Qi's Top 10 iPhone games and apps of 2012
Most critically acclaimed titles of the year!
It's not too hard to find the bestselling titles on the App Store, but what about the highest-quality examples?
The Quality Index (or Qi, for short) trawls the web for game and app reviews from the world’s most respected online and print sources, including 148Apps, Pocket Gamer, Gamezebo, IGN, and Slide to Play.
Qi then collates the critiques, applies a magic formula, and delivers a single definitive Qi score for each iPhone game and app.
Links to all the individual reviews are included, too, for those readers wanting more detail.
In order to provide a definitive guide to the most acclaimed iPhone titles of the past year, Qi rounds up the Top 10 iPhone games and Top 10 iPhone apps in 2012.
Here is 2012’s critically acclaimed selection...
Qi’s Top 10 iPhone games of 2012
| Pos. |
Game |
Qi rating | Reviews |
| 1. | Bastion |
9.4 | 16 |
| 2. | Beat Hazard Ultra |
9.4 | 12 |
| 3. | Interlocked |
9.4 | 3 |
| 4. | Punch Quest |
9.3 | 14 |
| 5. | Word Wonders: The Tower of Babel |
9.3 | 4 |
| 6. | Stone Age: The Board Game |
9.3 | 3 |
| 7. | Reckless Racing 2 | 9.2 | 17 |
| 8. | Pizza Vs. Skeletons |
9.2 | 13 |
| 9. | Final Fantasy IV |
9.2 | 4 |
| 10. | Wimp: Who Stole My Pants? HD |
9.2 | 4 |
Qi’s Top 10 iPhone apps of 2012
| Pos. |
App |
Qi rating | Reviews |
| 1. | Fitocracy |
10 | 3 |
| 2. | 1-800-Therapist |
10 | 2 |
| 3. | Smile Me - Glam your smile! |
10 | 2 |
| 4. | FitGirl App |
10 | 2 |
| 5. | Dr Shrink |
10 | 2 |
| 6. | iRemindU |
10 | 2 |
| 7. | Remodel Or Move - Interior Design |
10 | 2 |
| 8. | instahiet |
10 | 2 |
| 9. | Where is my Little Square Bear |
10 | 2 |
| 10. | Post Secrets - Share your secret |
10 | 2 |
(N.B. We only display the average score to one decimal place; the list is generated to further significant figures. We just don't show them all.)
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