Top 2025 iPhone, iPad, Mac & Watch Apps Compete for Apple Awards

Apple has revealed the 45 finalists for the 2025 App Store Awards, thereby bringing forth the most creative apps and games in 12 different categories. The annual awards program is intended to recognize the developers who make daily routines easy, productive, and user-friendly through their work, and who also contribute to the overall improvement of the concerned area through their efforts in UX design. The announcement of the winners is over the next couple of weeks, but they will come from this worldwide pool of imaginative developers.

Carson Oliver, head of App Store Worldwide at Apple, mentioned that the selected apps showcase not only talent but also diversity among the developers. He pointed out that the apps in the competition this year are all about fostering creativity, making the work easier and more efficient, and creating new ways of having fun interactively.

The iPhone App of the Year category consists of apps that are aimed at making life better in general. BandLab makes it possible for musicians to have seamless recording, mixing, and collaboration at the same time. LADDER offers uncertainty-free workout planning for strength trainers and thus facilitates their training; people with varying degrees of self-discipline can also benefit from it through Tiimo, an app for users that helps to be more disciplined and organized when it comes to task management.

Imaginative entertainment at its best is what the finalists in the iPhone Game of the Year category are presenting this time. Capybara Go! invites you to take a funny idle adventure alongside the most famous internet character. Pokémon TCG Pocket makes it possible for people who play mobile games to be involved in collecting cards just like before. Thronefall fuses simple gaming with surprisingly intricate strategy components.

The four iPad finalists are nothing short of excellent when it comes to creative and productive skills. Creators get unparalleled control over their production workflows with Detail, Graintouch offers graphic artists tools tiptoeing around printmaking, and Structured converts chaotic day-to-day activities into visually appealing timelines thereby helping in effective planning.

The iPad Game of the Year finalists consist of DREDGE, which is acclaimed for its atmospheric gameplay and smooth mechanics, Infinity Nikki, which puts the players into the magical world of Miraland, and also Prince of Persia: Lost Crown, a story-driven adventure with great gameplay.

The Mac app finalists has great applications that are really powerful and targeted at solving specific problems. Acorn provides professional-quality photo editing in a very easy-to-use application. Essayist allows a writer to focus on content and the rest, namely citations and formatting are taken care of. Under My Roof is a solution that helps the homeowners to be in control of their household and organized.

Apple Watch apps are still dedicated to health and engagement. GO Club motivates the users to be active and drink enough water. Moment’s Pro Camera app is on the wrist and brings the advanced photography tools to the wrist and Strava is helping the worldwide fitness community through performance tracking and activity analysis.

The App Store Awards are still the indicators of the developers' highest quality, highlighting the apps that have been a creative source and have been so productive in the areas of immersive gameplay on all the Apple devices.