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Traps n' Gemstones heads the Quality Index's Top 10 rated Android and iOS games of July 2014

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Traps n' Gemstones heads the Quality Index's Top 10 rated Android and iOS games of July 2014
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If you were wondering what the best-reviewed iOS and 'droid games on the web last month were, here are the iPhone Quality Index, iPad Quality Index, and Android Quality Index round-ups for July to fill you in.

The iPhone, iPad, and Android Quality Indexes boast over 650,000 reviews (in total) from websites like 148Apps, Pocket Gamer, and IGN, and use a unique metric to create a single definitive score for each iOS and Android title.

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Traps n' Gemstones was the run-away winner at the top of the July Qi iPhone game chart. It's a lovingly crafted adventure-platformer set in a sprawling pyramid packed full of interconnected spatial puzzles.

Down at number eight, 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.

Qi's Top 10 iPhone games of July 2014
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Game

Qi rating Reviews
1 Traps n' Gemstones 9.2 7
2 MONSTER HUNTER FREEDOM UNITE for iOS 8.6 9
3 Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake 8.6 9
4 Disney Checkout Challenge 8.6 3
5 World of Tanks Blitz 8.5 8
6 Cascade 8.4 4
7 Revolution 60 8.3 5
8 Modern Combat 5: Blackout 8.2 11
9 JELLIES! 8.2 6
10 Deep Loot 8.2 3

At number two on the Qi iPad game chart 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. Qi's Top 10 iPad games of July 2014
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Game

Qi rating Reviews
1 Traps n' Gemstones 9.2 7
2 MONSTER HUNTER FREEDOM UNITE for iOS 8.6 9
3 Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake 8.6 9
4 Disney Checkout Challenge 8.6 3
5 World of Tanks Blitz 8.5 8
6 Cascade 8.4 4
7 Revolution 60 8.3 5
8 Modern Combat 5: Blackout 8.2 11
9 JELLIES! 8.2 6
10 Fates Forever 8.2 4

At number two on the July Qi Android game chart is Wayward Souls, an ambitious roguelike action-RPG with random dungeons and countless imaginatively drawn monsters to slay. Down at number seven, we have Wave Wave - the latest example of the twitch gaming craze that's sweeping through mobile. Dodge up and down in a strikingly jagged world, and stay alive for as long as possible. Qi's Top 10 Android games of July 2014
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Game

Qi rating Reviews
1 Traps n' Gemstones 9.8 3
2 Wayward Souls 8.9 3
3 Catcha Catcha Aliens! 8.9 3
4 Need A Hero 8.9 3
5 Skyline Skaters 8.6 3
6 Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake 8.5 6
7 Wave Wave 8.2 3
8 Beyond Gravity 8.1 3
9 GlowGrid 8.1 3
10 Transworld Endless Skater 8.0 3

N.B. While we only display the average score to one decimal place, the lists are generated to further significant figures. We just don't show them all.

And, naturally, these are static graphs based on live listings which are subject to constant change as new releases and reviews emerge.

In order to provide a regular marker of the critical zeitgeist, however, we will continue to round up the best of the iOS and Android games released each month to provide the definitive Quality Index top tens.

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Jon Mundy
Jon Mundy
Jon is a consummate expert in adventure, action, and sports games. Which is just as well, as in real life he's timid, lazy, and unfit. It's amazing how these things even themselves out.