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Apple Announces 2025 App Store Award Winners, Including iPhone App of the Year

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Apple today unveiled the winners of its 2025 App Store Awards, including task planning app Tiimo, which was named iPhone App of the Year.

Apple App Store Awards 2025
17 winning apps and games were selected by Apple's team of App Store editors, for showing exceptional innovation, user experience, and design. The developers of each app and game will receive a physical App Store Award.

"Every year, we're inspired by the ways developers turn their best ideas into innovative experiences that enrich people's lives," said Apple CEO Tim Cook. "This year's winners represent the creativity and excellence that define the App Store, and they demonstrate the meaningful impact that world-class apps and games have on people everywhere."

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Top Rated Comments

kotaKat Avatar
kotaKat
26 weeks ago
Wait, the App Store has actual apps?

Every time I opened the App Store this year it kept pushing Royal Match in my face and nothing else. They really need to solve the discovery problem of rotating the same garbage day in and day out as the first thing you see.

There is nothing to “feature” about a crappy “matching” game that keeps shoving in-app-purchases in your damn face.

Edit, December 5th, one day after this initial comment: If you scroll down below the App Of The Year stuff, unsurprisingly, today's Featured is... Royal Match!
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Quasselstripper Avatar
Quasselstripper
26 weeks ago

Wait, the App Store has actual apps?

Every time I opened the App Store this year it kept pushing Royal Match in my face and nothing else. They really need to solve the discovery problem of rotating the same garbage day in and day out as the first thing you see.

There is nothing to “feature” about a crappy “matching” game that keeps shoving in-app-purchases in your damn face.
I think it’s very rare that people discover apps through the App Store nowadays. Because of what you just said! The suggestions clearly shifted from valuable apps to profitable (scammy) apps.

People discover apps through social media now!
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
dustin_ Avatar
dustin_
26 weeks ago
hbo max is a hilarious pick for apple tv. creativity and excellence? lol.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Apple_Robert Avatar
Apple_Robert
26 weeks ago

Tiimo. Why do we want an app to put 'call mom' on a to do list?

And why doesn't the GUI timer match the duration of said to do?


$54 / year is pretty step as well, in my opinion.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
mansplains Avatar
mansplains
26 weeks ago

hbo max is a hilarious pick for apple tv. creativity and excellence? lol.
Yes, because Apple has to get creative in order to answer for this excellent award
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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mansplains
26 weeks ago

For doubters like you there's the $12 / month option¡
Ah yes, nearly triple the annual cost when used for a year, not steep at all

It’s not good. Better try Structured!
Unlike Tiimo, Structured has a one time paid option. And ten times the reviews.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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