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:
Photomator
Your photo editing powerhouse
Craft: Write docs, AI editing
Journal ideas, meeting notes
Ulysses: Writing App
Write a novel, story, book
Amazon Prime Video
Originals, movies, TV, sports
Mela – Recipe Manager
Your personal cookbook.
MacFamilyTree 10
The Best in Genealogy
ReadKit - Read Later & RSS
All your reading in one place
Day One
Your journal for life
Grammarly: AI Writing Support
All-in-one AI writing support
Magnet
Organize Your Workspace
Flighty – Live Flight Tracker
World's Fastest Delay Alerts
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.
Pixelmator Pro
Pro image editing for everyone
Affinity Publisher 2
Page layout design, publishing
Linearity Curve Graphic Design
Vectornator: Vector & Logo Art
djay - DJ App & AI Mixer
Mix Music & Remix Songs
Affinity Designer 2
Vector graphics & illustration
Highland 2
A better way to write
Final Cut Pro
Professional post-production
Affinity Photo 2: Image Editor
Create, edit, retouch & share
DaVinci Resolve
Photo & Video
Final Draft 13
It all starts with a script
Adobe Lightroom
Edit, manage and share photos
Logic Pro
Professional music production
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.
Microsoft Word
Create, Edit & Share Documents
Microsoft Excel
Spreadsheets and Data Analysis
Microsoft PowerPoint
Create Impactful Presentations
Microsoft OneNote
Capture Notes, Ideas and Memos
Microsoft To Do
Capture Tasks & Set Reminders
Things 3
Organize your life
Fantastical - Calendar
Reminders & Todo List
MindNode – Mind Map & Outline
Mind Mapping, Brainstorm Ideas
Agenda - Notes meets Calendar
Organise your days
Goodnotes 6
Notes Reimagined.
PDF Expert – Edit, Sign PDFs
The go-to PDF editor
Structured - Daily Planner
Visual Calendar & To-Do List
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.
Return to Monkey Island™
Ahoy! Adventure Awaits!
Resident Evil Village for Mac
Games
Fort Solis
Intense Narrative Thriller
Lies of P
Deception Shatters Innocence
Disney Dreamlight Valley.
Live Magically
Dragonheir: Silent Gods
High-Fantasy Strategy RPG
Myst
Games
Psychonauts 2
Get Psyched!
The Medium
Games
Firmament
The Answers Lie Inside
Inscryption
Games
Asphalt Legends: Unite
Car Simulator: Drive & Drift
Township
Turn a town into a metropolis
Civilization® VI
Build. Conquer. Inspire.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
A groundbreaking detective RPG
GRIS
Games
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.
Xcode
Developer Tools
BBEdit
Legendary text and code editor
Apple Developer
Developer Tools
TestFlight
Beta testing made simple
Sparkle, Visual Web Design
Build amazing websites
DetailsPro
Design tool for SwiftUI™
SnippetsLab
Your code at your fingertips
Swift Playgrounds
Learn real coding the fun way
Adaptivity (A)
SF Symbols and other dev tools
Codye
Present your code
Transmit 5
Fast and easy file transfers
xScope 4
Measure, inspect, and test
CodeRunner 4
Programming Editor & IDE
Core Data Lab
Full-featured Core Data viewer
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.