iPhoned chooses the ten best new apps for your iPhone in 2025. With apps from Apple itself, of course some AI apps and more.
Best apps 2025: these deserve your attention
It is difficult for new apps to gain a place on your iPhone. Fortunately, app makers keep trying. We list the ten best new apps of the year for you. These are apps that all deserve a place on your iPhone, provided you are the target group of course. Are you missing a good app that was released this year? Please let us know in the comments!
10. PlayStation Family
Sony released the PlayStation Family app this year. This is an important app as we become increasingly aware of the dangers of screen time for children. With this app you can see exactly how long your children play and which games they play. You can also set restrictions, such as which games they are not allowed to play, how long they can play for and whether they are allowed to communicate with other players.
9. Preview
You are of course already familiar with Preview (or Preview) if you also use macOS, but since iOS 26 the app is also on your iPhone. That’s good news, because the app handles large PDF files very well and you can quickly do small operations such as signing a form, taking notes or adding a sticker. You can also use the app to scan documents.
8.Pebble Core
While we obviously love the Apple Watch, it’s good to have alternatives. This year marked the return of Pebble. These are smartwatches with an e-ink screen that only need to be charged once a week. The options are of course extremely limited compared to an Apple Watch, but that is precisely why people are fans of it: less distraction, but still everything you need.
The return of the watches also means the return of Pebble to the App Store. With the app you can find other watch faces, install firmware updates and sync your health data.
7. Apple Games
Games now have a central place on your iPhone with Apple Games. Here you will find all the games that are installed on your iPhone, find new games and get started with Apple Arcade if you have a subscription. The social side of the app is also fun. You can climb leaderboards and compare the score with your friends.
6.Focus Friend
Hank Green is a well-known and beloved TikTok and YouTube scholar, who now has his own app: Focus Friend. In the app lives a bean who likes to knit clothes. Unfortunately, he is distracted from his favorite activity every time you pick up your phone. If you leave your device alone, the bean will make clothes that you can exchange for nice things in his room. The app is an accessible way to leave your device alone every now and then and focus on something else.
5. That’s a cycle!
To motivate people to cycle more often instead of the car, the Da’s biking! app has been launched. created. The app offers challenges that you can earn points with. You can exchange those points for discounts or a donation to charity. Although the app is already fun, the makers promise a very interesting addition next year: with the app you should get green at traffic lights sooner.
4. Netflix Puzzled
If you are a puzzle lover and also enjoy watching Netflix, then you probably already have this app installed. Netflix Puzzled offers manageable puzzles based on your favorite series such as Squid Game, Stranger Things and Emily in Paris. The app sometimes also has special events, where you receive gifts such as exclusive behind-the-scenes images by solving the puzzles.
3. NotebookLM
Google’s NotebookLM got its own app this year. That’s not surprising, because this is a very impressive tool. NotebookLM is a way to do research by combining all kinds of documents and websites, after which you can ask questions about all that content. NotebookLM became a success mainly because of the possibility to summarize all the material in a podcast. You can now also easily make this in the app.
2. BUT
BUUT from the people behind Tikkie is a digital bank account for young people in which everything revolves around money. You have payment pots and savings pots, where you choose what they are used for. You can also send Tikkies from the app and receive tips from experts via TikTok videos.
The idea is to help young people handle their money in a responsible and fun way, via a trendy app. That worked. Of course, there is a trick behind it: as users get older, they can easily switch to an ABN-Amro adult account. Yet that does not detract from the quality of the app.
1. Ditto
Conversations with doctors can be overwhelming and afterwards you don’t always remember exactly what was said. That’s where the Ditto app comes into play. With the app you can record these conversations, after which you will receive a summary in addition to an audio recording. The app can also explain medical letters and let you easily share all information with your family.
Ditto is a great example of how generative artificial intelligence can actually make life better. It is important to know that your data remains on your device and AI is not trained with it.
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