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Best Apple Vision Pro Apps in 2026: Top 20 Across Every Category

March 12, 2026

The 20 best Apple Vision Pro apps in 2026 across productivity, entertainment, creativity, and spatial computing utilities - with honest assessments of what each does well.

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Apple Vision Pro arrived with strong first-party apps and a rapidly growing third-party ecosystem. By 2026, the best apps for Vision Pro span genuine productivity wins, entertainment experiences that justify the hardware, creative tools that leverage spatial computing, and utilities that make the device feel indispensable for daily workflows.

The Apple Vision Pro starts at $3,499. See full specs at reality-atlas.com/hardware/applevisionpro. Also see the Apple Vision Pro M5 for the latest version.

This guide covers the 20 best Apple Vision Pro apps across four categories, with honest assessments of what they do well and who they are for.

Productivity Apps

1. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)

Microsoft released native visionOS versions of its Office suite that take full advantage of the spatial canvas. You can arrange a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, and Teams call simultaneously in your physical space, each pinned at a comfortable distance and viewable without switching windows. For knowledge workers, this multi-window spatial arrangement is the primary productivity win of Vision Pro.

2. Fantastical

Fantastical's visionOS calendar app presents your schedule as a natural spatial overview. Week and day views wrap comfortably in your field of view, and Fantastical's Shortcuts and widget support integrates with Vision Pro's home environment. The best calendar app on the platform by clear margin.

3. Notion

Notion's visionOS app is a well-optimized spatial workspace where you can open multiple pages side by side, drag content between windows, and use the device's virtual keyboard or Bluetooth keyboard for text input. Database views and linked databases work as expected.

4. Craft

Craft's spatial document editor is one of the most polished writing apps on Vision Pro. The interface is designed for the medium, with large tap targets, beautiful typography, and smooth animations. For long-form writing, document collaboration, and note organization, Craft is a flagship visionOS app.

5. Mimestream (Gmail client)

Mimestream's native Vision Pro mail client brings full Gmail support into spatial computing with a clean three-pane layout that uses the Vision Pro canvas effectively. Better label support than the default Mail app for Google Workspace users.

Entertainment Apps

6. Apple TV

The built-in Apple TV app on Vision Pro creates a private cinema environment that few spatial experiences match. Environments like Moon and Mount Hood place you in a spectacular setting to watch content. The 3D movie support for compatible titles demonstrates what the hardware's Micro-OLED displays are capable of. For solo movie watching, Vision Pro is the best screen you can own.

7. Disney+

Disney+ offers a dedicated Vision Pro environment (Avengers campus at Disneyland) with a massive virtual screen and immersive spatial audio. Disney Immersive content overlays spatial elements around the viewer. One of the most polished third-party entertainment apps on the platform.

8. Max (HBO)

Max on visionOS supports the full streaming library with a clean spatial interface and a large adjustable virtual screen. Spatial audio through Vision Pro's built-in speakers is strong for documentary and drama content. A straightforward but well-executed streaming app.

9. Environments (Apple, built-in)

Vision Pro's built-in Environments let you place yourself in photographed real-world locations (Yosemite, the Moon, a Japanese forest) as your working backdrop. Immersion level is adjustable from subtle to full replacement of your room. These environments significantly reduce visual fatigue during long work sessions.

10. visionOS Spatial Photos and Videos

Apple's native Photos app on Vision Pro is the definitive showcase for Spatial Video recorded on iPhone 15 Pro or Vision Pro itself. Reliving events in 3D spatial video is a genuinely emotional experience distinct from anything on conventional screens. If you own an iPhone 15 Pro or later, start capturing spatial video now - the library grows more valuable over time.

Creative Apps

11. Procreate

Procreate's visionOS version enables drawing and painting in space using hand gestures or an Apple Pencil with a connected iPad. The canvas floats at any size, and you can walk around a large spatial artwork as you create it. Still early in its Vision Pro trajectory but already one of the most compelling creative apps on the platform.

12. Reality Composer Pro

Apple's free spatial content creation tool enables developers and 3D artists to build, preview, and export RealityKit scenes directly in the visionOS environment. For spatial computing developers and architects, the ability to preview builds at 1:1 scale in your actual space is immediately useful.

13. Shapr3D

Shapr3D is a professional CAD tool that runs natively on Vision Pro, enabling engineers and product designers to manipulate 3D models in physical space with pinch and gesture controls. The workflow is genuinely different from desktop CAD - rotating a real-scale virtual product prototype by hand is faster for concept validation than clicking on a flat screen.

14. Spline

Spline's 3D design tool on Vision Pro allows interactive 3D design in spatial context. Web designers, motion designers, and 3D illustrators can build scenes that are viewable and editable in their actual spatial dimensions. Good for digital product design teams doing early-stage creative work.

15. djay Pro AI

djay Pro's visionOS version places a full DJ setup in your physical space with spatial audio feedback. AI-assisted mix suggestions and stem separation tools are accessible through gesture controls. One of the more unexpected but compelling musical production apps on the platform.

Spatial Computing Utilities

16. Jig Space

Jig Space is an enterprise-focused spatial presentation tool that enables teams to review 3D product models, training content, and technical documentation in life-size shared spatial context. Sales teams, engineering teams, and trainers use it for spatial product demonstrations that were previously only possible in person.

17. Spatial (virtual collaboration)

Spatial's mixed reality collaboration platform enables remote teams to meet with spatial audio and avatar presence in virtual offices. More immersive than a video call, less cumbersome than full VR meeting platforms. Works across Vision Pro, Quest, and browser, making it cross-platform for mixed device teams.

18. SpatialFlow (window manager)

Third-party window management for Vision Pro. SpatialFlow lets you save spatial layouts (the arrangement of apps in your room) and recall them with a shortcut. Essential for power users who have developed specific multi-app configurations for different work contexts.

19. Longplay

Longplay provides an album cover art visual browser for your music library, displaying albums as large tiles arranged spatially. A deliberate and beautiful alternative to standard music list interfaces that takes advantage of the Vision Pro canvas.

20. Arcade games via Apple Arcade

Apple Arcade includes a growing library of spatial games optimized for Vision Pro. Standouts include Alto's Odyssey: The Lost City in full spatial immersion, and a growing roster of puzzle and strategy titles designed for hand-gesture interaction. For Apple One subscribers, Vision Pro gaming is effectively included.

How to Get the Most from Vision Pro Apps

The Vision Pro app ecosystem rewards users who invest time in building spatial layouts. Arrange your most-used productivity apps in your physical space and save those positions. Use visionOS Focus modes to automatically open the right app configuration for work versus entertainment versus creative sessions.

Download both Apple Arcade and Apple TV apps first - they showcase the hardware's strengths immediately and help justify the device to skeptics. Then add productivity apps that replace your most-used desktop tools.