Every December Apple chooses the best applications and games from the App Store, and rewards them with the «App Store Best»Of the current year. The award is a figure of an icon from the App Store in aluminum with the name of the winner engraved. The truth is that the company could stretch a little more and accompany the statuette with a check to the bearer.
The criteria to be awarded is not the one that has had the most downloads, as might be supposed, but rather that Apple rewards other values such as design, idea, ease of use, etc. The truth is that it is to be appreciated by those of Cupertino how they have awarded the app Disney +, without taking into account that it is direct competition with its Apple TV + video platform. Not everyone would have, of course.
Apple today announced the winners of the App Store Best 2020 award, which recognizes the best apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and Mac. The company has also published its traditional list of the most popular apps of the year.
The best applications of the 2020
Wakeout! has been chosen as the best application for iPhone 2020, devised by independent developer Andrés Canella. The application consists of quick and light exercises that you can do at any time during the day.
The popular video conferencing app ZOOM has been awarded as the best application for iPad 2020, since thanks to it students from all over the world have been able to continue learning from their homes during the pandemic. ZOOM was also the most downloaded free app on the App Store in 2020.
For Mac, Fantastical by Flexibits has been chosen as the best application of 2020 available in the App Store. The application is an alternative to the native macOS calendar for users that brings advanced features to manage meetings, tasks and synchronize everything between different platforms.
Interestingly, Disney + , direct competition from Apple TV +, won the app award Apple TV of the year, while Endel, an app designed to help people focus, relax and sleep, was named the best app of 2020 for the Apple Watch.
The best games of 2020
Disco Elysium has been chosen as the best game for Mac in the App Store.
Apple has another category in its annual award dedicated to games available on the App Store. This year, the open world game Genshin impact was chosen the best game for iPhone. For him iPad, Apple chose Legends of Runeterra Riot Games as the best game of this 2020.
Elysium disk, a detective role-playing game, has been awarded the best game of the year for Mac, considering only those that are available in the Mac App Store. And finally, for him Apple TV, Dandara Trials of Fear was chosen the game of the year for said device.
Apple has also chosen the best game available in Apple Arcade, the company's subscription gaming platform. Sneaky sasquatch has been chosen this year. The game was released last year and allows you to "live the life of a sasquatch" by walking through campsites, eating food from picnic basket coolers, fishing on the lake, and more.
Other mentions
In addition to the best apps and games of 2020 for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch and Mac, Apple has also highlighted some other great apps available in the App Store. This includes Shine, Explain Everything Whiteboard, Caribu, Pokémon GO, and ShareTheMeal.
Users will also find in the App Store tab «Discover» two lists with the best apps and games of 2020, which puts ZOOM, TikTok, Among Us, and Call of Duty: Mobile at the top of the ranking.
The developers of the awarded applications will receive a statuette in the form of an icon of the App Store in aluminum, with the name of the award-winning application engraved. apple could already stretch a little more, and accompany said statuette with a check to the bearer, since all these award-winning applications suppose the company a good income, clean of dust and straw.
