Qi's Top 10 iPad games and apps of January 2013
Most critically acclaimed titles on Quality Index for the month
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 GamePro.
Qi then collates the critiques, applies a magic formula, and delivers a single definitive Qi score for each iPad 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 iPad games and Top 10 iPad apps released each month.
Here is January 2013's critically acclaimed selection...
Qi's Top 10 iPad games of January 2013
| Pos. |
Game |
Qi rating | Reviews |
| 1 | Joe Danger | 8.9 | 16 |
| 2 | Hundreds | 8.9 | 12 |
| 3 | The Lords of Midnight | 8.8 | 5 |
| 4 | Scribble Hero | 8.8 | 5 |
| 5 | Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes | 8.6 | 11 |
| 6 | Momonga Pinball Adventures | 8.5 | 9 |
| 7 | Banana Kong | 8.4 | 6 |
| 8 | The Blockheads | 8.4 | 5 |
| 9 | Pixel Defenders Puzzle | 8.4 | 4 |
| 10 | Time Surfer | 8.3 | 12 |
Qi's Top 10 iPad apps of January 2013
| Pos. |
App |
Qi rating | Reviews |
| 1 | Intellisale | 10 | 2 |
| 2 | Rockmelt: Explore the best of the web | 9.6 | 2 |
| 3 | 2013 Calendar HD | 9.6 | 2 |
| 4 | Splash Money: Counting Coins and Bills | 9.6 | 2 |
| 5 | Plex | 9.6 | 2 |
| 6 | Time to Smile!:) Jokes | 9.4 | 2 |
| 7 | pMail - Private eMail | 9.4 | 2 |
| 8 | Archives | 9.4 | 2 |
| 9 | Cooklet | 9.1 | 3 |
| 10 | Ziner - Google Reader client | 9.0 | 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.)
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