If you were wondering what the best reviewed iPad games and apps on the web last month were, here’s the iPad Quality Index round-up for July to fill you in.
The iPad Quality Index boasts over 250,000 scores from the world’s best websites, such as 148Apps, Pocket Gamer, and What’s On iPhone, and uses a unique metric to create a single definitive score for each iPad title.
Here are July 2014’s top selections…
Quality Index Top 10 iPad games July 2014
GAME NAME PUBLISHER Qi
1 Traps n’ Gemstones Donut Games 9.2
2 MONSTER HUNTER FREEDOM UNITE FOR iOS CAPCOM 8.6
3 Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake Cartoon Network 8.6
4 Disney Checkout Challenge Disney 8.6
5 World of Tanks Blitz Wargaming.net 8.5
6 Cascade Big Fish Games, Inc 8.4
7 Revolution 60 Brianna W. Wu 8.3
8 Modern Combat 5: Blackout Gameloft 8.2
9 JELLIES! Aleksei Kalinin 8.2
10 Fates Forever Hammer & Chisel Inc. 8.2
Quality Index Top 10 iPad apps July 2014
APP NAME PUBLISHER Qi
1 Treehouses of The Pacific Northwest Ten Thunder LLC 9.6
2 Lars and Friends Carla Susanto 9.3
3 Hoopa City TribePlay 8.6
4 Noteledge – Take Notes, Sketch, Audio and Video Recording Kdan Mobile Software LTD 8.6
5 Matter Pixite LLC 8.3
6 Mixgram for Instagram – The Best Photo Editor, Art Collage Maker, Cool Pic Frame, Style Effect, Insta Vintage, FX Filters, HD fotos, Funny Cam Blender, Picture Cap & Captions for Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Whatsapp, Evernote, Messenger,SMS,Mail LYAM BROTHERS 8.3
7 ComicBook! 2: Creative Superpowers 3DTOPO Inc. 8.0
8 Lomotif – Instant Music Video Editor Lomotif Private Limited 8.0
9 Unread for iPad – An RSS Reader Nice Boy LLC 8.0
10 Grid Diary – Questionnaire Diary, Gratitude Journal, Private, Secret and Simple Sumi Interactive 8.0
(N.B. The monthly games chart is based on titles released and reviewed in the last month. The apps chart is based on titles reviewed over the last three months. Hence, this is not a cumulative chart and earlier released titles may have higher scores.)
Traps n’ Gemstones was the run-away winner at the top of the July Qi iPad game chart. It’s a lovingly crafted adventure-platformer set in a sprawling pyramid packed full of interconnected spatial puzzles. Next up, at number two, is Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. We don’t often see games of such scale and ambition on iOS, but Capcom has pulled this 3D multiplayer action RPG conversion off with some style. There are monsters of a different, altogether cuter kind at number three. Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake from Cartoon Network is a charming puzzler that expertly borrows much of its look and feel from Nintendo’s Zelda series. Down at number eight, finally, we have Gameloft’s latest console-style FPS, Modern Combat 5: Blackout. It’s the tightest and best looking iteration yet, offering up a newly mobile-friendly single player element and solid multiplayer competition.
Treehouses of The Pacific Northwest takes the number one spot on the July Qi iPad app chart, offering an innovative and beautiful look at the wonderful world of custom tree houses. At number two is Lars and Friends, a lovely app for kids that teaches them the names of groups of animals. It’s all done with a unique hand-crafted art style that will really ignite young imaginations. Down at number four we have NoteLedge, which offers a range of flexible note-taking tools. Crop, copy, and edit your notes, photos, sketches, and recordings in style. Matter, at number five, lets you add 3D effects to your photos, complete with real time shadows and reflections. It’s a great way to create some otherworldly and truly original images.