Apple App Store Awards 2025: Best iPhone Games, Apps, Innovation And Cultural Impact

Apple App Store Awards 2025: Recently, Apple has announced the winners of its 2025 App Store Awards. The awards honour a total of 17 apps and games which were selected because of their excellent design, engineering and design innovation, cultural impact and user experience, all of which exceeded expectations from users. The recipients received extensive reviews from App Store editors based on user experience and innovative concepts.

Apple App Store Best Apps 2025: Across Every Apple Platform

This year’s list covers all major Apple devices, from the iPhone and iPad to Apple Watch, Mac and even Vision Pro. Tiimo, a popular daily planning app designed for neurodivergent users, earned the iPhone App of the Year title for turning task management into something calming, intuitive and inclusive.

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On iPad, the visual production tool Detail stood out with its easy broadcasting and camera workflows, while Essayist on Mac was recognised for using a clean UI and smart research aids to simplify long-form writing. Explore POV for Vision Pro, which delivered spatial storytelling that feels tailor-made for visionOS, and Strava on Apple Watch earned the award for fitness tracking that genuinely helps people move better. HBO Max rounded up the platform winners with its cinematic redesign for Apple TV.

Quick glance at the app winners:

- iPhone App of the Year: Tiimo, from tiimo

- iPad App of the Year: Detail, from Detail Technologies B.V.

- Mac App of the Year: Essayist, from Essayist Software Inc.

- Apple Vision Pro App of the Year: Explore POV, from James Hustler

- Apple Watch App of the Year: Strava, from Strava, Inc.

- Apple TV App of the Year: HBO Max, from WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC

Apple App Store Best Games 2025: Top Games Celebrate Creativity, Performance and Immersion

From handheld to desktop gaming devices, this year's games demonstrate how diverse digital play has become on Apple devices. Pokemon TCG Pocket won the iPhone Game of the Year title for offering fans a quick yet modern card battle experience; DREDGE won the iPad prize with its atmospheric art direction and engaging storytelling.

Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition was recognised for its impressive adaptation to macOS hardware. Porta Nubi's puzzle world won Vision Pro honours, while WHAT THE CLASH? -- an entertaining Arcade title -- completed the list.

Quick glance at the Game winners:

iPhone Game of the Year: Pokemon TCG Pocket, from The Pokemon Company

iPad Game of the Year: DREDGE, from Black Salt Games

Mac Game of the Year: Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, from CD PROJEKT S.A.

Apple Vision Pro Game of the Year: Porta Nubi, from Michael Temper

Apple Arcade Game of the Year: WHAT THE CLASH?, from Triband ApS

Apple App Store Awards: 2025: Six Cultural Impact Winners

Apple also named six apps and games that it believes move society forward in quieter, more thoughtful ways. These range from accessibility and community support to environmental storytelling and mental wellness.

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Winners include:

- Art of Fauna

- Chants of Sennaar

- despelote

- Be My Eyes

- Focus Friend

- StoryGraph

Apple notes that these selections were selected with an aim toward driving positive change, building empathy or helping individuals live more consciously.

Apple's message across categories remains consistent: great software must do more than provide features and polish; it should enable people to learn, create, play, and care for one another. This year's award lineup demonstrates this belief with a wealth of imagination-fuelled apps designed with purpose in mind.