Apple has unveiled the finalists for this year’s iteration of its App Store Awards, recognising 45 of the best apps and games across 12 different categories spanning the company’s various devices, like the iPhone, Mac, or Apple Vision Pro.
Selected by Apple’s App Store editorial team, these finalists represent the cream of the crop in terms of providing excellent user experiences, technical innovations, or design, and celebrate the developers whose apps push creative boundaries or help improve users’ lives. App Store Awards winners will be announced in the coming weeks.
“We’re thrilled to celebrate the App Store Award finalists, a diverse and talented group of developers from around the globe,” said Apple’s head of App Store Worldwide Carson Oliver, “Their commitment to excellence is an inspiration, resulting in experiences that empowered users to tap into their creativity, achieve more through technical innovations, and discover new adventures through the world of gameplay.”
Here’s the full list of Apple App Store Award finalists for 2025:
iPhone App of the Year
iPhone Game of the Year
- Capybara Go! (HABBY)
- Pokémon TCG Pocket (The Pokémon Company)
- Thronefall (Doghowl Games)
iPad App of the Year
- Detail (Detail Technologies)
- Graintouch (IORAMA)
- Structured (unorderly)
iPad Game of the Year
- DREDGE (Black Salt Games)
- Infinity Nikki (Infold)
- Prince of Persia Lost Crown (Ubisoft)
Mac App of the Year
- Acorn (Flying Meat)
- Essayist (Essayist Software)
- Under My Roof (Binary Formations)
Mac Game of the Year
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft)
- Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition (CD Projekt)
- Neva (Devolver)
Apple Arcade Game of the Year
- Katamari Damacy Rolling LIVE (Bandai Namco Entertainment)
- PGA TOUR Pro Golf (HypGames)
- WHAT THE CLASH? (Triband)
Apple Vision Pro App of the Year
- Camo Studio (Reincubate)
- D-Day: The Camera Soldier (TARGO)
- Explore POV (James Hustler)
Apple Vision Pro Game of the Year
- Fishing Haven (Devs United Games)
- Gears & Goo (Resolution Games)
- Porta Nubi (Michael Temper)
Apple Watch App of the Year
- GO Club (Arkade Club)
- Pro Camera by Moment (Moment Inc)
- Strava (Strava Inc)
Apple TV App of the Year
- HBO Max (WarnerMedia Global Digital Services)
- PBS KIDS Video (PBS KIDS)
- Super Farming Boy 4K (Renxo Europe Limited)
Cultural Impact Finalists
- Art of Fauna (Klemens Strasser)
- A Space for the Unbound (Toge Interactive)
- Be My Eyes (Be My Eyes)
- Chants of Sennaar (Playdigious)
- despelote (Panic Inc)
- Focus Friend (B-Tech Consulting Group)
- Is This Seat Taken? (Poti Poti Studio)
- Retro (Lone Palm Labs)
- StoryGraph (The StoryGraph)
- Venba (Visai Games)
- Whoscall (Gogolook)
- Yuka (Yuca)
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