Update: see the prize won by the winners in video, at the end of the article
A few hours ago, the Californian firm unveiled the list of winners of the 2021 Design Awards. Remember that the Design Awards are awarded each year during WWDC and that they aim to highlight applications present on the App Store for some of their characteristics: graphic beauty, original concept, inclusive ergonomics, etc. These are not necessarily the most downloaded applications that we find there, nor even the most well-known names, but rather thebest apps from the app store, according to Apple.
Here are the winners, by category, with the finalists indicated each time. Take the opportunity to take a look at the App Store page for each application or game, you will certainly make some great discoveries.
Category “Inclusivity”
This category rewards applications that successfully enable users with physical or mental difficulties to improve their daily lives.
HoloVista
An augmented reality video game, supporting many of iOS's accessibility features and allowing users with different kinds of disabilities to fully enjoy it.
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Voice Dream Reader
This is an extremely practical tool, capable of reading written content out loud.
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The finalists
Category "Delight and Fun"
Here, Apple rewards the most fun and engaging experiences.
Little Orpheus
A beautifully designed Apple Arcade game, in which you play as a cosmonaut in the 1960s, exploring not space, but the center of the Earth…
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Pok Pok Playroom
Allows children aged 2 to 6 to unleash their creativity by offering them the means to assemble all kinds of objects, without instructions, in a minimalist style.
The finalists
Category “Interaction”
Applications that have worked on interactions with their users.
Bird Alone
An exploration game that offers different types of interactions, gestures, dynamic sounds, haptic feedback, parallax effects, etc.
CARROT Weather
One of the best weather apps in the App Store, period, with tons of tools, widgets, Apple Watch faces, and more. for a total experience.
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The finalists
“Social Impact” category
In this category, Apple wants to reward applications that support a notable social impact, an exchange of value between people.
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Adventure game from the creators of Monument Valley and Assemble with Care, in which you have to convince volunteers in the game to progress in the adventure.
Be My Eyes
Connects people with vision difficulties and volunteer users without vision difficulties. The latter can help the former to identify objects, complete documents and more generally, provide them with important visual aid via a video exchange, for example.
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The finalists
Catégorie “Visuals and Graphics”
Apps and games of unparalleled visual beauty are what we find in this category.
Genshin Impact
Extremely popular action adventure game on the App Store (4.7 stars out of 5 with over 170,000 ratings), visually striking.
Loon
A relaxation application with noise generation and different nature sounds, all presented in an extremely sophisticated interface.
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The finalists
“Innovation” category
The category name speaks for itself. The applications selected here offer innovative, innovative and sometimes unique concepts.
League of Legends: Wild Rift
Arena combat game, mobile version of League of Legends, which we no longer present, adapted in a very intelligent way for iPhone, in particular with an adaptive camera system or even superbly integrated touch controls.
Sadhana Club
An extremely well-designed music creation app with many available instruments and mixing effects.
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The finalists
Have you discovered any apps in this list? If yes, which one(s)?
Update: see the video below, the reward unwrapped by one of the developers of the CARROT Weather application.
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