Apple dropped its app store winners list, and gaming stuff took over most of the spotlight again, with Pokémon TCG Pocket grabbing iPhone game of the year, while DREDGE won for iPad, and Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition scored the Mac category. Tim Cook said the winners showed exceptional innovation and design, and the regular app winners covered everything from AI-powered visual planners to academic paper formatting tools.
The cultural impact section gave props to puzzle apps, language builders, and accessibility tools like Be My Eyes for helping blind users navigate daily life. This all comes when Apple's app store is hitting a weird growth slowdown, with spending increases dropping from 12 percent earlier in the year down to just 6 percent recently after the EU forced them to allow competing app stores on their turf.
The cultural impact section gave props to puzzle apps, language builders, and accessibility tools like Be My Eyes for helping blind users navigate daily life. This all comes when Apple's app store is hitting a weird growth slowdown, with spending increases dropping from 12 percent earlier in the year down to just 6 percent recently after the EU forced them to allow competing app stores on their turf.
