New Delhi: With just a few days left to the end of 2025, Apple has recently announced the winners of the App Store Awards 2025, recognising the top applications and achievements of app developers. Developers have been recognised across various categories such as iPhone Application of the Year, iPad App of the Year, Mac App of the Year, Apple Watch App of the Year, Mac Game of the Year and more. In total, Apple has recognised 17 applications and games, and these winning applications were selected by Apple App Store editors from a total of 45 finalists.
🏆 Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 App Store Awards! 🏆
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— App Store (@AppStore) December 4, 2025
Now let’s see the winners of Applications and Games:
- Mac Game of the Year
CyberPunk 2027 Ultimate Edition has won the Mac Game of the Year award. It was nominated along with the Assassin’s Creed: Shadows and Neva.
- Apple Watch App of the Year
Strava has won the Apple Watch of the Year award. It is known for its fitness platform and was nominated along with the Pro Camera by Moment and Go Club.
- iPad App of the Year
iPad App of the Year was awarded to Detail, which was nominated along with the Structured and Grain Touch. Detail offers AI-powered video editing for quick content creation.
- iPhone App of the Year
iPhone App of the Year, Tiimo, is a visual planner that uses Artificial Intelligence to make tasks more actionable for users.
- Mac App of the Year
Essayist, the Mac App of the Year, tackles the problem of time-consuming academic paper formatting with AI-powered efficiency.
- Apple Vision Pro App of the Year
Explore POV, from James Hustler
- Apple TV App of the Year
HBO Max, from WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC.
- iPhone Game of the Year
Pokémon TCG Pocket, from The Pokémon Company.
- iPad Game of the Year
DREDGE, from Black Salt Games.
- 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 has also announced its Cultural Impact winners, recognising applications and games across its devices. These titles were selected for their ability to drive positive impact, offer helpful tools, promote understanding, and encourage a more inclusive world.
- Art of Fauna from Klemens Strasser
- Chants of Sennaar from Playdigious
- Despelote from Panic, Inc.
- Be My Eyes from Be My Eyes
- Focus Friend by Hank Green from B-Tech Consulting Group LLC
- StoryGraph from The StoryGraph
