Apple has announced between 45 and 49 finalists across 14 App Store Awards categories, recognising exceptional apps and games across its major platforms.
Apple has announced the finalists for the 2025 App Store Awards, recognising between 45 and 49 standout apps and games across 14 categories. This year’s shortlist spans every major Apple platform — including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Apple Arcade and Apple Vision Pro — highlighting excellence in user experience, design, storytelling and accessibility. Winners will be revealed in the coming weeks.
Apple’s editorial team selected apps and games that demonstrate exceptional usability, creative execution and meaningful platform-specific innovation. Cultural relevance, accessibility considerations and high production quality also formed core elements of the review process.
Across 14 categories, Apple highlighted platform-specific App of the Year and Game of the Year finalists, alongside Cultural Impact Awards and dedicated recognition for China Mainland submissions.
Recognised for social contribution, emotional impact or meaningful accessibility achievements:
Apple will announce the winners in the coming weeks. Finalists and eventual winners typically receive prominent App Store placement, dedicated editorial features and increased visibility across global markets — often resulting in longer-term discovery and download momentum.
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Apple’s 2025 shortlist reflects an increasingly diverse App Store landscape. The introduction of Apple Vision Pro categories underscores Apple’s ambition to establish spatial computing as a mainstream platform, while the continued rise of productivity, creativity and wellness tools highlights sustained demand for high-utility digital experiences.
Games listed across iPhone, Mac and Vision Pro show a growing hybrid trend: premium AAA releases now sit alongside lighter, socially-driven formats. The winning apps are likely to balance strong narrative design, accessibility and polished cross-platform performance — qualities Apple continues to prioritise as markers of long-term user value.
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