Apple reveals the 17 must-download apps of 2025 – the App Store Award winners are here

• Apple’s 2025 App Store Award winners are official
• There are 17 winners across Apps, Games, and Cultural Impact
• Its includes picks for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV

Two weeks after announcing the finalists for App of the Year – and just a day after Spotify Wrapped dropped – Apple has officially revealed the winners of the 2025 App Store Awards. The Cupertino-based tech giant has named 17 winners across platforms in three categories: Apps, Games, and Cultural Impact.

Many of these we’ve already previewed in our roundup of the finalists, but the winners reflect the surge and abundance of AI. In many cases, they showcase applications that appear effortless, combining seamless, unique design with genuine functionality that solves a problem – or even provides an escape at times.

Take Tiimo, the iPhone App of the Year. It’s billed as an AI planner and to-do ...