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37 Best Apple Apps To Download On The App Store Before 2023 Ends

These apps are the finalists for Apple's App Store Award 2023.

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Apple recently released a shortlist of 37 best apps for its App Store Awards 2023

Dubbed the Oscars for app developers, the annual awards highlight the best apps you can download from Apple's App Store.

The 2023 edition features 10 diverse categories, elevating all the profiles of all the apps mentioned. 

Here are all the 37 apps listed in their respective categories:

2023 App of the Year Finalists


- iPhone App of the Year: AllTrailsDuolingoFlighty
- iPad App of the Year: Concepts, DaVinci Resolve, Prêt-à-Makeup
- Mac App of the Year: Linearity Curve, Photomator, Portal
- Apple TV App of the Year: Bugsnax, FitOn, MUBI
- Apple Watch App of the Year: Planny, SmartGym, Tide Guide

2023 Game of the Year Finalists


- iPhone Game of the Year: Afterplace, Honkai: Star Rail, Vampire Survivors
- iPad Game of the Year: Eggy Party, Lost in Play, Pocket City 2
- Mac Game of the Year: ELEX II, Lies of P, Return to Monkey Island
- Apple Arcade Game of the Year: Cityscapes, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, stitch.

Apple picked these apps for their "excellence, inventiveness, and technical achievement"

In a press release, Apple said that the ‌App Store‌ award finalists were selected for helping Apple users "flex their creativity, challenge themselves, and have fun with family and friends".

While these might be the 37 best Apple apps you can download from the App Store, the tech giant will be picking one winner from the App of the Year and Game of the Year categories and several from the Cultural Impact category.

All winners will receive a physical App Store award modelled after the actual design of the App Store logo. Pretty cool!

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