Microsoft Store Awards 2025: Check the Complete Winner List Across AI, Productivity, Creativity & More

Microsoft has announced the winners of its annual Microsoft Store Awards, celebrating standout applications that enhance user experience, boost productivity and inspire creativity across the Windows ecosystem. This year's honorees represent exceptional technical quality, strong user satisfaction and meaningful innovation.

The winning apps show how developers continue to refine Windows software for students, professionals, gamers and creators. Here's the complete list:

ChatGPT and Perplexity Lead in AI Assistants Category

In the AI Assistants category, Microsoft recorded a tie, with both Perplexity by Perplexity AI and ChatGPT by OpenAI sharing the honour. These Windows apps bring conversational AI directly to the desktop, helping with research, writing, coding and planning, while offering features aimed at both home users and companies that need strong privacy controls. ChatGPT for Windows delivers instant answers through an Alt + Space companion window, plus image and file uploads.

Microsoft Store Awards recognise business, education and music tools

Business users are represented by Moon Invoice’s Invoice Maker & Estimate Creator, honoured in the Business category. The app helps companies automate finance routines using custom invoice and estimate templates. It enables quick printing and sharing through WhatsApp or email, giving freelancers and small businesses a straightforward way to handle billing and documentation across Windows systems.

In the Education category, Scratch 3 by Scratch Foundation helps students develop computational thinking through hands-on projects involving interactive stories, games and robotics. Castle Craft by Clever Apps Pte Ltd also stands out, offering an immersive experience with smooth gameplay, dynamic resource merging and time-travel exploration, allowing players to build kingdoms and complete heroic quests.

Microsoft Store Awards highlight automation, creativity and developer tools

Automation is a major theme in the Computer‑Using Agents (CUA) category, where Manus by Manus AI takes the award. Manus for Windows operates inside a secure sandbox and can run complex, multi‑step tasks. These range from executing Python, JavaScript or Bash code and controlling headless browsers for web automation to managing files and deploying applications across different environments.

Music and developer winners in Microsoft Store Awards

In the Music category, Moises Live by Moises Systems, Inc focuses on real‑time AI audio processing. The app lets users separate vocals, instruments and dialogue at the system level for any playing audio. This supports practice, remixing and focused listening. Karaoke mode works with any track in any app, with optional lyrics, enabling instant sing‑along sessions or custom mixes.

Creative work is also highlighted through n‑Track Studio by n‑Track S.r.I, which tops the Creativity category. n‑Track Studio turns Windows machines into complete recording setups, with unlimited audio and MIDI tracks, advanced effects and smooth project navigation. Cross‑platform workflows, AI‑based tools, VST plugin support and steady export options help both professionals and hobbyists produce music collaboratively.

Microsoft Store Awards winners overview

Developer needs appear in the Developer Tools category, where ngrok for Windows is recognised. The app simplifies secure tunnelling and remote access, with automatic updates and Windows Defender compatibility. Developers can run ngrok as a background service, using integrated Windows security and management tools to handle trusted reverse proxy configurations in Microsoft and enterprise environments, while aiming for quicker, safer releases.

Each winning app receives a Store Award Winner badge inside the Microsoft Store, noting its role in the Windows ecosystem. Together, the AI assistants, creative suites, education platforms, automation agents, business tools, developer utilities and music software illustrate how Microsoft Store applications now support research, study, entertainment and work for users across market.

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