See the best apps and games of the year according to Apple (2025)
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A Apple announced the winners of App Store Awards 2025This is an annual award that recognizes the best apps and games of the year according to Apple across different platforms in the brand's ecosystem. Among the highlights are tools that use... artificial intelligence, inclusive experiences e games that won over audiences and critics alike. Check out the complete list of all the winners below. App Store Awards 2025:
iPhone (iOS)
iPhone App of the Year: Tiimo
Tiimo It was chosen as one of the best iPhone apps of 2025. It's a visual planner that uses artificial intelligence to help people with ADHD, autism, and other neurodivergences organize tasks and stay focused. The app transforms daily planning into a more visual and intuitive experience, with adaptable tools, smart reminders, and integrated timers. Furthermore, Tiimo boasts an inclusive and accessible design, specifically conceived to meet the needs of these groups.
Obtain your Tiimo on the App Store.
iPhone Game of the Year: Pokémon TCG Pocket
Pokemon TCG Pocket This game adapts the traditional Pokémon collectible card game for mobile devices, offering an accessible experience for both veterans and new players. In the app, you can open virtual packs, collect digital cards, and build custom decks to compete in online matches. The game maintains the strategic essence of the classic, but with a simplified interface and faster matches.
Obtain your Pokemon TCG Pocket on the App Store.
iPad (iPadOS)
iPad App of the Year: Detail
Detail It was chosen as one of the best apps of 2025 for iPad. It's a video editing app that uses artificial intelligence to simplify the content creation process. With features like automatic silence removal, smart cuts, subtitles, dynamic zoom, and suggested soundtracks, the app transforms ordinary recordings into ready-to-use videos in seconds. In addition, Detail includes a tool... Podcast Auto Editwhich automatically generates different versions of the same video, including short cuts for social media, and intelligently switches between participants.
Obtain your Detail on the App Store.
iPad Game of the Year: DREDGE
DREDGES It's an adventure and exploration game that combines the tranquility of fishing with a dark and mysterious atmosphere. At the helm of a small boat, the player must explore isolated archipelagos, collect resources, and uncover secrets hidden in the ocean's depths. Gradually, the experience takes on cosmic horror overtones, revealing strange creatures and unsettling stories beneath the surface.
Obtain your DREDGES on the App Store.
Macbooks and iMacs (MacOS)
Mac App of the Year: Essayist
Essayist It was chosen as one of the best apps for Mac. It's an academic writing app that automates the process of formatting and inserting citations in papers and articles. Available for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, the app allows you to choose between styles such as APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, and Harvard, and offers an integrated reference manager with Google Scholar support. With just a few clicks, the user can add citations, create bibliographies, and export the formatted text to PDF or Word.
Obtain your Essayist on the App Store.
Game of the Year for Mac: Cyberpunk 2077: Definitive Edition
Cyberpunk 2077: Definitive Edition This brings to Mac the complete version of CD Projekt Red's acclaimed futuristic RPG. The game is set in the dystopian metropolis of Night City, where the player takes on the role of V, a mercenary seeking power and survival in a world dominated by corporations and technology. This edition includes all updates released since the original launch, plus the expansion. phantom libertywhich adds new missions, characters, and areas to explore.
Obtain your Cyberpunk 2077: Definitive Edition on the App Store.
Apple Vision Pro (VisionOS)
App of the Year for Apple Vision Pro: Explore POV
Explore POV It was chosen as one of the best apps for Apple Vision Pro. It's an app developed for Apple Vision Pro that offers immersive first-person experiences. The app's purpose is to allow the user to see the world through the eyes of other people, exploring real environments and situations interactively. Using the Vision Pro's mixed reality capabilities, the app creates an authentic sense of presence, blending images captured in 180° or 360° with digital elements.
Obtain your Explore POV on the App Store.
Game of the Year for Apple Vision Pro: Porta Nubi
Porta Nubi It's a game developed for the Apple Vision Pro that combines elements of exploration, puzzles, and artistic storytelling in a mixed reality environment. In it, the player is invited to traverse portals and interact with floating worlds that blend into the surrounding physical space. With minimalist visuals, the game utilizes the Vision Pro's advanced features to integrate the virtual and the real.
Obtain your Porta Nubi on the App Store.
Apple Watch (WatchOS)
Apple Watch App of the Year: Strava
Strava It is one of the world's most popular fitness apps, focused on monitoring physical activities such as running, cycling, and walking. Integrated with the Apple Watch, the app records real-time metrics such as distance, pace, heart rate, and calories burned, as well as allowing performance tracking through maps and detailed statistics. It also functions as a social network for athletes, encouraging challenges, goals, and interaction with other users.
Obtain your Strava on the App Store.
Apple TV (tvOS)
Apple TV App of the Year: HBO Max
HBO Max It remains one of the leading streaming platforms on the market, bringing together productions from Warner Bros., HBO, DC, and Cartoon Network. It also stands out for its catalog of hit series such as The Last of Us, House of the Dragon, Euphoria, Succession e TThe app offers full support for the Apple ecosystem, including integration with the Apple TVIn addition to compatibility with voice commands via Siri.
Obtain your HBO Max on the App Store.
Apple Arcade
Apple Arcade Game of the Year: WHAT THE CLASH?
WHAT THE CLASH? It's a game available on Apple ArcadeApple's game subscription service offers access to hundreds of titles without ads or additional purchases. The game mixes action, humor, and chaos in fast-paced, unpredictable matches, featuring colorful arenas and dynamic challenges geared towards multiplayer mode. Each level presents different mechanics and obstacles, guaranteeing consistently varied gameplay.
Obtain your WHAT THE CLASH? on the App Store.
Cultural Impact Awards:
Art of Fauna
Art of Fauna It's an app that combines art and environmental awareness to promote nature conservation. The aim is to highlight the beauty and importance of ecosystems through illustrations and visual experiences that encourage caring for the planet.
Obtain your Art of Fauna on the App Store.
Chant of Sennaar
Chant of Sennaar It's an adventure and puzzle game that explores language as a bridge between different peoples. Inspired by the myth of the Tower of Babel, the player must decipher languages and symbols to restore communication in a divided world.
Obtain your Chant of Sennaar on the App Store.
messed up
messed up It's a narrative game set in Ecuador that combines elements of memory, football, and everyday life. The experience transports the player to the streets of Quito, portraying childhood and local culture.
Obtain your messed up on the App Store.
Be My Eyes
Be My Eyes It's an accessibility app that connects blind or visually impaired people with volunteers through live video calls. The idea is simple: the volunteer "lends" their sight to help with everyday tasks, such as reading labels or identifying objects.
Obtain your Be My Eyes on the App Store.
Focus Friend
Focus Friend It's a wellness app that helps users maintain focus and manage their time in a healthier way. The app encourages mindful breaks and balanced productivity habits, with a user-friendly interface and focus tools based on behavioral psychology.
Obtain your Focus Friend on the App Store.
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Text revised by Alexandre Marques in 12 / 12 / 2025.
Source: CNET.
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