Top 10 best paid games for iPhone and iPad (iOS) in 2021

At number one, can you believe it? I can’t believe Minecraft is still the top paid game on your iPhone. I have played Minecraft as a high schooler, years ago, yet it still haunts the tops lists everywhere. Minecraft is an open-world, voxel game where you can build, craft, fight monsters, explore, craft potions and more. There is a lot to do in this game and it’s currently being actively updated - they just had a vote last month to add glow octopuses - so I do understand why it sits high.

Football and sports fans will be happy to hear that a game for them has made it onto the top ten list. This football manager game is the current one, aimed at 2021, where you can draft teams, pick out their strategies, pump them up with pep talks, and then let them free to see how they fare in the games themselves. This game is being updated often, refreshing systems, adding in more players and balancing, which keeps the game going smoothly.

This is very topical giving the, uh, current climate of the world. You can basically create a virus, and once enough people have been infected, you can mutate the virus to get it to new areas, undetected, as you continue to kill all of the humans in the world. The game continues to get updates, adding new ways to play and new features, which is why it has been able to keep the third place on the top paying iPhone games list!

Geometry Dash is a simple, one button, rhythm-based action platformer that just ticks all of the boxes when it comes to a fun little platformer. There are a lot of challenges, so many dangers, jumping has to be done often, and more. You can also build your own levels using an level editor - sharing what you create - which continues to add new content despite the game not having more official levels added for a while.

It’s not surprising that aboard game made to be a mobile game has made it onto the list. Social games are always very fun, and having an app means you don’t need to keep track of the physical game, so it’s a win win. Heads Up! has one player picking a category and placing their phone on their head, while the rest of their friends shout out words to try and get that player to guess the words on their heads. There are lots of categories - I like the food one - which can make the game fun!

Bloons TD 6 is an amazing tower defense game, which is why it’s sat at the top of the paid list for quite some time. You are able to create towers, upgrade them, unlock heroes, change your abilities and so much more - providing a lot of strategy and fun to be had within this game! Bloons TD 6 also boosts over 49 original maps - with 3D objects that can block your line of site, so you’ll need to be aware and crafty to stay on top. Unlike free to play tower defense games, you won’t find a load of in-app purchases in this one!

Monopoly is another surprise to me, as nobody I know likes the board game, however it brings a bit of nostalgia to your phone - and you can play with all the pieces instead of losing some in the back of your cabinet. Monopoly has several different boards, characters, skins and more adding to the game and making it more fun - as well as different rule varieties, which cannot be argued as they are in the app and not being dictated by your dumb cousin.

Earn to Die 2 is a zombie apocalyptic game where you need to fight and drive your way through the city, hitting hordes of zombies as you go. There is a longer story mode then the previous game, as well as lots of different updates when it comes to the way you can go through the levels, the amount of upgrades there are, and how destructible the vehicles you are driving are. What better way to get rid of zombies then driving straight through them.

On this list, we have both Bloons TD 6 and Bloons TD 5 - which has now made it's way onto the top of the charts. This game is, if you haven't guessed already, a tower defense game with the same characters you probably know from Bloons TD 6. There are a bunch of different towers to build, upgrades to unlock, special agents to send into battle and more, as you keep your colorful island alive!

True Skate is a simplistic skateboarding game, where you can take on a variety of courses and ramps, explore replicas of famous skate parks, and learn impressive tricks. Much of this game is based off of real life skateboarding tricks, places pros actually play, and courses that you could visit in real life. It's a well designed skate boarding game.