it’s enjoyable enough that we don’t really care
£0.69
Not the best-designed cooking app we’ve ever seen, but the recipes it contains are interesting and unusual
£1.99
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
Activision rolls-out its killer pretend-to-be-a-rock-star game for the iPhone, but can it work?
£1.79
Tough puzzles and a sharp difficulty curve mean this treads a fine line between fun and frustration
£0.69
Golfers will enjoy showing it off at the clubhouse, but it’s not a proper game.
FREE
It could have been a contender, but Gears has a cog loose and so doesn’t quite run like clockwork
£1.99
Shameless tie-in meets addictive-but-shallow new game mode. We love it now, but won’t respect it in the morning
£0.69
A timeless classic. And now, a little piece of role-playing history in your pocket.
£1.99
Add a proper career mode and multi-player option and Fight Night Champion would be a title winner.
£2.99
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
Fast Five looks and feels great, but lacks the honed balance and difficulty curve of Asphalt 6.
£2.99
Innovative controls and a great foundation, but repetitive. If new missions appear later, pretend we gave it another star
£0.69
It’s as light and fluffy as some of the animals you’ll rescue, but Extinction Squad proves an entertaining trifle.
£0.69
Not quite best-in-class, but Explosive Love is entertaining, challenging and a bit of a looker.
£0.59
It’s no Plants vs. Zombies, but Egg vs. Chicken is closer to ‘tasty treat’ than ‘undercooked’.
£0.59
Disco Kitten’s difficulty ramps up too quickly, but it amuses up until that point.
£0.69
This is likable enough as a basic adventure RPG, but it’s hardly a diamond in the rough.
£0.69
The jury finds the defendant guilty of lightweight strategy, casual entertainment, unfulfilled promise and hit-&-miss humour. Dismissed!
£1.99
Packs all the Cave punch you’d expect, but really needs to be prettier and cheaper
£7.99
An atmospheric, incredibly interesting story undone by out-of-place combat
£0.69
With more polish CreaVures might have been fanVastic – instead it’s something of a leVdown.
£0.69
Some levels could even stump a rocket scientist, but despite occasional frustrations, the level designs are smart and rewarding.
£1.49
Weaving through colourful tunnels may not be consistently thrilling, but Caverns of Minos sure is a charming little curio.
£1.29
A well-crafted little projectile firing game, but the fling soon wears off.
FREE
Ignore the association with the Burnout series – there’s a fun, stress-busting game underneath, just not a thrilling one.
£0.69
A fine action-oriented puzzle game that pleasingly tries to do something different.
£1.19
An innovative, cute and moderately enjoyable game, but it’s not quite the finished article.
FREE
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
The difficulty here will quickly drive you to extinction – but it feels more a result of flawed controls than deliberate design decisions
£0.69
BoxPlots takes an overdone format and adds charm, character and a smidge of originality, resulting in a very pleasant puzzler.
£0.69
There’s replay value for its target market, but the means to challenge other people’s robots would be a huge improvement.
£1.49
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
Fun, playable and simple, but lacking the depth it’d need to steal an extra base (star)
£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
A solid, enjoyable foundation – but structural niggles soon grate, keeping this bear from getting the honey it would otherwise deserve.
£0.69
Simple and fun cartoon battles with an adventurous twist, and yours for a bargain price – get your swag on.
£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
It’s a lovely game, lovingly restored and has great nostalgia value. It’s just not terribly user-friendly.
£2.99
Initially dazzling but short-lived; however, the price is right for the entertainment it offers.
£0.69
A mercilessly difficult, albeit faithful Amiga port that rewards only the most tenacious of gamers
£2.99
Compelling puzzle dungeon crawling, but a lack of variety keeps this high-score game from getting higher score.
£1.49
Finger-touch controlled footy game to while away the hours in-between the real World Cup matches this summer
£3.99
A polished emulator, but for widespread appeal it needs more and better games.
£1.99
A nice way of getting younger kids to practice their adding perhaps, but with little enjoyment for an adult audience.
£0.69
A brave attempt at translating a physical board game, but it just isn’t a great videogame.
£0.69
One of those games that, despite having a promising concept, is just too pedestrian and unexciting to truly grab hold.
£0.69
A disappointing, cynical sequel that needs more levels and new features to justify its existence.
£0.69
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
Should have be an exercise in hilarity, but the uneven difficulty and requirement for repetition make this all a bit damp.
£0.69
Pretty and – in the context of iOS gaming – fairly innovative, but extremely short-lived. A missed opportunity.
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
Like a modern day version of the rubbish old X-Ray Specs you used to buy from Marvel Comics
£0.59
Bordering on unplayable. We only got through the game due to sheer bloodymindedness.
£0.69
If you like to impress people with apps that are utterly impractical then this is for you
£0.59
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