Winners of the 2023 Apple Design Awards announced – News

The annual Apple Design Awards celebrate the 12 best apps and games on the App Store in 6 categories ranging from inclusiveness to interaction and innovation. Here are this year’s winners.

Inclusivity

App: Universe Website Builder

Universe is a simple and easy to use website builder that helps users create their own websites. There are plenty of customization options with the option to add an online showcase, community page or personal website. The app supports dynamic type and VoiceOver for users with disabilities.

Universe Website Builder and period.

Game: period.

Apple Arcade title point. is the winner for best game in the inclusiveness category. It brings the calming and meditative art of needlework into a game format with progressively more difficult designs. The game supports multiple languages ​​and accessibility options for users with color blindness, low vision and motion sensitivity.

Delight and fun

Application: Duolingo

The well-established language learning app is this year’s winner in the Delight and Fun category thanks to its broad, playful approach to language learning that helps users stay engaged.

Duolingo and Afterplace

Game: Afterplace

Afterplace is an indie RPG with intuitive one-handed controls, a vintage look, and a deep storyline. The title offers fun surprises and many hidden rewards for players to discover.

Interaction

Apps: fickle

Flighty offers detailed flight tracking, airport navigation and delay prediction for travellers. It also keeps tabs on flight miles and offers beautifully laid out widgets, Siri shortcuts, and live activity to help travelers stay on track on their next trip.

Steering Wheel and Railbound

Game: Railbound

Railbound puts you in control of a huge range of train journeys as you control the layout of the tracks and their directions. The game offers little insight into how you should progress through the levels leaving you engulfed for hours at a time.

Social impact

Apps: Headspace

Headspace is the winning app for the social impact category. It offers users easy-to-follow instructions for meditation, sleep improvement, and ways to improve focus and reduce the stress of everyday life.

Headspace and Endling

Game: Final

Endling is an eco-conscious side-scrolling adventure where you take control of a mother fox and her cubs in an environment filled with pollution and human activity. The game shows the true nature of human activity on nature through the eyes of wild animal with touching storyline and powerful message.

Images and graphics

Apps: any distance

Any Distance is a workout tracking app with a focus on designing and sharing your workout routes through dynamic graphics. Offers a competitive element with collectible medals.

Any distance and Resident Evil Village

Game: Resident Evil Village

Capcom’s legendary Resident Evil franchise has finally arrived on the Mac last and has offered some of the most realistic graphics to grace the Mac gaming sphere to date.

Innovation

Apps: SwingVision – AI tennis app

SwingVision uses artificial intelligence to act as a tennis coach, helping you perfect all aspects of your game, from serve to backhand. It uses video tracking to evaluate your movements and offers suggestions on how to improve your game.

SwingVision: AI Tennis App and Marvel Snap

Game: Marvel Snap

Marvel Snap is a turn-based card game with clever visuals and animations along with a responsive tactile feel.