The Mac App Store is the best place for apps. Whether you’re an expert photographer or designer, a first-time coder, a productivity pro or a longtime musician, you’ll find the most innovative Mac apps and games from around the world, curated by our editorial team.
And a Mac with Apple silicon can run many of your favourite iPhone and iPad apps – just look for the “Designed for iPhone” or “Designed for iPad” badge.
The Mac App Store is where you can download it all. Read on for a quick tour.
Discover
On the Discover tab, you’ll find in-depth stories about essential Mac apps and games. You can also track big releases and updates, and see what’s popular and trending with the Top Apps and Games charts. Here are a few of our favourite apps to get you started:
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Photomator
Your photo editing powerhouse
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Craft: Write docs, AI editing
Journal ideas, meeting notes
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Ulysses: Writing App
Write a novel, story, book
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Amazon Prime Video
Originals, movies, TV, sports
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Mela – Recipe Manager
Your personal cookbook.
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MacFamilyTree 10
The Best in Genealogy
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ReadKit - Read Later & RSS
All your reading in one place
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Day One
Your journal for life
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Grammarly: AI Writing Support
All-in-one AI writing support
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Magnet
Organize Your Workspace
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Flighty – Live Flight Tracker
World's Fastest Delay Alerts
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CARROT Weather
The crazy-powerful weather app
Arcade
The Arcade tab is home to Apple Arcade, an exciting all-you-can-play service with a huge catalogue of original new games, exciting multiplayer experiences, award-winning classics and more. Every Arcade game is playable without in-app purchases or ads. Your privacy is always respected. And thanks to Family Sharing, up to six people in your household can enjoy being a member of Arcade at no additional cost. Ready to start playing?
Create
Have a passion for filmmaking, photo editing, graphic design or music making? The Create tab is your destination for inspiration.
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Pixelmator Pro
Pro image editing for everyone
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Affinity Publisher 2
Page layout design, publishing
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Linearity Curve Graphic Design
Vectornator: Vector & Logo Art
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djay - DJ App & AI Mixer
Mix Music & Remix Songs
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Affinity Designer 2
Vector graphics & illustration
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Highland 2
A better way to write
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Final Cut Pro
Professional post-production
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Affinity Photo 2: Image Editor
Create, edit, retouch & share
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DaVinci Resolve
Photo & Video
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Final Draft 13
It all starts with a script
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Adobe Lightroom
Edit, manage and share photos
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Logic Pro
Professional music production
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Acorn 7
Image editing for humans
Work
Want expert productivity tips and apps that enhance your workflows? Head to the Work tab to get things done.
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Microsoft Word
Create, Edit & Share Documents
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Microsoft Excel
Spreadsheets and Data Analysis
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Microsoft PowerPoint
Create Impactful Presentations
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Microsoft OneNote
Capture Notes, Ideas and Memos
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Microsoft To Do
Capture Tasks & Set Reminders
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Things 3
Organize your life
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Fantastical - Calendar
Reminders & Todo List
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MindNode – Mind Map & Outline
Mind Mapping, Brainstorm Ideas
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Agenda - Notes meets Calendar
Organise your days
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Goodnotes 6
Notes Reimagined.
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PDF Expert – Edit, Sign PDFs
The go-to PDF editor
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Structured - Daily Planner
Visual Calendar & To-Do List
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Slack for Desktop
Teamwork made easy
Play
Gaming on Mac has never been better, and the Play tab is where you’ll find the latest free and premium games, from iconic franchises to innovative indies.
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Return to Monkey Island™
Ahoy! Adventure Awaits!
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Resident Evil Village for Mac
Games
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Fort Solis
Intense Narrative Thriller
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Lies of P
Deception Shatters Innocence
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Disney Dreamlight Valley.
Live Magically
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Dragonheir: Silent Gods
High-Fantasy Strategy RPG
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Myst
Games
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Psychonauts 2
Get Psyched!
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The Medium
Games
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Firmament
The Answers Lie Inside
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Inscryption
Games
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Asphalt 9: Legends
Car Simulator: Drive & Drift
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Township
Turn a town into a metropolis
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Civilization® VI
Build. Conquer. Inspire.
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Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
A groundbreaking detective RPG
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GRIS
Games
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Divinity: Original Sin 2
Definitive Edition
Develop
The Develop tab is a dedicated home for developer tools and services as well as stories from software innovators who transform the world.
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Xcode
Developer Tools
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BBEdit
Legendary text and code editor
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Apple Developer
Developer Tools
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TestFlight
Beta testing made simple
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Sparkle, Visual Web Design
Build amazing websites
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DetailsPro
Design tool for SwiftUI™
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SnippetsLab
Your code at your fingertips
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Swift Playgrounds
Learn real coding the fun way
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Adaptivity (A)
SF Symbols and other dev tools
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Codye
Present your code
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Transmit 5
Fast and easy file transfers
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xScope 4
Measure, inspect, and test
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CodeRunner 4
Programming Editor & IDE
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Core Data Lab
Full-featured Core Data viewer
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Hype 4
Create HTML5 animations
Categories
The Categories tab is where you can find Safari extensions and browse apps by topic – to balance your budget, learn a language, organise your schoolwork, track your tennis matches and more.