Apple Announces 2025 App Store Award Winners, Including iPhone App of the Year

[MacRumors]

Apple today unveiled the winners of its 2025 App Store Awards, including task planning app Tiimo, which was named iPhone App of the Year.

17 winning apps and games were selected by Apple's team of App Store editors, for showing exceptional innovation, user experience, and design. The developers of each app and game will receive a physical App Store Award.

"Every year, we're inspired by the ways developers turn their best ideas into innovative experiences that enrich people's lives," said Apple CEO Tim Cook. "This year's winners represent the creativity and excellence that define the App Store, and they demonstrate the meaningful impact that world-class apps and games have on people everywhere."

A complete list of this year's winners:

Apps

• Tiimo (iPhone App of the Year)
• Detail (iPad App of the Year)
• Essayist (Mac App of the Year)
• Explore POV (Apple Vision Pro App of the Year)
• Strava (Apple Watch App of the Year)
• HBO Max (Apple TV App of the Year)

Games

• Pokémon TCG Pocket (iPhone Game of the Year)
• DREDGE (iPad Game of the Year)
• Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition (Mac Game of the Year)
• Porta Nubi (Apple Vision Pro Game of the Year)
• WHAT THE CLASH? (Apple Arcade Game of the Year)

Cultural Impact

• Art of Fauna
• Chants of Sennaar
• despelote
• Be My Eyes
• Focus Friend
• StoryGraph

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[sw1tcher]

Apple today unveiled the winners of its 2025 App Store Awards, including task planning app Tiimo, which was named iPhone App of the Year.

Crazy. Fornite didn't make the list.

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[nuff_said]

I appreciate the hard work all these devs do and congrats to them all for being recognized. It’s not easy in a sea of apps to be selected.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Only app I’ve used out of all these is Strava on the watch, and it sucks. I like Strava and have used it for years, but not watch app.

That said, congrats to all the developers!

 

[dannyyankou]

As someone with ADHD, I might give that Tiimo app a try...

 

[kotaKat]

Wait, the App Store has actual apps?

Every time I opened the App Store this year it kept pushing Royal Match in my face and nothing else. They really need to solve the discovery problem of rotating the same garbage day in and day out as the first thing you see.

There is nothing to “feature” about a crappy “matching” game that keeps shoving in-app-purchases in your damn face.

 

[Hank001]

Tiimo. Why do we want an app to put 'call mom' on a to do list?

And why doesn't the GUI timer match the duration of said to do?

 

[Quasselstripper]

As someone with ADHD, I might give that Tiimo app a try...

It’s not good. Better try Structured!

 

[Quasselstripper]

Wait, the App Store has actual apps?

Every time I opened the App Store this year it kept pushing Royal Match in my face and nothing else. They really need to solve the discovery problem of rotating the same garbage day in and day out as the first thing you see.

There is nothing to “feature” about a crappy “matching” game that keeps shoving in-app-purchases in your damn face.

I think it’s very rare that people discover apps through the App Store nowadays. Because of what you just said! The suggestions clearly shifted from valuable apps to profitable (scammy) apps.

People discover apps through social media now!

 

[dannyyankou]

It’s not good. Better try Structured!

I’ll check it out