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Genshin Impact 7.0 asks no more of your phone, unless it has one of these chips

Android's 30 September install check is narrower than it looks

Europe's regulators want gems to show what they cost in euros

Clash Royale made every ability single-use, except one

AFK Journey and the idle game bargain

Age rating on the product page changed from 12+ to 13+ after Apple replaced the 12+ and 17+ bands. The lookup API still returns the old value.

AFK Journey and the idle game bargain

The download was stated as 1.2 GB, a binary-units conversion of a figure the App Store displays in decimal as 1.3 GB. Corrected, with a note on the article.

The App Store already tells you which games sell loot boxes

Age-rating column rebuilt from the sixteen App Store product pages. Apple has retired the 12+ and 17+ bands in favour of 13+, 16+ and 18+, and thirteen of the sixteen ratings in the original table were the retired values — including the 4+ the article's central argument rested on, now 9+. The loot-box column was re-read and is unchanged: the same twelve games declare it.

Call of Duty: Mobile is rated 18+, and that is the useful fact

Apple retired the 17+ band; the listing now reads 18+, so the headline, the summary and the body were changed to match. The download figure was also given in binary units as 2.7 GB against the 2.8 GB the listing displays, and is corrected.

What Clash of Clans asks of you before you start

Age rating on the product page changed from 9+ to 13+ after Apple replaced the 12+ and 17+ bands. The lookup API still returns the old value.

What Clash of Clans asks of you before you start

The download was stated as 620 MB, a binary-units conversion of a figure the App Store displays in decimal as 649.3 MB. Corrected, with a note on the article.

Honkai: Star Rail on a phone: the download is the hard part

Age rating on the product page changed from 12+ to 13+ after Apple replaced the 12+ and 17+ bands. The lookup API still returns the old value.

Honkai: Star Rail on a phone: the download is the hard part

The download was stated as 3.5 GB, a binary-units conversion of a figure the App Store displays in decimal as 3.7 GB. Corrected, with a note on the article.

Mario Kart Tour ends on 29 September, and your rubies go with it

Marvel Snap and the case for the very short match

Age rating changed from 9+ to 13+ on the product page, following Apple's replacement of the 12+ and 17+ bands with 13+, 16+ and 18+. The lookup API still returns 9+.

Marvel Snap and the case for the very short match

The download size in Practical details said roughly 330 MB. The App Store listing reported 349 MB a day after publication and 348.8 MB on re-reading, so the figure was wrong when written rather than overtaken by an update. Corrected to roughly 350 MB, with a note on the article.

The oldest iOS these games still run on, in one table

Table re-read from the same sixteen listings. MONOPOLY GO! raised its minimum from iOS 13.3 to iOS 15.0 and Pokémon TCG Pocket's download grew from 366 MB to 766 MB; six other sizes moved slightly. The July reading is kept in Sources as the basis for the new "what changed" section.

Mobile Legends: a small download with a large commitment

Age rating on the product page changed from 12+ to 13+ after Apple replaced the 12+ and 17+ bands. The lookup API still returns the old value.

Monopoly GO decides when your session ends

The App Store listing now requires iOS 15.0, up from the iOS 13.3 recorded at publication, so an iPhone that could install this in July may no longer be able to.

Monopoly GO decides when your session ends

Practical details called this the smallest install of any game in the directory. Roblox was smaller on the same day's reading, at 243 MB against 281 MB, so the claim was wrong when written. Corrected to one of the two smallest, behind Roblox.

Pokémon TCG Pocket is rated 9+ and sells randomised packs

The listing now reads 9+ rather than the 4+ this article was built around, following Apple's move to a new rating scale, so the headline and the argument were adjusted — the claim that this carried Apple's most permissive rating no longer holds. The download has also roughly doubled since publication, from 366 MB to 766 MB.

PUBG Mobile decides how long you play, not you

Age rating on the product page changed from 12+ to 13+ after Apple replaced the 12+ and 17+ bands. The lookup API still returns the old value.

PUBG Mobile decides how long you play, not you

The download was stated as 3.8 GB, a binary-units conversion of a figure the App Store displays in decimal as 3.98 GB. Corrected, with a note on the article.

Wuthering Waves on a phone: what an open world costs you

Age rating on the product page changed from 12+ to 13+ after Apple replaced the 12+ and 17+ bands. The lookup API still returns the old value.

Wuthering Waves on a phone: what an open world costs you

The download was stated as 2.3 GB, a binary-units conversion of a figure the App Store displays in decimal as 2.4 GB. Corrected, with a note on the article.

Zenless Zone Zero on a phone: action combat on a touchscreen

Age rating on the product page changed from 12+ to 13+ after Apple replaced the 12+ and 17+ bands. The lookup API still returns the old value.