Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This week, Federico and John reveal the winners of the 2025 MacStories Selects Awards, which celebrate the exceptional design, innovation, and creativity of apps across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.

On AppStories+, John has some Apple Music discovery tips for Federico, and they reveal the iPhone features they don't use.

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Links and Show Notes

MacStories Selects 2025
- Best New App: Quick Reviews — apps.apple.com/us/app/quick-reviews/id6740369719
- Runner-up: Wispr Flow — apps.apple.com/us/app/wispr-flow-ai-voice-keyboard/id6497229487
- Runner-up: Activas AI — apps.apple.com/us/app/activas-intelligent-wellness/id6749898750
- Best Mac App: Bloom — bloomapp.club
- Runner-up: Supercharge — sindresorhus.com/supercharge
- Best Watch App: Athlytic — apps.apple.com/us/app/athlytic-ai-fitness-coach/id1543571755
- Runner-up: µBrowser — apps.apple.com/us/app/%C2%B5browser-watch-web-browser/id1590622755
- Best New Feature: Matter's TTS voices — apps.apple.com/us/app/matter-save-read-grow/id1501592184
- Runner-up: Bridges — apps.apple.com/us/app/bridges-link-formatting/id1661901002
- Runner-up: LongPlay MCP — apps.apple.com/us/app/bridges-link-formatting/id1661901002
- Best Design: Sequel 2.6 — apps.apple.com/us/app/sequel-media-tracker/id1630746993
- Runner-up: Not Boring Camera — apps.apple.com/us/app/not-boring-camera/id6737783441
- Readers' Choice Award: Alfred — alfredapp.com
- App of the Year: Drafts — apps.apple.com/us/app/drafts/id1236254471
- Runner-up: Athlytic — apps.apple.com/us/app/athlytic-ai-fitness-coach/id1543571755
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Unread — apps.apple.com/us/app/unread-an-rss-reader/id1363637349

AppStories+ Post-Show
- John has Apple Music discovery tips for Federico
- John and Federico quiz each other about which iPhone features they don't use.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Welcome to AppStories
02:39 - The 2025 MacStories Selects Awards
05:18 - The Best New App
11:46 - Best Mac App
16:32 - Sponsor: RevenueCat
18:48 - Best Watch App
22:17 - Best New Feature
29:52 - Best Design
34:23 - Readers' Choice Award
38:16 - App of the Year
46:59 - Lifetime Achievement Award