"As always, many of this year's best apps are ones you've probably never heard of. Sure, there are some big names on this list, particularly in the buzzy field of artificial intelligence, but the real standouts of 2025 innovated on a smaller scale. They give you better ways to take notes or remember things, write with just your voice, have fun snapping photos, or even indulge in some gaming classics. For this list, "apps" include desktop and mobile software, along with browser extensions and web tools. Some apps are entirely new, while others received transformative updates that make them worthy of a fresh look. Hopefully, you'll discover something that quickly becomes a must-have."
"Open Raycast with a keyboard shortcut, and you can quickly find files, search the web, access your clipboard history, paste frequently written text snippets, reposition your windows, look up emojis, ask AI questions, and more. It's a Swiss Army knife of time-saving tools for power users, and it finally arrived on Windows and iOS this year to complement the long-running Mac version. ( Windows, Mac, iOS)"
Many of 2025's best apps are lesser-known tools focusing on small-scale innovation. Some big AI names appear, but standout apps improve everyday tasks like note-taking, memory, voice writing, photography, and retro gaming. 'Apps' includes desktop and mobile software, extensions, and web tools. Some are new while others received transformative updates. Raycast is a Swiss Army knife for power users, enabling quick file and web search, clipboard history, text snippets, and AI queries, now on Windows and iOS. Payload transfers files over local Wi‑Fi and added mobile apps. Ghost Capture creates tasks with a long-press voice input that syncs to Apple Reminders or Google Tasks.
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