Apple has announced the 2023 App Store winners have been revealed, and it includes a range of apps, games, as well as cultural impact winners and trends of the year.
When it comes to apps, AllTrails won iPhone App of the Year, Pret-A-Makeup won iPad App of the Year, Photomator won Mac App of the Year, Mubi won Apple TV App of the Year and SmartGym won Apple Watch App of the Year.
When it comes to the overall awards, Honkai: Star Rail took out iPhone Game of the Year, Lost in Play took out iPad Game of the Year, Lies of P took out Mac Game of the Year and Hello Kitty Island Adventure took out Apple Arcade Game of the Year.
In what is probably not a surprised to anyone, Trend of the Year was awarded to generative AI which felt like it was everywhere in life this year.
You can read more about each app and game on the Apple blog post HERE.
2023 APPLE APP STORE WINNERS
- iPhone Game of the Year: Honkai: Star Rail, from COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD.
- iPad Game of the Year: Lost in Play, from Snapbreak Games.
- Mac Game of the Year: Lies of P, from NEOWIZ.
- Apple Arcade Game of the Year: Hello Kitty Island Adventure, from Sunblink.
- iPhone App of the Year: AllTrails, from AllTrails, Inc.
- iPad App of the Year: Prêt-à-Makeup, from Prêt-à-Template.
- Mac App of the Year: Photomator, from UAB Pixelmator Team.
- Apple TV App of the Year: MUBI, from MUBI, Inc.
- Apple Watch App of the Year: SmartGym, from Mateus Abras.
Cultural Impact Winners
- Pok Pok from Pok Pok – Designed with inclusivity in mind, Pok Pok is a digital toy room for kids, offering a universal space for preschoolers of all backgrounds and abilities to play, explore and see the world as one.
- Proloquo from AssistiveWare – An accessibility app pioneer for over a decade, AssistiveWare’s Proloquo is creating augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tools that help the world communicate in new ways.
- Too Good To Go from Too Good To Go – Too Good to Go enables users to minimise food waste by connecting them with restaurants and stores that have a surplus of unsold food at an affordable cost.
- Unpacking from Humble Bundle – Unpacking mixes meditative puzzles to create a soul-soothing triumph around familiar experiences of change and connection.
- Finding Hannah from Fein Games GmbH – Finding Hannah is a colourful coming-of-age, hidden-object game with inclusive and heartfelt tales that explores the power of healing and self-discovery.
