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Apple Announces This Year's App Design Award Winners Ahead of WWDC 2026
WWDC is set to start on Monday, June 8, and ahead of the keynote event, Apple has announced the winners of its annual Apple Design Awards. The Apple Design Awards recognize apps and games for their innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement.
Apple chose one app and one game for each of the six award categories.
Delight and Fun - Grug (App) and Is This Seat Taken? (Game)
Innovati...
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Apple Design Award Finalists Announced Ahead of WWDC 2026
In preparation for the 2026 Worldwide Developers Conference that is set to begin on June 8, Apple today announced its finalists for the 2026 Apple Design Awards. Apple picks top apps and games annually, and announces winners at WWDC.
The Apple Design Awards recognize apps with innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design.
Delight and Fun - Apps
Blippo+
Meta...

Apple Announces 2025 Design Award Winners Ahead of WWDC 2025
As we wait for WWDC to kick off next Monday, Apple today announced the winners of its annual Apple Design Awards, recognizing apps and games for their innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement.
The 2025 Apple Design Award winners are listed below, with one app and one game selected per category:
Delight and Fun - CapWords (App) and Balatro (Game)
Innovation - Play (App) and PBJ -...

2024 Apple Design Award Winners Announced Ahead of WWDC
Ahead of WWDC next week, Apple has announced the winners of its annual Apple Design Awards, honoring 14 best-in-class apps and games.
Here are this year's winners, with one app and one game chosen per category:
Delight and Fun: Bears Gratitude (app) and NYT Games (game)
Inclusivity: oko (app) and Crayola Adventures (game)
Innovation: Procreate Dreams (app) and Lost in Play (game)
Intera...

Apple Design Award Finalists Announced Ahead of WWDC 2024
As we prepare for the 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple today announced its finalists for the Apple Design Awards. Apple chooses the best apps and games annually, announcing the winners at WWDC.
The Apple Design Awards are meant to highlight apps with outstanding design, innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement. Apps have been selected in the following categories: Delight...

2023 Apple Design Award Winners Announced During WWDC
Apple has announced the apps and games that are receiving a 2023 Apple Design Award for outstanding app design, innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement, with winners that include Afterplace, Flighty, Any Distance, and more.
Apps have won in a range of categories such as Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation, with a full list...

2023 Apple Design Award Finalists Revealed Ahead of WWDC
Ahead of WWDC 2023 next month, the finalists for this year's Apple Design Awards have been revealed online. Apple says the awards "recognize and celebrate the art, craft, creativity, and technical expertise of Apple's developer community."
This year's Apple Design Award winners will be revealed to the public via the Apple Developer app and website on June 5 at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time...

2022 Apple Design Award Winners Include Procreate, Halide, Wylde Flowers, Odio, Slopes and More
Apple today announced the apps and games that are receiving a 2022 Apple Design Award for outstanding app design, innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement, with winners that include Procreate, Wylde Flowers, Halide, Odio, Slopes, and more.
Apps have won in a range of categories such as Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation,...

Apple Announces Apple Design Awards Finalists Ahead of WWDC 2022
Ahead of the 2022 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has shared details on the Apple Design Awards finalists. The Apple Design Awards highlight apps with outstanding design, innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement.
Nominees have been announced in selected categories that include Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation, with...

CARROT Weather Shares Humorous Unboxing of Apple Design Award
As part of WWDC this month, Apple announced this year's winners of an Apple Design Award, which honors excellence in innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design. Among the recipients in 2021 was CARROT Weather, a popular app known for its humorous weather forecasts.
CARROT Weather has since shared an unboxing video of its Apple Design Award with a similarly...

2021 Apple Design Award Winners Include CARROT Weather, Genshin Impact, Bird Alone, Little Orpheus and More
Apple today announced the apps and games that are receiving a 2021 Apple Design Award for outstanding app design, innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement, with winners including CARROT Weather, Genshin Impact, Alba, Bird Alone, League of Legends: Wild Rift, Little Orpheus, and more.
Winners were selected in categories that include Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social...

Apple Design Award Finalists Revealed Ahead of WWDC 2021
WWDC 2021 kicks off in six days, and ahead of time, Apple has announced the 36 finalists for this year's Apple Design Awards. The awards honor excellence in innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design.
The complete list of finalists:
Inclusivity
- 1Password
- A Monster's Expedition
- Alba
- HoloVista
- Me: A Kid's Diary by Tinybop
- Voice Dream Reader
D...

2020 Apple Design Award Winners Announced, Including Darkroom
Apple today named eight app and game developers receiving an Apple Design Award following WWDC 2020. Apple says winners are recognized for outstanding app design, innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement.
Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations:Every year, app and game developers demonstrate exceptional craftsmanship and we're honoring the best of the...

Apple Announces 2019 Apple Design Award Winners
Apple tonight officially announced the winners of the Apple Design Awards 2019. Recipients are selected based on what the company thinks are some of the best apps for various Apple platforms.
This year, Apple chose a total of 9 apps that work across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with the winners listed below:
Ordia – a one-finger action platform game.
Flow by Moleskine – a practical and artful ...

Apple Announces 2018 Apple Design Award Winners
Apple tonight announced the developers and apps who received an Apple Design Award, marking what Apple thinks are some of the best apps for various Apple platforms.
This year, Apple chose a total of 10 apps that work across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV, with the winners listed below:
Agenda - A unique date-based note-taking app for iOS and Mac devices.
Bandimal - A music composing ...

2017 Apple Design Award Winners Announced: Severed, Things 3, Mushroom 11, Enlight and More
Each year, Apple chooses a selection of exceptional apps and games that are given the company's coveted Apple Design Award to honor design and innovation.
The 2017 design winners include popular titles like Severed, Enlight, Things 3, and Old Man's Journey.
Games:
- Mushroom 11 [Direct Link]
- Splitter Critters [Direct Link]
- Old Man's Journey [Direct Link]
- Severed [Direct Link]
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2016 Apple Design Award Winners Announced: Lara Croft Go, djay Pro, Ulysses Mobile and More
Following its WWDC keynote address, Apple held an event to announce the winners of its prestigious Apple Design Awards. The company hands out its design awards every year during WWDC, highlighting a section of the best apps and games across Apple's various operating systems.
The design awards were created to recognize high-quality apps that used savvy design to create inventive, compelling...

2015 Apple Design Award Winners Announced: Fantastical 2, Workflow, Crossy Road, and More
Following today's Worldwide Developers keynote, Apple held an event to announce the winners of its prestigious Apple Design Awards. Apple's Design Awards are handed out each year and highlight a selection of the year's best apps available on iOS and Mac, honoring all kinds of apps from utilities to games.
Apple created its design awards to recognize high-quality apps that combine design and...

2014 Apple Design Award Winners Announced: Threes, Sky Guide and Monument Valley Among Winners
At an event at WWDC this evening, Apple announced the winners of its prestigious Apple Design Awards, highlighting an array of apps from utilities to games on both iOS and the Mac. Apple's Design Awards were created to recognize apps that combine design and technology in creative, compelling and powerful ways.Along with significant recognition, Apple gives winners one of nearly every product it ...

Apple Announces 2013 Design Awards, Winning Apps Include 'Letterpress' and 'Evernote'
Apple has announced the winners of its annual Apple Design Awards at WWDC, highlighting an array of apps from utilities to games on both iOS and the Mac. Apple's Design Awards were created to recognize apps that "raise the bar in design, technology, and innovation."
iPhone and iPad
- Yahoo! Weather
- Badland
- ">Letterpress
- Ridiculous Fishing
- SkyGamblers: Storm Raiders (Also...
















