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Apple announced the 17 winners of its 2025 App Store Awards on Thursday, and artificial intelligence is making its presence felt. General application Timocreated for people with ADHD, is an AI-powered visual chart; iPad App of the Year the details Uses artificial intelligence to simplify the video editing process; And the best Mac app of the year Article writer It uses artificial intelligence to make “the time-consuming work of formatting academic papers” easier.
Apple has been handing out App Store Awards for more than a decade, with recent App of the Year winners including Kino (2024), AllTrails (2023), BeReal (2022), Toca Life World (2021), and Wakeout! (2020).
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It is clear from this year’s selections that the power of artificial intelligence will continue to grow in global influence. Business of Apps, a B2B media and information platform, estimates that the AI applications sector It achieved $4.5 billion in 2024 – more than half of that via ChatGPT – and that nearly 700 million people used AI applications in the first half of 2025. The site expects revenues from the AI applications sector to exceed $150 billion by 2030.
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“Every year, we’re inspired by the ways developers turn their best ideas into innovative experiences that enrich people’s lives.” said Tim Cook, Apple CEO. “This year’s winners represent the creativity and excellence that defines the App Store, and demonstrate the meaningful impact that our world-class apps and games have on people everywhere.”
“For minds that work differently”
Tiimo is based in Copenhagen and co-founded by Helen Lassen Norlem and Melissa Wurz Azari to create planning tools for individuals with autism, ADHD, neurological differences, and differences in executive functioning. The company’s website says its app tools are “adaptable by design; visual, flexible, and grounded in how neurologically different people plan, think, and proceed,” and notes that the app is “for brains that work differently.”
The app originated as a research project exploring how technology could support neurologically different teens, but Würtz Azari turned that into a business after being diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, according to the company.
This Tiimo App of the Year honor comes after a year for the app He was selected as a finalist At the 2024 Apple Design Awards in the Inclusion category.
The Würtz Azary Theimu team succeeded Because its developers are “challenging the status quo” of how apps typically present calendars, to-do lists, and focus tools. “We’re integrating focus timers into tasks, adding small celebration cues, and building subtle improvements that make it easier to stay organized,” she said.
Confronting the quote monster
Anyone who has ever prepared a research paper or research paper knows how annoying and incredibly time-consuming the citation process can be.
Essayist, the best Mac app of the year, uses artificial intelligence”Seamlessly insert quotations“For APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, and Harvard citation styles. The app also makes adding references and formatting papers easy.
Video editing made easy by AI
Details, which Apple named the iPad App of the Year, says its app can “Transform podcasts, interactions, and presentations into share-ready content in seconds“.
Details say its auto-editing feature can perform “silence removal, zoom cuts, titles, captions, music, and more.”
The details also say that the Podcast Auto Edit tool can “create multiple long edits and short clips for social media with one click — automatically switching speakers and saving hours of editing.”
Full list of winners
As selected from Finalists previously announcedHere are the 17 winners of the 2025 Apple App Store Awards:
iPhone App of the Year: Timo
iPhone game of the year: Pokemon TCG Pocket
iPad App of the Year: the details
iPad Game of the Year: Dredge
Mac app of the year: Article writer
MAC Game of the Year: Cyberpunk 2077: Definitive Edition
Apple Vision Pro app of the year: Discover POV
Apple Vision Pro Game of the Year: Bring clouds
Apple Watch app of the year: Strava
Apple TV app of the year: HBO Max
Apple Arcade Game of the Year: What is a clash?
Cultural Impact Winners: Animal art, Sennar songs, abandoned, Be my eyes, Focus, friendand StoryGraph