Apple reveals 17 winners of 2025 App Store Awards, Pokemon TCG Pocket wins best iPhone game

Apple has officially announced the 17 winners of the 2025 App Store Awards, following last month’s reveal of the finalists. This year’s awards honour apps and games that Apple says stand out for “technical ingenuity and lasting cultural impact.” According to the tech giant, each winner was selected by App Store editors for “demonstrating exceptional innovation, user experience, and design.”

In addition to the main app and game winners, Apple also announced six Cultural Impact winners. These selections, Apple says, were chosen for “their ability to drive meaningful change.” 

Here’s the full list of winners:

App category winners

• iPhone App of the Year: Tiimo, from tiimo
• iPad App of the Year: Detail, from Detail Technologies B.V.
• Mac App of the Year: Essayist, from Essayist Software Inc.
• Apple Vision Pro App of the Year: Explore POV, from James Hustler
• Apple Watch App of the Year: Strava, from Strava, Inc.
• Apple TV App of the Year: HBO Max, from WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC

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Game category winners

• iPhone Game of the Year: Pokemon TCG Pocket, from The Pokemon Company
• iPad Game of the Year: DREDGE, from Black Salt Games
• Mac Game of the Year: Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition, from CD PROJEKT S.A.
• Apple Vision Pro Game of the Year: Porta Nubi, from Michael Temper
• Apple Arcade Game of the Year: WHAT THE CLASH?, from Triband ApS

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Cultural Impact winners

• 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
• StoryGraph from The StoryGraph

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