Apple names the 17 apps you should download now here are the 2024 App Store Awards winners

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Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:00:30 +0000

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Apple has just named the winners of its App Store Award 2024 winners here are all of the highlights.

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Just about three weeks after Apple revealed the 45 finalists in its 2024 App Store Awards, its time to unveil the best of the best. Thats right Apple
just announced the 2024 App Store Award winners, and there are 17 of them, including the best apps and games for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and the Apple Vision Pro. Additionally, six apps are walking away
as Cultural Impact winners.

Many big names and smaller titles have been chosen to receive the highest honor for an app from Apple. The winners walk away with a hefty trust us, we briefly held one aluminum, bright blue App of the Year award engraved with the app's name. Its roughly the size of an oversized Mac Mini.

Were sharing a few of our favorites across categories and the full list of winners. But as you might expect, these apps are definitely worth a download, considering Apples deemed them to be its 2024 App Store Award Winners. 2024 App Store Award Winners the full list iPhone App of the Year: Kino iPhone
Game of the Year: AFK Journey iPad App of the Year: Moises iPad Game of the Year: Squad Busters Mac App of the Year: Adobe Lightroom Mac Game of the
Year: Thank Goodness You're Here! Apple Vision Pro App of the Year: What If...? An Immersive Story Apple Vision Pro Game of the Year: THRASHER: Arcade Odyssey Apple Watch App of the Year: Lumy Apple TV App of the Year: F1 TV Apple Arcade Game of the Year: Balatro+ Cultural Impact Winners: Oko , EF Hello , DailyArt , NYT Games , The Wreck, and Do You Really Want to Know? 2 (Image credit: Kino)

You'll likely know the makers of Kino , aka Lux Optics, for their popular camera app Halide, but this one is all about video recording and even packs
in support for Apple's Log Recording standard.

Kino is like a Halide for video, but is instead designed for beginners as
well as enthusiasts. You can shoot 'cinematic' video which covers color,
tone and motion by quickly applying what Kino's makes call an 'instant grade'. You can choose from one of many grades created by artists, or instead go into full manual mode with Apple ProRes and tweak settings like frame-rates, shutter speed and more.

As is the theme with most year-end lists, AI is involved here and likely best represented via the iPad App of the Year, Moises . The name is a subtle pun
at its ability to separate sounds on a track, and that makes sense as it's
for musicians and producers. You can either record sessions within the app or upload files into Moises to have its AI models split instruments, including vocals, on a given track, automatically add an approximately timed metronome, or even change the key.

It's pretty neat, and in a quick demo where we did not sing or play an instrument, it did work quite well on a 13-inch iPad Pro via the built-in microphones. From a generative AI standpoint, a future update will allow it
to automatically play on a track, much like session players within Logic Pro for iPad. Similarly, Adobe Lightroom the 2024 Mac App of the Year boasts several AI features and runs well on any M-series-powered Mac. (Image credit: Future/Jacob Krol)

2024 is also the first year that Apple Vision Pro apps are included in the
App Store Awards, and we can't agree more with What If...? An Immersive
Story getting the top brass for Apple's spatial computer.

In our hands-on with the story that you basically get immersed in and play through , we called it the "most fun [weve] had on the device" and a taste of future impactful, immersive content that would arrive. And if you have a Vision Pro, here is a friendly reminder that this experience is free and a blast.

Of course, considering so many people play the Wordle daily including TechRadar's Global Editor-in-Chief Marc McLaren it clearly has had an impact on our culture, and the NYT Games app is an excellently-designed app that not only lets you easily play each title but can also introduce you to other titles you might not have tried maybe give Connections or Strands a try? (Image credit: Future/Jacob Krol)

Oko , another one of the cultural impact winners, is super impressive and a key tool for accessibility, as it uses an AI model layered on top of the iPhone's camera to help folks with low vision or who are blind safely
navigate streets. It's quite impressive and shows just how impactful an application can truly be.

While these are only a few of the 17 total apps getting the highest honor
from the App Store, all of these that made the list are likely worth a try. And that's the case whether you've had an iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch, iPad, Apple Vision Pro, or Apple TV for a while or are maybe getting one or hoping to get one this holiday season. Apple's 2024 App App Store Award Winners
list is an excellent place to start for what to download first. You might
also like Spotify Wrapped 2024 not working? Try these 3 fixes to help it show up Marvels first immersive story for the Apple Vision Pro is the most fun Ive had on the device Apple iPhone 16 review: elevating the base to new heights



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