Every year, Apple announces its App Store Awards to celebrate the very best and most impactful apps and games on the App Store and the developers behind them. Yesterday, the company officially unveiled the winners and finalists of the 2025 App Store Awards.
It is revealed that the winning apps and games were hand-selected by App Store editors from a list of 45 finalists for demonstrating exceptional innovation, user experience, and design.
App Store Awards 2025
Apps of the Year
iPhone App of the Year
- Winner- Tiimo
- Finalists- BandLab and LADDER
iPad App of the Year
- Winner- Detail
- Finalists- Graintouch and Structured
Mac App of the Year
- Winner- Essayist
- Finalists- Acorn and Under My Roof
Apple Vision Pro App of the Year
- Winner- Explore POV
- Finalists- Camo Studio and D-Day: The Camera Soldier
Apple Watch App of the Year
- Winner- Strava
- Finalists- Go Club and Pro Camera by Moment
Apple TV App of the Year
- Winner- HBO Max
- Finalists- PBS KIDS Video and Super Farming Boy
App of the Year (China Mainland)
- Winner- CapWords
- Finalists- CamScanner and TIDE
Games of the Year
iPhone Game of the Year
- Winner- Pokemon TCG Pocket
- Finalists- Capybara Go and Thronefall
iPad Game of the Year
- Winner- DREDGE
- Finalists- Infinity Nikki and Prince of Persia Lost Crown
Mac Game of the Year
- Winner- Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition
- Finalists- Assassin’s Creed Shadows and Neva
Apple Vision Pro Game of the Year
- Winner- Porta Nubi
- Finalists- Fishing Haven and Gears & Goo
Game of the Year (China Mainland)
- Winner- Valorant: Operation Source*
- Finalists- Adventurer’s Diary and Infinite*
*Translated from Chinese to English
Cultural Impact
Winners
- Art of Fauna
- Be My Eyes
- Chants of Sennaar
- despelote
- Focus Friend
- StoryGraph
Finalists
- A Space for the Unbound
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Retro
- Venba
- Whoscall
- Yuka
Apple Arcade Game of the Year
- Winner- What the Clash?
- Finalists- Katamari Damacy Rolling LIVE and PGA Tour Pro Golf
