A regular part of WWDC is handing out the Apple Design Awards. These apps show the best of what’s possible with Apple’s software. Do you already know them all?
Apple Design Awards 2018: the winners in a row
WWDC is all about app developers, so the best of the best are put in the spotlight by Apple. Every year the company hands out special Design Awards, which this year come from nine different countries. The winners clearly show how diverse apps have become: from games to calendars and from music to translation apps. These are all Apple Design Award 2018 winners in a row.
This note-taking app is intended to attach certain notes to calendar days. This makes it easy to plan a project and work on it at the same time, without having to use a calendar app and note app separately.
Florence is an interactive book from the makers of Monument Valley. In the story you experience how a young woman experiences her first love, based on a cartoonish graphic style and original puzzles.
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This musical app is intended for children to get acquainted with recording and making music in a playful way. The options are relatively limited, but extensive enough for the younger target group that this app appeals to.
There is a calculator on every iPhone as standard, but Calzy 3 goes a big step further. The design is nice, has many more options and also stores numbers so that you can easily perform similar calculations.
This lightning-fast and smart app turns your iPhone into a translation machine. Talk to your iPhone and the app will instantly translate what you say into many different languages. Handy if you are on vacation and you want to make yourself understood.
A dark and mysterious game that has also appeared on game consoles. INSIDE takes you on an exciting journey while solving puzzles and overcoming perilous obstacles. The beautiful graphic style makes it complete.
One of the favorite games of the iPhoned editors is also popular with Apple. Alto’s Odyssey is an endless rollercoaster ride through the desert, where you jump over ravines on a surfboard, bounce over rocks and do breakneck speed. Highly recommended for anyone with an iPhone or iPad.
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Frost looks like a work of art, but in practice it is a game in which you try to see ghosts at their home planet. By drawing lines on your screen, brightly colored stripes appear on the screen, showing exactly how beautiful the screen of your iPhone or iPad can be.
Are you a fan of Mario and Rayman? Then Oddmar should not be missing on your iOS device. This colorful platformer puts you in the shoes of a Viking who is on the adventure of a lifetime. Jump your way through beautiful worlds and unlock more and more weapons and powers to outsmart your enemies.
This is what the winners get from Apple
Each winner will not only receive a trophy to take home, but also a substantial prize package from Apple containing the following devices: a 5K iMac Pro, 15-inch MacBook Pro, 256GB iPhone X, 512GB iPad Pro with Apple Pencil, Apple TV 4K, Apple Watch Series 3 and a set of AirPods.