Apple has announced the 2022 Apple Design Awards finalists ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference. The awards honor excellence in innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design.
The Apple Design Awards celebrate apps and games that excel in the categories of Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation. Discover this year’s finalists, then tune in June 6 at 5 p.m. PT to watch the event as part of WWDC22.
Inclusivity
Finalists in this category provide a great experience for all by supporting people from a diversity of backgrounds, abilities, and languages.
● Letter Rooms - Klemens Strasser
● Navi - Good Snooze
● Noted. - Digital Workroom Ltd
● Procreate - Savage Interactive Pty Ltd
● tint. - Lykkegaard Europe Limited
● Wylde Flowers - Studio Drydock Pty Ltd
Delight and Fun
Finalists in this category provide memorable, engaging, and satisfying experiences that are enhanced by Apple technologies.
● Chineasy - Chineasy
● Moncage - Optillusion
● (Not Boring) Habits - Andy Works LLC
● Overboard! - inkle
● Please, Touch The Artwork - Studio Waterzooi
● Water Llama - Vitalii Mogylevets
Interaction
Finalists in this category deliver intuitive interfaces and effortless controls that are perfectly tailored to their platform.
● A Musical Story - Glee-Cheese Studio
● Gibbon: Beyond the Trees - Broken Rules
● Slopes - Breakpoint Studio LLC
● Transit - Transit, Inc.
● Vectornator: Vector Design - Linearity GmbH
● What Remains of Edith Finch - Giant Sparrow
Social Impact
Finalists in this category improve lives in a meaningful way and shine a light on crucial issues.
● Active Arcade - Nex
● Empathy - The Empathy Project
● Gibbon: Beyond the Trees - Broken Rules
● Headspace - Headspace Health
● Rebel Girls -
Rebel Girls Inc.
● Wylde Flowers - Studio Drydock Pty Ltd
Visuals and Graphics
Finalists in this category feature stunning imagery, skillfully drawn interfaces, and high-quality animations that lend to a distinctive and cohesive theme.
● Alien: Isolation - Feral Interactive
● Behind the Frame - Silver Lining Studio under Akatsuki Taiwan
● Halide Mark II - Lux Optics
● LEGO® Star Wars™: Castaways - Gameloft
● MD Clock - Hangzhou Midi Technology Co., Ltd.
● (Not Boring) Habits - Andy Works LLC
Innovation
Finalists in this category provide a state-of-the-art experience through novel use of Apple technologies that set them apart in their genre.
● Active Arcade - Nex
● Focus Noodles -
ideaTiny Co., Ltd.
● MARVEL Future Revolution - Netmarble Corp.
● Odio - Volst
● Procreate - Savage Interactive Pty Ltd
● Townscaper - Oskar Stålberg
The Apple Design Awards celebrate apps and games that excel in the categories of Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation. Discover this year’s finalists, then tune in June 6 at 5 p.m. PT to watch the event as part of WWDC22.
Inclusivity
Finalists in this category provide a great experience for all by supporting people from a diversity of backgrounds, abilities, and languages.
● Letter Rooms - Klemens Strasser
● Navi - Good Snooze
● Noted. - Digital Workroom Ltd
● Procreate - Savage Interactive Pty Ltd
● tint. - Lykkegaard Europe Limited
● Wylde Flowers - Studio Drydock Pty Ltd
Delight and Fun
Finalists in this category provide memorable, engaging, and satisfying experiences that are enhanced by Apple technologies.
● Chineasy - Chineasy
● Moncage - Optillusion
● (Not Boring) Habits - Andy Works LLC
● Overboard! - inkle
● Please, Touch The Artwork - Studio Waterzooi
● Water Llama - Vitalii Mogylevets
Interaction
Finalists in this category deliver intuitive interfaces and effortless controls that are perfectly tailored to their platform.
● A Musical Story - Glee-Cheese Studio
● Gibbon: Beyond the Trees - Broken Rules
● Slopes - Breakpoint Studio LLC
● Transit - Transit, Inc.
● Vectornator: Vector Design - Linearity GmbH
● What Remains of Edith Finch - Giant Sparrow
Social Impact
Finalists in this category improve lives in a meaningful way and shine a light on crucial issues.
● Active Arcade - Nex
● Empathy - The Empathy Project
● Gibbon: Beyond the Trees - Broken Rules
● Headspace - Headspace Health
● Rebel Girls -
Rebel Girls Inc.
● Wylde Flowers - Studio Drydock Pty Ltd
Visuals and Graphics
Finalists in this category feature stunning imagery, skillfully drawn interfaces, and high-quality animations that lend to a distinctive and cohesive theme.
● Alien: Isolation - Feral Interactive
● Behind the Frame - Silver Lining Studio under Akatsuki Taiwan
● Halide Mark II - Lux Optics
● LEGO® Star Wars™: Castaways - Gameloft
● MD Clock - Hangzhou Midi Technology Co., Ltd.
● (Not Boring) Habits - Andy Works LLC
Innovation
Finalists in this category provide a state-of-the-art experience through novel use of Apple technologies that set them apart in their genre.
● Active Arcade - Nex
● Focus Noodles -
ideaTiny Co., Ltd.
● MARVEL Future Revolution - Netmarble Corp.
● Odio - Volst
● Procreate - Savage Interactive Pty Ltd
● Townscaper - Oskar Stålberg