Candy Crush, Clash of the Clans, Minion Rush, Simpsons Tapped Out, and more! How to cheat and beat the most addictive iPhone games!

Just get a new iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c and already addicted to all the top freemium games? No problem! Here are iMore's top tips, hints, and flat out cheats to help you save money, get more lives, and finish levels faster!

Whether you just got a brand new iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c, or just looking for that next great time-waster, there are plenty of highly-addictive, intensely fun casual games on iOS 7. The problem is, many of them nickel and dime you, and otherwise use in-app purchases (IAP) to turn you upside down and shake all the quarters from your pockets. Forget that! Here's a list of iMore's amazing gaming guides, the ones that will help you crush more candy, tap more donuts, rush more minions, race more really, and otherwise cheat, beat, and defeat all the top games on your iPhone!

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Candy Crush: Top 20 tips, tricks, and cheats to pass levels and get lives!

Candy Crush: Top 20 tips, tricks, and cheats to pass levels and get lives!

Candy Crush - Download now - is our not-so secret addiction. It consumes days and plagues nights. We've been crushing so much candy over the last few months, in fact, we've managed to figure out quite a few tips, tricks, and flat out cheats that have helped beat level after level, and gain extra life after extra life. Here they are, both our original 10, and 10 more for extra good measure!

Clash of Clans: Top 6 tips, hints, and cheats!

Clash of Clans tips, tricks, and cheats

Gird your loins! Collect your elixir! You call that an upgraded wall? Clash of Clans brings the brazen aggression of Scottish warfare to the addictive and simple mechanics of casual gaming. It’s insanely popular, and we’re here to make sure your camp is the toughest to break through, that you're rolling in gold, and that you're climbing the leaderboards.

The Simpsons: Tapped Out: Top 8 tips, hints, and cheats for donuts, cash, and XP!

The Simpsons: Tapped Out: Top 8 tips, hints, and cheats for donuts, cash, and XP!

Simpsons: Tapped Out - Download now - can take over your life and replace it with a Homer Simpson and donut filled cartoon replica faster than you can say "D'oh!" But if you're going to spend all your waking - and some sleeping - hours helping rebuild Springfield, we're want to help you do it as fast, as easily, and as cheaply as possible. So, I've collected some of the very best tips, hints, and flat out cheats I could find, and loaded them up here. So, keep reading, and get ready to take your Simpsons: Tapped Out gaming from "haha!" to "woohoo!"

Plants vs. Zombies 2: Top 10 tips, hints, and cheats to pass levels faster

Plants vs. Zombies 2: Top 10 tips, hints, and cheats to pass levels faster

Plants vs. Zombies 2 - Download now - is the sequel to Popcap's original, amazing, mega-hit, but it's also a completely new, completely different thing. It's freemium now, which means it's free to play, but it tries to encourage you to pay for extras via in-app purchase (IAP). Some people love that model. Some people hate it. We're not here to judge. We're just here to help you make the most of Plants vs. Zombies 2 no matter how you choose to play... or pay. And that means, of course, we're giving you our absolute best tips, tricks, and out-and-out cheats!

Despicable Me: Minion Rush tips, tricks, and cheats

Despicable Me: Minion Rush tips, tricks, and cheats

Despicable Me: Minion Rush - Download now -is highly addicting and if you're anything like us, you've probably spent several runs trying to collect bananas, Gru tokens, and more in order to advance. From the mysterious Disco Room to gift code combinations and more, here are some tips and tricks we have found helpful when playing Despicable Me: Minion Rush!

Real Racing 3: Top 10 tips, hints, and cheats for better cars and faster upgrades!

Real Racing 3: Top 10 tips, hints, and cheats!

Real Racing 3 by Firemonkeys and EA - Download now - is one of the best racing games out there for iOS. The fact it comes as a free download with in-app purchases frustrates some – myself included – but it has at least opened up the opportunity to play to many, many more. That aside, it's a fantastic game, and if you're looking to get a little better, or learn some tricks to mastering the in-app purchases, then look no further. Here's our guide to getting the best from Real Racing 3.

Bejeweled Blitz: Top 8 tips, hints, and cheats to get your highest scores ever!

Bejeweled Blitz: Top 8 tips, hints, and tricks to get your highest scores ever!

Bejeweled Blitz by Popcap - Download now - has been a long time favorite for many iPhone and iPad users. Collecting coins and hitting multipliers can quickly become an obsession. Along the way you have the opportunity to use boosts, bonuses, and multipliers. If you aren't smart about it, you can deplete your coin bank, and potentially your actual wallet, quicker than you earned it. I've been playing Blitz for years and here are the tips, tricks, and hints I've found to be most useful in helping fly by your friends in the leaderboards in no time!

Your favorite addictive games and cheats?

Did we miss any of your favorite games? Did we skip over any of your favorite cheats? We're always looking to cover more titles and offer more great tips, so add them to the comments below and we'll round them up next time!

Rene Ritchie
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Rene Ritchie is one of the most respected Apple analysts in the business, reaching a combined audience of over 40 million readers a month. His YouTube channel, Vector, has over 90 thousand subscribers and 14 million views and his podcasts, including Debug, have been downloaded over 20 million times. He also regularly co-hosts MacBreak Weekly for the TWiT network and co-hosted CES Live! and Talk Mobile. Based in Montreal, Rene is a former director of product marketing, web developer, and graphic designer. He's authored several books and appeared on numerous television and radio segments to discuss Apple and the technology industry. When not working, he likes to cook, grapple, and spend time with his friends and family.