There are some surprisingly decent games on the iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV, but touch controls are usually…less than ideal. Many of those games support full gamepads, though, so you can play with the same precision you do on a console. Here are the gamepads to buy.
Sadly, you can’t just use any ol’ Xbox or PlayStation controller with your iPhone (unless you’re jailbroken). iOS only allows certain controllers using Apple’s “made for iPhone” (MFi) standard, so you’ll need something specifically made for iOS. And there are quite a few MFi controllers out there, so it can be hard to know which ones are the best. Here are the ones we recommend. (And before you buy, make sure the games you want to play are compatible with MFi controllers.)
The Best Full-Size Controllers for iPhones and Apple TV: SteelSeries Nimbus and PXN Speedy
If you want a traditional gamepad to use with your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV, we have two main recommendations—depending on your preferred button layout.
The SteelSeries Nimbus ($45) is generally regarded as the best MFi controller out there, and it’s easy to see why. The build quality is solid, the sticks are smooth in all the right ways, and the D-pad is great, which is rare. The triggers on the back are rather large, but they feel pretty good to use too.
The Nimbus’ only downside is that it doesn’t come with a clip for your iPhone, which is annoying—who wants to sit their phone on a table to play it? Thankfully, there are a few clip-on adapters out there, like the the MP Power foldable adapter ($15) for the Xbox One controller, and they fit perfectly on the Nimbus. So, for just a few more bucks, you can clip your iPhone to the controller and game comfortably.
The Nimbus uses Bluetooth to communicate with your iPhone, which can be a little finicky (as Bluetooth always is), but it worked well enough in…
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