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, and Mobile Game FAQs.
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 regular marker of the critical zeitgeist, Qi rounds up the Top 10 iPhone games and Top 10 iPhone apps released each month.
Here is March 2014's critically acclaimed selection...
Qi's Top 10 iPhone games of March 2014
| Pos. |
Game |
Qi rating | Reviews |
| 1 | Card City Nights | 9.0 | 3 |
| 2 | Out There | 8.8 | 12 |
| 3 | Smash Hit | 8.7 | 9 |
| 4 | Primal Flame | 8.5 | 5 |
| 5 | Lionheart Tactics | 8.4 | 3 |
| 6 | Demolition Crush |
8.3 | 3 |
| 7 | Sometimes You Die |
8.2 | 3 |
| 8 | Principia | 8.2 | 3 |
| 9 | Autumn Dynasty Warlords | 8.1 | 8 |
| 10 | Astro Golf: Taking Mini Golf to New Heights |
8.1 | 4 |
Qi's Top 10 iPhone apps of March 2014
| Pos. |
App |
Qi rating | Reviews |
| 1 | Jack and the Beanstalk by Nosy Crow | 9.6 | 2 |
| 2 | The Squawka Football App | 9.6 | 2 |
| 3 | Color Vision Test Pro | 9.4 | 2 |
| 4 | reShoot | 9.3 | 2 |
| 5 | Fonta | 9.2 | 2 |
| 6 | Pushbullet | 9.0 | 2 |
| 7 | Chem101 Pro | 9.0 | 2 |
| 8 | Kwit - quit smoking is a game | 8.8 | 2 |
| 9 | Faith.com | 8.4 | 2 |
| 10 | Numerical: Calculator Without Equal | 8.4 | 2 |
(N.B. The games chart is based on titles released and reviewed in the last month. The apps charts is based on titles reviewed in the last three months.
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.)
