A couple of weeks ago, Apple announced the 2023 App Store Award finalists. Now, the company has unveiled the winners of the best apps of this year. According to Apple, these developers created some of the best apps across the company's platforms. The 2023 finalists, which includes nearly 40 apps across 10 different categories, are praised by Apple for their excellence, inventiveness, and technical achievement in apps and games.
“It’s inspiring to see the ways developers continue to build incredible apps and games that are redefining the world around us,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “This year’s winners represent the limitless potential of developers to bring their visions to life, creating apps and games with remarkable ingenuity, exceptional quality, and purpose-driven missions.”
That said, these are the winners from each category
Apps
Games
Cultural Impact Winners
Alongside the 2023 App Store Award winners, Apple also recognizes apps that made a cultural impact in 2023 thanks to their ability to drive positive change through apps and games. The company says, "This year's winners encouraged users to learn and grow in an inclusive and accessible space, contributed toward a more sustainable future, and explored self-reflection and connection across generations:"
While I agree with Apple that all of these apps greatly impacted users this year because of their "excellence, inventiveness, and technical achievement," I wish some of my favorite apps also made the cut.
For example, the 2022 Apple Watch App of the Year, Gentler Streak, brought profound changes to its fitness tracker, as it now offers a complete well-being tab with insights that make working out even better. In addition, the company continues to expand its audience by bringing personalized translation for several languages and new platforms, such as the iPad – with more to come.
Another app I wish Apple had mentioned is Petey, the ChatGPT-client app for Apple Watch. With the boom of OpenAI's platform, Petey was the first app to take advantage of GPT on the smallest screen Apple sells – and it became popular very quickly because there isn't much innovation for Watch apps in general.
Even though Apple made a story about Generative AI and how these apps made a profound change in 2023, there were no nominees. I mean, the ChatGPT app deserved at least a mention for cultural impact.
While Apple kept naming Duolingo as an App Store Award finalist for the iPhone, I believe another app that made a great difference this year was Threads, which launched during the darkest days of Twitter (now X).
Finally, I think it's interesting that of the games of the year, none Resident Evil was mentioned. Even though these games aren't brand-new, it's impressive that Capcom launched a console-level game for the iPhone – and kudos for the iPhone 15 Pro for running it marvelously.
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