To make a mega ranking of the best free games for iPhone and also for iPad that can be found on the Apple App store, let's try to make a synthesis between the official satisfaction statistics and the unofficial statistics of various sites such as AppAnnie. In this way we can understand which are the most popular and the most downloaded games, which theoretically should also be the most beautiful that you can play on iOS.
Although no list of this type can be complete, we try to list the best free games for iPhone and iPad, of different genres, all to be downloaded for free from the Apple App Store, also including someone less popular to be discovered, which really deserves to be played at least once.
READ ALSO: Best iPad games
1) Clash Royale is one of the most beautiful games released in 2016, a strategy game in real time and also a collectible card game that once you start you can no longer stop. The only flaw is that it becomes difficult to resist not spending money on in-game purchases, even if, with patience, you can play and be competitive even without spending a penny. Clash Royale, by the same Clash of Clans developers, is always at the top of the popularity charts on the Apple store.
2) Subway Surfers is, however, an evergreen, a game that never ceases to tire, which is often renewed, bringing players to new challenges. This is now the acclaimed number one of the games of the genre Runner Game, those where you run forward without stopping, trying to avoid obstacles and collect bonuses.
3 and 4) Head Basketball and Head Soccer are two similar games of the same developer, among the most fun ever, because they are not soccer and basketball simulation, but arcade games that we could frame as a fighting game. In both there is a one-on-one challenge, between two big-headed characters that collide giving each other a blow and jumping in a scenario with 2D horizontal view as in the beaten games of the past.
The goal is to score a goal or to score a goal into the opponent's goal or basket, trying to defend one's goal or goal. There are special moves and it is also possible to play online against other people.
5) Flip Diving is a really fun and realistic diving game, where you have to try to dive into the water by doing the best stunts and entering the water correctly, without bumping your stomach. The excellent graphics and ease of play are the characteristics that have made this one of the best free games for iPhone.
6) Piano Tiles 2 is the game where you have to play songs and music trying to hit the keys exactly at the right time. A bit in the style of Guitar Hero, in Piano Tiles it is important to follow the rhythm to hit the right notes indicated on the screen to score as many points as possible.
7) Dream League Soccer is, for me, the best football game on the iPhone and iPad, perhaps less beautiful to look at than the various FIFAs, but certainly more playable and fun, not only playing alone, but above all challenging other players online in around the world.
8) Walking Dead is the best graphic adventure game for iPhone, unfortunately free only in its first episode, which however is not to be missed. Both fans of the TV series and those who have never seen it can play Walking Dead, because the story is completely new and has no connection with the show, except for the massive presence of zombies.
9) Asphalt 9 Legends is the best free car racing game, truly spectacular in graphics and speed, with lots of cars to drive on city routes on the Fast And Furious genre.
10) Traffic Rider is the best motorcycle racing game for mobile, in 3D, with fantastic graphics and perfect rendition on iPhone.
11 and 12) Super Stickman Golf 3 is the third game in a highly successful mini golf series, all based on the right trajectories to hit the ball and go to the hole with the least number of strokes possible.
If you like the genre, you can not miss Flappy Golf 2 (by the same developers), a variant of mini golf that is played by flying the ball by touching the screen (as happened in the unforgettable Flappy Birds).
13) Zombie Tsunami, for years among the funniest games on smartphones, always updated with new levels, to be played on the iPhone, suitable for everyone, even for children with its cartoon graphics.
14) Last Empire-War Z is another zombie game, this time much worse and not suitable for children, of strategy. An army trained to defend the city from zombies must be created, making alliances with other players.
15) Color Switch, a game of skill where you can bounce a ball to make it go as high as possible by going through colored circles.
15) Sniper 3D Assassin is a 3D shooter game, where you have to be good at hitting enemies with a sniper rifle, framing the target in a viewfinder. Exceptional graphics, even if you are easily inclined to spend money to face the more advanced levels.
16) Trivia Crack is the game on iPhone that incorporates the model of Trivial Pursuit, where you can answer questions on various topics to earn points and to beat friends by showing yourself more wise.
17) Rolling Sky, another game of skill where you have to make a ball move on a platform suspended in the air, with 3D view, along a path full of obstacles and without dropping it.
18) 2048 a brilliant game where you have to move the tiles with the numbers 2 to add them and create multiples in order to join two tiles in one with the aim of not getting stuck with the picture full of tiles.
19) The Sims, always one of the best and most fun simulation games for PC, console, and also for iPhone and iPad.
20) Modern Combat 5 Black out is perhaps one of the best 3D shooter games for mobile phones, with the iPhone and iPad version really of a high level both in terms of graphics and playability.
21) BounceMaster, the number one of the 2018 Arcade games, which proposes a great classic of pastime video games, that of the launch of the penguin to be hit with a club to make it go as far as possible.
22) Animal Crossing is the social simulation of Nintendo where you need to build the campsite and make friends with other players.
23) The Battle of Polytopia is a real-time strategy game where you control a tribe of people, expand your territory, fight enemies and build an empire.
The Battle of Polytopia allows you to play alone, against a friend or in online multiplayer.
24) Crossy Road looks like an infinite version of Frogger, in which the player controls a character while trying to cross a series of busy roads. The game draws on many of the most popular games in the app store to create a fun gaming experience with a beautiful pixelated art style. Since then the game has incorporated many characters and cultural references over the years.
25) Fire Emblem Heroes is a free-to-play tactical role-playing Nintendo game that has captivated players with simple and addicting gameplay.
26) Fortnite is the most played PC game in the world, also available on the iPhone to fight in multiplayer Battle Royale against many other real players.
27) PUBG is the similar and competing shooter to Fortnite, very nice also on iPhone thanks to the controls optimized for the touchscreen
28) Hearthstone is a beautiful, highly successful game from the World of Warcraft series, where you play collectible cards with heroes to put on the desk to beat your opponents. Its popularity has led to the release of numerous expansion packs and even an eSport tournament. The strengths are the strategic elements of the game and its immediacy and simplicity.
29) Pacman 256 is the special version of an old classic, with an infinite level in which you have to go forward on the screen without being caught by the disappearing game board from behind. The aim is to get as far forward as possible.
30) Plague has been a great success for years, the game where you have to spread deadly diseases all over the world up to exterminate the whole humanity, very fun.
31) INSIDE for iPhone is the spiritual successor of Limbo, a puzzle adventure game set in a dark dystopian world of government experimentation and zombie-like creatures, with 2.5D monochrome graphics.
32) Stack, a very colorful puzzle game whose purpose is to build the tallest tower by placing the blocks on top of each other.
33) Shadowgun Legends is one of the best iPhone first person shooters, sequel to the first Shadowgun of 2011. Shadowgun Legends offers players over 200 campaign missions and many multiplayer modes to have fun.
34) Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a puzzle adventure game set during the events of the First World War, where you can control four different characters through various sections of the game, each with unique skills to pass their levels.
35) Triple Town is a puzzle game where players receive tiles on a 6x6 game board and work to match the tiles in groups of three to combine them into one piece.
The game continues until there are no more moves.
36) Stranger Things is the graphic adventure inspired by the Netflix series of the same name, with 8-bit graphics and a compelling story to follow until the end.
37) PES is the most beautiful 3D soccer game together with FIFA and Dream League Soccer, with realistic graphics like on Console.
38) FIFA is the most famous football game, with real players to be deployed and played in the league.
39) Hello Stars is one of the most successful puzzle games of 2018, with essential and relaxing graphics and puzzles that engage the brain.
40) Go Fish is a fishing simulator with two-dimensional graphics, where you need to prepare the equipment, the rod and catch as many fish as possible.
41) Helix Jump is the game of the ball that must bounce and go down as many levels as possible, very suitable for fast games, very simple.
42) Looper! is a beautiful musical game where you have to create a rhythm by joining the points on the screen, without making them collide and without going out of time.
43) Roblox is a game creation platform, where the same players create and play against each other.
44) Happy Glass is a really challenging puzzle game, where you have to find a way to fill a glass of water.
45) Paper.io 2 is the successor of Paper.io, an igoco where you have to create the longest paper snake and eat the other players, trying not to get eaten in turn.
46) Prince of Persia Escape is the game based on the first Prince Of Persia, with side scrolling, where you have to jump and avoid obstacles always looking for a way out of the picture safely.
47) Hole.io is a fun multiplayer game where you have to create holes in the city and make them bigger and bigger, incorporating the holes of the other players.
48) Tenkiu is another pastime where you can drive a ball so as not to drop it below, tilting the plane and passing the various levels.
49) Paper.io 2, is played together, up to 100 players at the same time, trying to eat each other.
50) Pokemon Go, the augmented reality game where Pokemon are to be found in the real world.
51) Dr. Mario World, one of Nintendo's most popular puzzle games ever.
52) Mario Kart, iPhone version of the racing game with Go Kart.
53) Call Of Duty Mobile, the best war shooter, free on iPhone.
54) Brawl Stars, 3-on-3 game with top view, very fun and fast.
55) Sky: Children of the Light, named game of the year 2019, is a social game with very accurate graphics, where to reach the goal you need to meet new people and play together.
56) Minecraft Earth, new version of Minecraft, to create, build, explore, together with the other players.
57) Pokémon Masters, a role-playing game with challenges between Pokemon trainers.
58) Gears POP!, this is also a hero collection game, with Funko graphics and the Microsoft brand.
59) Assassin's Creed Rebellion, role-playing game where you have to create your own team of assassins to challenge others.
60) Alien: Blackout, graphic adventure inspired by Alien's film, very nice to see for its cinematic style.
61) Roblox is a platform of games created by the users themselves.
62) Mr Bullet, puzzle game where you have to find the right trajectory to shoot and kill the victim.
63) Color Bump 3D, simple and colorful, is one of the most played games of 2019.
64) aquapark.io, a race on a water slide, where the winner is the winner.
65) BitLife - # 1 Life Simulator, free choice life simulator, awarded among the best games of 2019.
66) Crowd City, is a minimal game, with many players together, where you have to create the biggest crowd of the others by eating the smaller ones.
67) Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the Harry Potter game, an augmented reality adventure.
In other articles we have also seen more specific lists of free games for iPhone :
Although no list of this type can be complete, we try to list the best free games for iPhone and iPad, of different genres, all to be downloaded for free from the Apple App Store, also including someone less popular to be discovered, which really deserves to be played at least once.
READ ALSO: Best iPad games
1) Clash Royale is one of the most beautiful games released in 2016, a strategy game in real time and also a collectible card game that once you start you can no longer stop. The only flaw is that it becomes difficult to resist not spending money on in-game purchases, even if, with patience, you can play and be competitive even without spending a penny. Clash Royale, by the same Clash of Clans developers, is always at the top of the popularity charts on the Apple store.
2) Subway Surfers is, however, an evergreen, a game that never ceases to tire, which is often renewed, bringing players to new challenges. This is now the acclaimed number one of the games of the genre Runner Game, those where you run forward without stopping, trying to avoid obstacles and collect bonuses.
3 and 4) Head Basketball and Head Soccer are two similar games of the same developer, among the most fun ever, because they are not soccer and basketball simulation, but arcade games that we could frame as a fighting game. In both there is a one-on-one challenge, between two big-headed characters that collide giving each other a blow and jumping in a scenario with 2D horizontal view as in the beaten games of the past.
The goal is to score a goal or to score a goal into the opponent's goal or basket, trying to defend one's goal or goal. There are special moves and it is also possible to play online against other people.
5) Flip Diving is a really fun and realistic diving game, where you have to try to dive into the water by doing the best stunts and entering the water correctly, without bumping your stomach. The excellent graphics and ease of play are the characteristics that have made this one of the best free games for iPhone.
6) Piano Tiles 2 is the game where you have to play songs and music trying to hit the keys exactly at the right time. A bit in the style of Guitar Hero, in Piano Tiles it is important to follow the rhythm to hit the right notes indicated on the screen to score as many points as possible.
7) Dream League Soccer is, for me, the best football game on the iPhone and iPad, perhaps less beautiful to look at than the various FIFAs, but certainly more playable and fun, not only playing alone, but above all challenging other players online in around the world.
8) Walking Dead is the best graphic adventure game for iPhone, unfortunately free only in its first episode, which however is not to be missed. Both fans of the TV series and those who have never seen it can play Walking Dead, because the story is completely new and has no connection with the show, except for the massive presence of zombies.
9) Asphalt 9 Legends is the best free car racing game, truly spectacular in graphics and speed, with lots of cars to drive on city routes on the Fast And Furious genre.
10) Traffic Rider is the best motorcycle racing game for mobile, in 3D, with fantastic graphics and perfect rendition on iPhone.
11 and 12) Super Stickman Golf 3 is the third game in a highly successful mini golf series, all based on the right trajectories to hit the ball and go to the hole with the least number of strokes possible.
If you like the genre, you can not miss Flappy Golf 2 (by the same developers), a variant of mini golf that is played by flying the ball by touching the screen (as happened in the unforgettable Flappy Birds).
13) Zombie Tsunami, for years among the funniest games on smartphones, always updated with new levels, to be played on the iPhone, suitable for everyone, even for children with its cartoon graphics.
14) Last Empire-War Z is another zombie game, this time much worse and not suitable for children, of strategy. An army trained to defend the city from zombies must be created, making alliances with other players.
15) Color Switch, a game of skill where you can bounce a ball to make it go as high as possible by going through colored circles.
15) Sniper 3D Assassin is a 3D shooter game, where you have to be good at hitting enemies with a sniper rifle, framing the target in a viewfinder. Exceptional graphics, even if you are easily inclined to spend money to face the more advanced levels.
16) Trivia Crack is the game on iPhone that incorporates the model of Trivial Pursuit, where you can answer questions on various topics to earn points and to beat friends by showing yourself more wise.
17) Rolling Sky, another game of skill where you have to make a ball move on a platform suspended in the air, with 3D view, along a path full of obstacles and without dropping it.
18) 2048 a brilliant game where you have to move the tiles with the numbers 2 to add them and create multiples in order to join two tiles in one with the aim of not getting stuck with the picture full of tiles.
19) The Sims, always one of the best and most fun simulation games for PC, console, and also for iPhone and iPad.
20) Modern Combat 5 Black out is perhaps one of the best 3D shooter games for mobile phones, with the iPhone and iPad version really of a high level both in terms of graphics and playability.
21) BounceMaster, the number one of the 2018 Arcade games, which proposes a great classic of pastime video games, that of the launch of the penguin to be hit with a club to make it go as far as possible.
22) Animal Crossing is the social simulation of Nintendo where you need to build the campsite and make friends with other players.
23) The Battle of Polytopia is a real-time strategy game where you control a tribe of people, expand your territory, fight enemies and build an empire.
The Battle of Polytopia allows you to play alone, against a friend or in online multiplayer.
24) Crossy Road looks like an infinite version of Frogger, in which the player controls a character while trying to cross a series of busy roads. The game draws on many of the most popular games in the app store to create a fun gaming experience with a beautiful pixelated art style. Since then the game has incorporated many characters and cultural references over the years.
25) Fire Emblem Heroes is a free-to-play tactical role-playing Nintendo game that has captivated players with simple and addicting gameplay.
26) Fortnite is the most played PC game in the world, also available on the iPhone to fight in multiplayer Battle Royale against many other real players.
27) PUBG is the similar and competing shooter to Fortnite, very nice also on iPhone thanks to the controls optimized for the touchscreen
28) Hearthstone is a beautiful, highly successful game from the World of Warcraft series, where you play collectible cards with heroes to put on the desk to beat your opponents. Its popularity has led to the release of numerous expansion packs and even an eSport tournament. The strengths are the strategic elements of the game and its immediacy and simplicity.
29) Pacman 256 is the special version of an old classic, with an infinite level in which you have to go forward on the screen without being caught by the disappearing game board from behind. The aim is to get as far forward as possible.
30) Plague has been a great success for years, the game where you have to spread deadly diseases all over the world up to exterminate the whole humanity, very fun.
31) INSIDE for iPhone is the spiritual successor of Limbo, a puzzle adventure game set in a dark dystopian world of government experimentation and zombie-like creatures, with 2.5D monochrome graphics.
32) Stack, a very colorful puzzle game whose purpose is to build the tallest tower by placing the blocks on top of each other.
33) Shadowgun Legends is one of the best iPhone first person shooters, sequel to the first Shadowgun of 2011. Shadowgun Legends offers players over 200 campaign missions and many multiplayer modes to have fun.
34) Valiant Hearts: The Great War is a puzzle adventure game set during the events of the First World War, where you can control four different characters through various sections of the game, each with unique skills to pass their levels.
35) Triple Town is a puzzle game where players receive tiles on a 6x6 game board and work to match the tiles in groups of three to combine them into one piece.
The game continues until there are no more moves.
36) Stranger Things is the graphic adventure inspired by the Netflix series of the same name, with 8-bit graphics and a compelling story to follow until the end.
37) PES is the most beautiful 3D soccer game together with FIFA and Dream League Soccer, with realistic graphics like on Console.
38) FIFA is the most famous football game, with real players to be deployed and played in the league.
39) Hello Stars is one of the most successful puzzle games of 2018, with essential and relaxing graphics and puzzles that engage the brain.
40) Go Fish is a fishing simulator with two-dimensional graphics, where you need to prepare the equipment, the rod and catch as many fish as possible.
41) Helix Jump is the game of the ball that must bounce and go down as many levels as possible, very suitable for fast games, very simple.
42) Looper! is a beautiful musical game where you have to create a rhythm by joining the points on the screen, without making them collide and without going out of time.
43) Roblox is a game creation platform, where the same players create and play against each other.
44) Happy Glass is a really challenging puzzle game, where you have to find a way to fill a glass of water.
45) Paper.io 2 is the successor of Paper.io, an igoco where you have to create the longest paper snake and eat the other players, trying not to get eaten in turn.
46) Prince of Persia Escape is the game based on the first Prince Of Persia, with side scrolling, where you have to jump and avoid obstacles always looking for a way out of the picture safely.
47) Hole.io is a fun multiplayer game where you have to create holes in the city and make them bigger and bigger, incorporating the holes of the other players.
48) Tenkiu is another pastime where you can drive a ball so as not to drop it below, tilting the plane and passing the various levels.
49) Paper.io 2, is played together, up to 100 players at the same time, trying to eat each other.
50) Pokemon Go, the augmented reality game where Pokemon are to be found in the real world.
51) Dr. Mario World, one of Nintendo's most popular puzzle games ever.
52) Mario Kart, iPhone version of the racing game with Go Kart.
53) Call Of Duty Mobile, the best war shooter, free on iPhone.
54) Brawl Stars, 3-on-3 game with top view, very fun and fast.
55) Sky: Children of the Light, named game of the year 2019, is a social game with very accurate graphics, where to reach the goal you need to meet new people and play together.
56) Minecraft Earth, new version of Minecraft, to create, build, explore, together with the other players.
57) Pokémon Masters, a role-playing game with challenges between Pokemon trainers.
58) Gears POP!, this is also a hero collection game, with Funko graphics and the Microsoft brand.
59) Assassin's Creed Rebellion, role-playing game where you have to create your own team of assassins to challenge others.
60) Alien: Blackout, graphic adventure inspired by Alien's film, very nice to see for its cinematic style.
61) Roblox is a platform of games created by the users themselves.
62) Mr Bullet, puzzle game where you have to find the right trajectory to shoot and kill the victim.
63) Color Bump 3D, simple and colorful, is one of the most played games of 2019.
64) aquapark.io, a race on a water slide, where the winner is the winner.
65) BitLife - # 1 Life Simulator, free choice life simulator, awarded among the best games of 2019.
66) Crowd City, is a minimal game, with many players together, where you have to create the biggest crowd of the others by eating the smaller ones.
67) Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the Harry Potter game, an augmented reality adventure.
In other articles we have also seen more specific lists of free games for iPhone :
- Intelligence test games to improve memory and mental abilities
- games inspired by films, TV series and comics
- Best music games
- Crossword, crossword and Sudoku games
- 10 Clash of Clans-like games of strategy, villages and battles
- best puzzle and brain teaser games for iPhone
- Best car racing games for free
- Free apps for playing cards
- Lyricist and beetle games similar to Ruzzle
- Endless obstacle course runner games
- Best free simulation games
- More fun games
- Best sports games
- Best RPG role-playing games
- Zombie games
- More beautiful games with console graphics
- Offline games to play without internet on mobile
- Math and numbers games
- Best Quiz games with trivial questions and challenges
- Best multiplayer games
- Best FPS shooter games
- Games where to find clues and hidden objects to solve mysteries
- Free online PvP games for all phones
- Best cooking games and restaurant management
- Sniper games with sniper rifles and snipers
- Espionage games
- Sniper games with sniper rifles and snipers
- Playing poker on smartphone
- Medical and hospital simulation games
- Best soccer games for mobile
- Barrel games and fights
- Trading card games similar to Clash Royale
- Best Clicker games where you can earn money
- Best board games on smartphones
- Best games similar to Fortnite and PUBG
