About

Pocket Playbook started as a shared notes doc between three friends who kept texting each other tips for whatever game we were stuck on. At some point the doc got too long, so we turned it into a proper site. Everything you read here comes from someone on the team actually sitting down and playing.

We pick games the way normal people do: something looks fun in the store, we download it, and we give it a fair shot for a few evenings. If a game grabs us, we write a full guide. If it doesn't, we still note why, because knowing what to skip saves time too.

Our guides lean practical. We care about how a game feels on a small screen, whether the controls fight you, and how long it takes before things get interesting. We try to keep opinions clearly marked as opinions.

Nobody here is paid to like a game. When we're wrong or a game gets patched, we update the article and say so.

Klara Novak — Klara has been reviewing mobile games for about eight years and still plays on a cracked-screen phone she refuses to replace. She handles most of the arcade and adventure coverage.