During the Google I / 0 2019 event, prizes were awarded for the best applications of the Google Play store, with a kind of Oscar of the apps for various categories. This type of award ceremony is mainly dedicated to original applications, useful for the social purpose, not therefore the most famous ones, but the most useful ones to help people with difficulties and those of new or independent developers from large companies. They are a great opportunity to discover new applications that we have never tried before.
It is not, therefore, a ranking of the most downloaded apps, but rather a competition for new applications, start-ups and apps that have improved significantly this year. It is therefore worth discovering today the Android apps that won in the Google Play Award 2019, for each category.
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This app has been awarded for its ability to provide psychological support, with cognitive-behavioral therapy tools and mood monitoring leading to reducing stress and living happier. Woebot sends messages to the user to help them cope with daily stress and remove any symptoms of depression, anxiety, procrastination, loneliness.
The app works by using artificial intelligence to help those who see us badly to see through the smartphone screen, ideal for recognizing information at bus stops, on restaurant menus, road signs and also for recognizing the faces of friends.
Wisdo is an app for sharing stories with other people with whom you have something in common, for example a travel experience or a problem of anxiety or motherhood, becoming an app to make new friends and to help others.
This has been awarded as the best game of 2019 and it is really not surprising given that it is the new version of a game that has long been established, with extremely accurate graphics and an action that never gets boring. ShadowGun is a 3D FPS shooter, free to play together with other people, in collaboration or challenge them in battle.
This application has been awarded as the best application to spend time with other people, because it allows you to see videos selected by a team, always beautiful, enjoyable and excellent entertainment, like a Youtube made only of quality movies.
This game is played in two, together, and is a puzzle where it is essential to collaborate with the other person to get to the end of the adventure. In the game you have to find a way to escape from the disturbing world where you get trapped.
Canva is a very popular app from Google that takes a Google Play Award for the second consecutive year. This free photo editor is the best graphic design tool ever, to which we have dedicated more than one article in this blog. Canva was launched as an online design tool in 2012 and now has millions of users worldwide.
This is an app also available in Italian that allows you to meet pen friends who have passions in common, to whom you can write letters to have a more intimate correspondence and more similar to what you would have from a chat or a social network.
Strike Force is the game that will entertain fans of the Marvel and Avengers films, with battles to be organized, putting in place great heroes to defend the Earth, such as Spider-Man, Captain America and Iron Man. The app has been awarded for his excellent user experience, involvement, design and popularity.
To see the other nominated apps that have not won, you can go to the special page created specifically for the Google Play Award 2019
1) Best wellness app : Simple Habit
2) Best app for accessibility : Be My Eyes
3) Best social app : Khan Academy
4) Best Indie game : Old Man's Journey
5) Best game : Episode
6) Best AR or VR experience : BBC Earth: Life in VR
7) Best app with millions of downloads : Flipkart
8) Best Startup : Canva
9) Best growing app : Empires & Puzzles
It is not, therefore, a ranking of the most downloaded apps, but rather a competition for new applications, start-ups and apps that have improved significantly this year. It is therefore worth discovering today the Android apps that won in the Google Play Award 2019, for each category.
READ ALSO: Best Android App Ranking of the Year
Google Play Award 2019 winners
1) The best wellness app
WoeBotThis app has been awarded for its ability to provide psychological support, with cognitive-behavioral therapy tools and mood monitoring leading to reducing stress and living happier. Woebot sends messages to the user to help them cope with daily stress and remove any symptoms of depression, anxiety, procrastination, loneliness.
2) The best app for handicap support
Envision AIThe app works by using artificial intelligence to help those who see us badly to see through the smartphone screen, ideal for recognizing information at bus stops, on restaurant menus, road signs and also for recognizing the faces of friends.
3) The best social impact app
WisdoWisdo is an app for sharing stories with other people with whom you have something in common, for example a travel experience or a problem of anxiety or motherhood, becoming an app to make new friends and to help others.
4) The most beautiful game
SHADOWGUN LEGENDSThis has been awarded as the best game of 2019 and it is really not surprising given that it is the new version of a game that has long been established, with extremely accurate graphics and an action that never gets boring. ShadowGun is a 3D FPS shooter, free to play together with other people, in collaboration or challenge them in battle.
5) Best pastime with others
NeverthinkThis application has been awarded as the best application to spend time with other people, because it allows you to see videos selected by a team, always beautiful, enjoyable and excellent entertainment, like a Youtube made only of quality movies.
6) The most original and inventive game
Tick Tock: A Tale for TwoThis game is played in two, together, and is a puzzle where it is essential to collaborate with the other person to get to the end of the adventure. In the game you have to find a way to escape from the disturbing world where you get trapped.
7) Best app for emerging markets
CanvaCanva is a very popular app from Google that takes a Google Play Award for the second consecutive year. This free photo editor is the best graphic design tool ever, to which we have dedicated more than one article in this blog. Canva was launched as an online design tool in 2012 and now has millions of users worldwide.
8) Best revolutionary app
SlowlyThis is an app also available in Italian that allows you to meet pen friends who have passions in common, to whom you can write letters to have a more intimate correspondence and more similar to what you would have from a chat or a social network.
9) Best revolutionary game
MARVEL Strike ForceStrike Force is the game that will entertain fans of the Marvel and Avengers films, with battles to be organized, putting in place great heroes to defend the Earth, such as Spider-Man, Captain America and Iron Man. The app has been awarded for his excellent user experience, involvement, design and popularity.
To see the other nominated apps that have not won, you can go to the special page created specifically for the Google Play Award 2019
Google Play Awards 2018
1) Best wellness app : Simple Habit
2) Best app for accessibility : Be My Eyes
3) Best social app : Khan Academy
4) Best Indie game : Old Man's Journey
5) Best game : Episode
6) Best AR or VR experience : BBC Earth: Life in VR
7) Best app with millions of downloads : Flipkart
8) Best Startup : Canva
9) Best growing app : Empires & Puzzles
