Apple has announced the winners of the 2025 App Store Awards. The award was given to developers whose apps stand out for their particular cultural or technical influence.
• The AI-supported organizer Tiimo is iPhone app of the year
• Strava wins the Apple Watch App category
• Additional prizes for games and cultural importance
With Tiimo, Apple has awarded an app that goes far beyond a classic planning tool. As a visual, AI-supported organizer, Tiimo is aimed primarily at people who are looking for structure in their everyday lives – for example if they have ADHD or a need for clear, easy-to-understand routines. In a practical test by Business Insider, the app impressed with a tidy design, intuitive task management and a helpful AI chatbot that creates, prioritizes and provides reminders to to-dos.
Particularly practical: Tiimo uses visual elements such as emojis and timers to make the daily routine more tangible. After just 48 hours, the Business Insider tester noticed how reliably the app can help structure daily processes and not lose sight of important tasks.
Essayist, the winner of the best Mac app category, is a comprehensive app that supports students, researchers and professionals with academic writing. It simplifies the entire process, from source management to the correct formatting of texts. With the integrated Reference Manager, references can be easily collected, organized and automatically inserted into bibliographies. Common citation styles such as APA, MLA, Chicago and Harvard are supported, as the official Essayist website explains.
The app allows seamless insertion of quotes as you write, allowing the user to focus on the content while Essayist handles the formatting. Figures, tables or equations can also be easily inserted. References can be imported directly via the interface to Google Scholar, which makes the research process much easier.
Strava, winner of the Apple Watch App of the Year, not only impresses with its precise tracking of running, cycling and hiking activities, but also with its unique community-oriented structure. The app uses GPS data to precisely document speed, distance and route. This results in rankings and badges that motivate users and make performance comparable, which can be seen on the official website.
What makes Strava special is its networking: through followers, virtual kudos and shared challenges, a global community is created that inspires and encourages one another. In addition to following friends, runners can also watch professionals and like-minded people around the world – from elite marathon runners to people completing laps under difficult circumstances. The combination of precise performance analysis and community interaction creates a motivating environment that promotes both competition and exchange, according to the New York Times.
In addition to the awards already mentioned, Apple also honored outstanding games and cultural pioneers. “Pokémon TCG Pocket” from The Pokémon Company was named iPhone Game of the Year. Among the Cultural Impact Winners, “Art of Fauna” by Klemens Strasser stands out, a relaxed puzzle game with charming animal illustrations.
For the Apple Vision Pro, Apple chose the “Explore POV” app, which enables virtual journeys through different landscapes. Detail, a tool for creating short vlogs, shorts and reels, is impressive on the iPad.
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