Apple has announced the winners of its annual App Store Awards, an inaugural campaign that honors The best iPhone apps And the The best iPad apps of the year. This year’s crowning class includes a handful of Cultural Impact winners, all of whom exemplify the power of apps to influence lives beyond devices.
For example, Cultural Impact winner Locket Widget connects users with their favorite people with a home screen widget that displays personal photos uploaded by friends and family. Another winner of Cultural Impact, Waterllama, is hydrating with its aesthetically creative water tracking app for iPhone and Apple Watch.
Of course, there are a number of winning apps that simply outperform it in performance and popularity. That may not come as a surprise be realisticA viral social networking platform that promotes spontaneity and originality, was named iPhone App of the Year. Meanwhile, GoodNotes 5 has seen impressive growth among digital note-makers as the iPad app of the year.
Many games received recognition at this year’s awards as well, as they were promoted Apple Arcade games And the Camel Games in particular. There are 16 winners in 2022 – here’s an overview of all the categories, as well as a closer look at some of the honorees we had the chance to speak with as part of the awards reveal.
List of App Store Awards 2022 winners
Locket Widget started as a way for Matt Moss and his girlfriend to stay close when they embarked on a long distance relationship. The app allows each of them to upload photos that appeared on the other iPhone’s home screen via Locket. But when Moss’s TikTok video demonstrating the Locket Widget went viral, the app became a platform for anyone to connect with the “five or 10 people” they care about most.
“Social networking sites are designed to reach thousands of people, and Locket is about the few people you care about the most,” Moss said.
Of the 30 million registered users, nearly 2 billion photos have been submitted via Locket Widget to date. It recently added the option to include captions with photo uploads, while in-app messages arrive later this year.
Waterllama – Track hydration, yet fun
There may be many water tracking apps on the App Store, but perhaps none make hydration as fun as Waterllama. After learning about the benefits of drinking enough water, founder Vitalii Mogylevets wanted a way to record fluid intake that seemed approachable and rewarding.
Mogylevets said he hopes to promote habit building in a way that “is fun to do every day.”
As you take on and complete challenges in Waterllama, you’ll earn characters (an impeccable fashion sense, might we add). Some challenges encourage you to cut out caffeine or lactose, while others are simply meant to stay on track with hydration. The best part? The more water you log into the app, the less you’ll be notified thanks to the smart reminders feature. Plus, multiple widget configurations make it easy to check your daily status and drink logging right from your home screen.
GoodNotes 5 – The best way to take notes on iPad
There are a number of great ones Note taking apps It’s now available for the iPad, but the story of GoodNotes 5 founder Steven Chan started all over again before the Apple Pencil. As a student, Chan saw a way for the original iPad to replace a notebook, but legible handwriting with a third-party stylus proved challenging.
“When the Apple Pencil was launched in 2015, it was a turning point,” said Chan. “Almost immediately after the launch of the Apple Pencil, I started hiring.”
GoodNotes 5 has seen exponential growth during the pandemic, and says 1.6 billion notebooks will be created in 2022. Notable features include tools to customize notebook parameters, annotate uploaded paperwork and collaborate with others, and handwriting-to-text recognition. Soon, users will also be able to convert notes into study cards and sync notes with audio recordings.
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