Apple announces the winners of the App Store Award: Honkai: Star Rail for games and a beautiful app for makeup artists

Like every year in this period, Apple announced the winners of the App Store Awardrewarding the best app And games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV, with the addition of the category Cultural impact and Best Game Apple Arcade (do you know how Apple’s gaming service works?).

The winners of the App Store Awards 2023, 14 in all, they were chosen from a pool of almost 40 finalists For “the excellence of their work in terms of technical innovation, user experience and design“. Let’s go to discover them, anticipating that among the awarded apps we find AllTrails, which promotes community spirit, Ready-to-Makeupwhich turns the iPad into a makeup artist’s sketchbook, and Honkai: StarRail between games.

The section Cultural impact instead, it rewards the ability to drive positive change through apps and games.

But it’s not over. 2023 is the year of artificial intelligence and the Apple team has also selected one series of apps which illustrate this growing trend.

• iPhone App of the Year: AllTrails, by AllTrails, Inc. AllTrails fosters community spirit with comprehensive trail guides and outdoor experiences for every type of user
• iPad App of the Year: Prêt-à-Makeup, by Prêt-à-Template. Prêt-à-Makeup transforms the iPad into a sketchbook on which makeup artists and everyday users can create realistic looks, promoting an inclusive experience and self-expression.
• Mac App of the Year: Photomator, by UAB Pixelmator Team. Photomator simplifies and speeds up advanced editing tasks with tools that leverage machine learning
• Apple TV App of the Year: MUBI, by MUBI, Inc. MUBI selects the best independent films and international documentaries with a human touch
• Apple Watch App of the Year: SmartGym, by Mateus Abras. SmartGym shines on Apple Watch with its vast library of exercises and training programs, and metrics that help you monitor your progress.

• iPhone Game of the Year: Honkai: Star Rail, by COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD. Honkai: Star Rail tells a story full of complex characters and exciting tactical duels on iPhone
• iPad Game of the Year: Lost in Play, by Snapbreak Games. Lost in Play is not just a point-and-click adventure but a real journey into childhood imagination
• Mac Game of the Year: Lies of P, by NEOWIZ. Lies of P has well-finished graphics that involve you with its dark fantasy-style atmospheres
• Apple Arcade Game of the Year: Hello Kitty Island Adventure, by Sunblink. Hello Kitty Island Adventure on Apple Arcade is an invitation to venture into an interactive world with the best of goals: making friends.

The winners of this category encouraged people to learn and grow as one inclusive space And accessible, they contributed to a more sustainable future and they explored self-reflection and the bond that unites different generations.

• Pok Pok by Pok Pok. Designed with inclusion first, Pok Pok is a digital playroom that offers a universal space where preschool boys and girls can play, explore and discover the world, regardless of their experience and abilities.
• Proloquo by AssistiveWare. For over a decade, AssistiveWare has been at the forefront of accessibility apps, and with Proloquo, we’ve created augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tools that help the world communicate in new ways.
• Too Good To Go by Too Good To Go. Too Good to Go helps you reduce food waste by connecting you with restaurants and stores that offer unsold products at affordable prices.
• Unpacking of Humble Bundle. Unpacking is a zen game that, through a series of puzzles, transforms a situation of change into a rewarding experience.
• Finding Hannah by Fein Games GmbH. Finding Hannah is a colorful treasure hunt that traces the transition to adulthood and explores the power of healing and self-discovery through inclusive and introspective stories.

As we said at the beginning, Apple has also reported a series of apps that have marked the trend of the year: generative artificial intelligence.

• ChatGPT, the AI ​​chatbot par excellence, which you can ask anything, even to generate HTML code
• Canva, with thousands of customizable templates, this easy-to-use design app lets anyone create beautiful social media posts, presentations, resumes, party invitations and more
• Picsart, an all-in-one photo editor and collage maker offers you a wide assortment of creative tools: stickers, frames, filters and much more
• Pinterest, the social platform for home design, fashion, crafts, recipes, hairstyles, motivational quotes and much more
• Craft, an elegant note-taking, word processor, to-do list and personal organizer app brings a beautiful sense of order to all your digital documents
• Artifact, by creating a personalized feed, this intelligent news aggregator frees you from social media-based algorithms
• Sololearn, AI teacher Kodie solves your code and develops personalized lesson plans to help you hone your skills
• SmartDreams, children (guided by their parents) can use this bedtime story generator to create whimsical stories with… themselves