Apple today hosted the Apple Design Awards to celebrate the 12 best apps and games. various award winners This year, developers from around the world were selected for their outstanding innovation offerings. creativity and delivering beautifully designed experiences across apps. that amazes users with its visual performance, purpose and excellence.
This is the second year we’ve honored apps and games in six categories: recognition of difference. Fun & Satisfaction, Interactive, Social Impact, Visuals & Graphics, and Innovation. We selected the winners from 36 finalists, who have demonstrated outstanding technical achievements.
“Apps and games are essential in our daily lives. We are delighted that developers continue to choose our technology to create outstanding apps for everyone,” said Susan Prescott, Apple vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. This year, we’ve seen how apps can transform, invigorate, and provide solutions to players through creative gameplay. We congratulate all the developers on all the achievements.”
acceptance of differences
The winner of this category offers a great experience for everyone. By supporting people of different backgrounds, abilities and languages.
App:Procreate
Developer: Savage Interactive (Australia)
Procreate is a world-class tool for artists and designers. It brings unmatched creative power to everyone through an iPad app. Accessibility aspects such as filtering shake and motion Touch assist menu available in the app. audio feedback and colorblind settings It allows more artists to use this app to create, interact and express themselves.
game: Wylde Flowers
Developer: Studio Drydock (Australia)
Wylde Flowers is an Apple Arcade Original game, featuring a fresh and diverse cast of LGBTQIA+ stories and characters with witchcraft insertion. Players will experience content developed to represent people of various ages, cultures and genders. through exploring the rich world of the magical realm According to the story that encourages players to know their identity. accept others and continue to support the wider community in the world.
The finalists in this category were Letter Rooms by Klemens Strasser, Navi by Good Snooze, Noted. by Digital Workroom, and tint. by Lykkegaard Europe Limited.
fun and satisfaction
This category winner delivers a more memorable, addictive, and pleasurable experience with Apple technology.
App: (Not Boring) Habits
Developer: Andy Works LLC (United States)
As the name suggests, this awesome app (Not Boring) Habits adds a fun twist to the soft-running habit tracker. Users will embark on an inspiring journey through forests and mountains. Trait tracking is an alluring experience with a beautiful design. cute vibrator and doing activities through cool games
game: Overboard!
Developer: inkle (United Kingdom)
Overboard! is a villain finding game that turns you into the villain yourself. This fun mystery killer game doesn’t require players to play the role of a detective. But instead has to be a villain trying to survive a blood-splattered murder. By relying on a tact in conversation with honest teammates. The game’s design is engaging storytelling, clever dialogue, and multiple endings. Makes you so addicted that you come back to play over and over again.
The finalists in this category were Chineasy, Moncage by Optillusion, Please, Touch The Artwork by Studio Waterzooi and Waterllama by Vitalii Mogylevets.
interaction
This category winner provides a user-friendly interface. and controls that require almost no effort which are tailor made for their own platform.
App: Slopes
Developer: Breakpoint Studio (USA)
Slopes is an intuitive and fluid ski experience tracking app. Similar to a ski and snowboard diary, it uses the GPS on your iPhone or Apple Watch to track distance and speed. This app has outstanding social features that allow you to stay active through games when connecting with friends. and family at the touch of a button The app is also packed with a lot of information designed for easy navigation. It’s like you’re running around in the back of the house.
game: A Musical Story
Developer: Glee-Cheese Studio (France)
The perfect blend of music, story and brilliant creations, A Musical Story is a new approach to mobile gaming. The game’s story is told using a variety of minimalist animations. The gameplay twists into a new way of playing with rhythm. and achieve results that demonstrate success by bringing together different things perfectly.
The finalists in this category were Gibbon: Beyond the Trees by Broken Rules, Transit by Transit, Inc., Vectornator: Vector Design by Linearity, and What Remains of Edith Finch by Giant Sparrow.
social impact
Winners in this category improve their lives in meaningful ways. and draw attention to issues of great importance
App: Rebel Girls
Developer: Rebel Girls Inc. (USA)
Rebel Girls brings together the stories of some of the most influential women such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Simone Biles and Frida Kahlo, told through their unique audio and visual arts. Topics span across careers, cultures and decades, complete with audio narration and illustrations. From female and non-binary artists around the world. created to fit the story and app interface.
game: Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
Developer: Broken Rules (Austria)
Gibbon is an Apple Arcade Original game about ecological adventures. and allows players to trapeze, soar, and glide across beautifully hand-drawn landscapes in search of family. The game’s unique mechanics allow for free-swinging enjoyment based on environmentally-conscious content. and learned important lessons about empathy and understanding through play as other living beings.
The finalists in this category were Active Arcade by Nex, Empathy by The Empathy Project, Headspace by Headspace Health and Wylde Flowers by Studio Drydock.
pictures and graphics
The winners in this category offer stunning visuals. Expertly drawn interface and high quality animation that creates a distinctive and unified theme
App: Halide Mark II
Developer: Lux Optics (USA)
This awesome camera app, Halide Mark II, focuses only on the essentials. This elegant tool is packed with many features. It has an intuitive, clutter-free interface, and is cleverly arranged like a film camera. behavior used in the app are familiar to experienced photographers. And it makes it easy for novice photographers to find focus settings and adjust exposure. A beautiful camera app for iPhone, it has now released a version designed for iPad as well to allow users to continue taking amazing photos.
game: LEGO® Star Wars™: Castaways
Developer: Gameloft (Canada)
Castaways is a game that has won the hearts of many. because it feels like being in the movie world It has a spectacular visual effect. And there is a way to play the game through touch. The game is set in a long abandoned planet. Players will find an impressively rendered environment. And with super fluid animations, it slips into a galaxy of mysterious action games that sometimes have parties to dance and draw. Endless customizations and characters Lined up to make this adventure never end.
The finalists in this category were Alien: Isolation by Feral Interactive, Behind the Frame by Silver Lining Studio under Akatsuki Taiwan, MD Clock by Hangzhou Midi Technology Co., Ltd. and (Not Boring) Habits by Andy Works.
innovation
This category winner delivers the ultimate experience through innovative use of Apple technology that sets it apart from apps in its category.
App: Hate
Developer: Volst (Netherlands)
An audio app called Odio can deliver incredibly realistic ambient sounds. Whether it’s the sound of a waterfall, a rushing river, or the cool flow of electronic music Using location-based audio and head tracking, this app is more realistic. You can customize the soundscape by mixing it through a cool interface. rotating in a circle Each of them has state-of-the-art animations that move with the sound perfectly. It enhances the experience of immersing yourself in the picture and sound many times better.
game: MARVEL Future Revolution
Developer: Netmarble Corp. (South Korea)
MARVEL Future Revolution is a technological achievement worthy of Stark Industries. This 2021 iPad Game of the Year winner brings the Marvel cinematic world to life in a spectacular way through an open-world action RPG. Combining fluid combat with the power of metal. along with the cutscenes that have come fully In the multiverse of the characters that are perfectly detailed in every molecule.
The finalists in this category are Active Arcade by Nex, Focus Noodles by ideaTiny Co., Ltd., Procreate by Savage Interactive and Townscaper by Oskar Stålberg.
For more information on Apple Design Award winners and finalists, visit developer.apple.com/design/awards or the Apple Developer app.