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Coming up on iOS today, the app Store Awards are here and Rosemary, Orson and I talk about the apps that you should be checking out. Stay tuned.
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This is twit. This is iOS Today with Rosemary Orchard and me, Micah Sargent. Episode 782 recorded Tuesday, December, December 9, 2025 for Thursday, December 18, 2025 App Store Awards Apps hello and welcome to iOS Today, the show where we talk all things iOS, iPad, OS, WatchOS, HomePod OS and all the other OSes that Apple has to offer. This is the show where we talk about apps and settings, gadgets, gizmos and everything in between to help you make the most of your devices. I am one of your hosts, but one of your hosts. My name is Micah Sargent.
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My name is Rosemary Orchard and I am but one of your hosts as well. But hey, I think we're going to have an awarding time today. My guest. Sorry, I meant amazing.
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I like it. Yes. We every year I think, do our best to make sure that we talk about the end of the year App Store Awards. Now, as we've talked about before, these are different from the awards that Apple hands out at its Worldwide Developers Conference. At that conference, Apple hands out awards to to developers who create using the tools that Apple provides in clever ways, creative ways, et cetera. These apps and games are kind of the standout creations in 2025 that have taken the App Store by storm. And I'm really pleased with this year's. There aren't many sort of gigantic corporations being mentioned as much. And I kind of like that because it puts the focus on a lot of these really cool apps that are there. So when it comes to this, Apple is kind of looking at a list of apps that are chosen by App Store editors. And so these get selected from a list of 45 finalists as the kind of final pick. Tim Cook said, every year we're inspired by the ways developers turn their their best ideas into innovative experiences that enrich people's lives. 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. So without further ado, we're going to start by talking about the apps that were selected by editors and that starts with an app called Timo, or it could be Taimo, I honestly don't know. But it's not Temu, which of course is a different thing. In this case, it is an app that is all about helping you keep track of your tasks and it does so with AI a little bit involved, but it's mostly about kind of trying to help kind of keep your day planned and doing so with neurodivergence in mind. And I think that's why it is so. So it's getting a lot of praise is because of that. It is, I would say, arguably a bit of a trend this year to create apps that do have neurodivergence in mind. But that doesn't mean that it's a bad thing. That simply means that it is an app that is paying attention to a category that's getting a lot of attention right now. And I quite like that. So when it comes to this app, you are able to kind of kick things off with the 30 day trial afterward. You will need to either pay, I think it's $54 a year or $12 a month. And in that time you'll have access to, you know, all of those extra fe. What's cool about this, I think Rosemary is the fact that it's a bit of a. It's not just a calendar, it's not just a to do list. It does both and it does them in kind of a non judgmental, almost soothing, if I might say way that I think is really kind of interesting.