Mobile Apps

Latest Mobile Apps

• 301 The Best Mobile Finance Apps

  Busy people need serious apps to help manage their money. From tracking daily spending to planning new investment strategies, these apps top the charts in our hands-on testing.

  9 years, 4 months By Jill Duffy
• Square Chip Card Reader Review

  4.5 Outstanding Editors' Choice

  Square is an affordable and easy tool for accepting credit card payments on lots of mobile devices, and the experience is excellent for buyers and sellers alike.

  9 years, 5 months By Jordan Minor
• Facebook Messenger (for Android) Review

  5.0 Exemplary Editors' Choice

  Facebook Messenger is one of the best ways to chat over text, SMS, video, voice, or encrypted messaging and has tons of fun stickers to boot. Best of all, everyone you know probably has an account already.

  9 years, 6 months By Max Eddy
• Castles of Mad King Ludwig (for Android) Review

  3.0 Average

  Construct fanciful castle floorplans to King Ludwig's enigmatic requests in this Android board-game adaptation. The core game is fun, but the app feels surprisingly empty.

  9 years, 7 months By Max Eddy
• Pokemon Go Plus Review

  3.5 Good

  The inexpensive Pokemon Go Plus wearable lets you capture Pokemon and hit Pokestops without using your phone, but ultimately it's more of a grinding tool than a gameplay supplement.

  9 years, 8 months By Ajay Kumar
• Evernote (for Android)

  4.0 Excellent

  Evernote has long been one of the best productivity apps. Even though rising costs have lessened the value proposition, long-time users will have a hard time finding a better replacement.

  9 years, 9 months By Jill Duffy
• Xnspy (for iPhone) Review

  2.5 Fair

  Xnspy can monitor your child's iOS device by mining iCloud backups. However, this technique means its monitoring is nowhere near real time, and its price is entirely out of line with the competition.

  9 years, 10 months By Neil J. Rubenking
• Xnspy (for Android) Review

  3.0 Average

  Xnspy (for Android) capably monitors your child's Android device, but doesn't attempt to control it. Its price, though, isn't remotely in line with the competition.

  9 years, 10 months By Neil J. Rubenking
• Comics (for Android)

  4.5 Outstanding Editors' Choice

  Comixology's mobile app continues to evolve, but it maintains its position as the premier combination of digital comics marketplace and comic book reader on the Android platform.

  9 years, 11 months By Jeffrey L. Wilson
• Familoop Safeguard (for iPhone) Review

  4.0 Excellent

  Unlike other iPhone parental control systems, Familoop Safeguard doesn't force kids to use a proprietary browser. With some minor fixes and a few added features, this impressive app could be a winner.

  10 years By Neil J. Rubenking
• Blizzard Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft (for Android) Review

  4.5 Outstanding Editors' Choice

  Recent updates rebalance Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, helping this fantasy-battle card game remain a top Android game.

  10 years By Max Eddy
• Small World 2 (for Android) Review

  4.0 Excellent

  Small World 2 is a stunning mobile adaptation of a fun and fast-paced game of fantasy conquest that pits you against your opponents in a game of whimsical warfare.

  10 years, 1 month By Max Eddy
• uKnowKids Premier (for iPhone) Review

  4.0 Excellent Editors' Choice

  It's not a Web filter, but uKnowKids Premier delivers parental monitoring features we didn't think were possible on the iPhone.

  10 years, 2 months By Jordan Minor
• Net Nanny (for iPhone)

  3.0 Average

  Net Nanny's web-centric and multi-platform approach to parental control makes it a useful option for the modern world, but it hasn't been updated substantially in years.

  10 years, 2 months By Neil J. Rubenking
• Norton Family Parental Control (for iPhone) Review

  3.0 Average

  Norton Family Parental Control is good at keeping your kids from browsing undesirable content on their iPhones, but it doesn't do much else.

  10 years, 2 months By Jordan Minor