About

Pocket Verdict started as a group chat where four friends kept arguing about which games were worth the storage space on a mid-range phone. At some point we figured we should just write it all down, so here we are. No agency, no sponsor telling us what to praise.,Every game we cover gets installed on at least two devices: one flagship and one older handset, because that's how most people actually play. We track how long a session lasts before the battery cries, whether the touch controls fight you, and how much the default settings need fixing.,We care about the whole spread of mobile gaming, not just one corner of it. Puzzles, racing, strategy, tappy arcade stuff, slow RPGs for the commute. If it runs on a phone and holds our attention, it gets a fair look.,When something bores us, we say so. When a game surprises us, we say that too. The goal is simple: help you decide before you waste an evening downloading.

Marta Kowalczyk — Marta has been reviewing mobile games for almost a decade and still keeps a drawer full of old phones for testing. She writes most of the long-form pieces and does the battery benchmarks herself.