App Store Awards 2023: Apple reveals list of most useful apps

The jury has already compiled a list of finalists for the Apps of the Year:

iPhone Apps of the Year

• AllTrails: An app for running, cycling, and hiking enthusiasts that allows users to create routes and track their results.

• Duolingo: A well-known language learning service featuring a cute owl character that many users find endearing.

• Flighty: A flight monitoring service that includes a feature for predicting possible delays due to weather conditions.

iPad Apps of the Year

• Concepts: A digital notebook for creating vector drawings and notes.

• DaVinci Resolve: A powerful software for video editing, sound processing, and creating visual effects.

• Pret-a-Makeup: An app where users can experiment with makeup by applying cosmetics of different colors and textures to a face chart before applying them to the face.

Mac Apps of the Year

• Linearity Curve: A graphic editor with artificial intelligence features, formerly known as Vectornator.

• Photomator: A photo editor from the creators of Pixelmator, competing with Lightroom and supporting over 600 RAW photo formats.

• Portal: An app with white noise and attractive visual design.

Apple Watch Apps of the Year

• Planny: A task planner that integrates task lists with the calendar.

• SmartGym: A fitness app that creates personalized workout plans and helps track their effectiveness.

• Tide Guide: An app for monitoring tides, sunset times, and weather conditions, useful for surfers, beach enthusiasts, or those who enjoy being near the water.

Apple TV Apps of the Year

• Bugsnax: A game where players embark on a journey to an island inhabited by mysterious creatures resembling tasty snacks.

• FitOn: A workout and weight loss assistant app that provides free exercise videos and personalized workout plans.

• MUBI: A streaming service that offers access to quality films from renowned directors and emerging talents in cinema.

iPhone Games of the Year

• Afterplace: An indie adventure with an open world filled with mysteries, treasures, and monsters.

• Honkai: Star Rail: A turn-based role-playing game from the Chinese company HoYoverse, known for Genshin Impact.

• Vampire Survivors: A survival roguelike game that appeared on PC in early access in 2021 and became a popular Steam hit in early 2022.

iPad Games of the Year

• Eggy Party: An action game in the style of Fall Guys, where players perform simple and comical tasks with other participants.

• Lost in Play: An adventure game with puzzle elements, where the player accompanies a brother and sister on a journey through a fantastical world in search of their way home.

• Pocket City 2: A sequel to the popular city-building simulator, now in a three-dimensional format.

Mac Games of the Year

• ELEX II: An open-world role-playing game in a vintage post-apocalyptic style.

• Lies of P: A soul-like game inspired by the tale of Pinocchio.

• Return to Monkey Island: The long-awaited final episode in the classic game series.

Apple Arcade Games of the Year

• Cityscapes: Sim Builder: A city-building simulator where the player acts as the mayor of the city and must make decisions to improve the lives of citizens.

• Hello Kitty Island Adventure: A cozy and cute life simulator featuring the popular mascot.

• Stitch.: A casual puzzle game where you need to stitch step by step using numbers.

Cultural Impact

Apps and games in this category contribute to positive change.

• balance - Menopause Support: An app that helps track menopausal symptoms and provides information about this condition.

• Copilot: A budget planning and expense monitoring service.

• Endling: A role-playing game where a mother fox must fight for the survival of her offspring after an environmental catastrophe.

• Finding Hannah: A hidden object game about a girl who has a comfortable life but lacks a sense of happiness. Together with the player, she must better understand herself and discover what it means to be happy.

• How to Say Goodbye: A game about the journey of a person who has transformed into a ghost and finds themselves in a world populated by disoriented spirits.

• Pok Pok Playroom: A children's game based on the Montessori methodology.

• Proloquo: An app designed for non-speaking children and adults that helps them master alternative communication methods.

• Rebel Girls: An app offering inspiring audio stories about great women, including Frida Kahlo, Greta Thunberg, and Malala Yousafzai.

• Too Good To Go: An app that allows users to purchase products from restaurants or stores with a high discount that would otherwise be discarded due to approaching expiration dates.

• Unpacking: A meditative simulation game about moving, where the player, through eight moves, learns about the life of a character who never appears on the screen. In 2022, the game received two BAFTA Games awards.

Earlier, we wrote that iPhone may lose its primary priority among other smartphones.