Google Play Announces Winner List Best Of 2025: Focus Friends And Pokémon TCG Pocket Jawara

Pokémon TCG Pocket won the Best Overall Game title. (photo: x @beebomgaming ·)

JAKARTA - Google has officially announced the Google Play Best of 2025 Awards, an annual award that highlights the best apps, games and books throughout the year. For this year, Focus Friend has been named Best Overall App, while Pokémon TCG Pocket won the Best Overall Game title.

This announcement reaffirms Google Play's role as the world's largest application ecosystem, as well as provides guidance for Android users to find the best digital content from various categories.

The Focus Friend application by internet creator Hank Green was selected as the best app this year. According to Google, the app helps its users to disconnect in order to reconnect', an approach that boosts digital balance and improves focus.

Focus Friends offers a unique experience to help reduce distraction, be suitable for students, workers, to those who want to build healthy habits in the use of digital devices.

For the game category, Google chose the Pokémon TCG Pocket as the main winner. This game presents the classic Pokémon card game format to mobile devices, but with a more modern and accessible experience.

Google praised this game for 'presenting an authentic version of the trading card of the iconic game', making it one of the most influential mobile releases in 2025.

The AI-based photo editing application, Luminar, won the Best Multi-device App. Luminar award widely known for its professional editing quality with simple interfaces, as well as seamless cross-device support.

Google calls Luminar a brilliant example of a fluid, powerful, multi-device experience designed to channel user creativity.

The Best Multi-device Game title fell to Disney Speedstorm, a hero-based action combater that combines Disney's iconic characters in a racing action full of adrenaline.

Google sees this game as a high-octane experience that pampers players while racing across Disney's iconic locations.

In addition to the main winner, Google Play also provides many additional categories to help users find the best recommendations from various needs.

Best for Fun

Best for Personal Growth

Best Everyday Essential

Best Hidden Gem

Best for Families

Best for Large Screens

and others

Best Multiplayer

Best Pick Up & Play

Best Indie

Best Story

Best Ongoing Game

and more

Google also released the winner in the best book category, although the details are not the main focus of this year's announcement.