Apple Announces 2013 Design Awards, Winning Apps Include 'Letterpress' and 'Evernote'
Apple has announced the winners of its annual Apple Design Awards at WWDC, highlighting an array of apps from utilities to games on both iOS and the Mac. Apple's Design Awards were created to recognize apps that "raise the bar in design, technology, and innovation."
iPhone and iPad
- Yahoo! Weather
- Badland
- Letterpress
- Ridiculous Fishing
- SkyGamblers: Storm Raiders (Also Available on Mac)
- Evernote (Also Available on Mac)
iPad Only
- WWF Together
- Procreate
Mac Only
- Coda 2
This year's awards also include two apps from student developers. Finish is a streamlined task manager designed to help users organize to-dos into tasks, while mosaic.io allows users to display a photo mosaic across two or more iOS devices.
Student Winners
- Finish
- mosaic.io
Finally, Apple highlighted three other student created apps which student scholarship applicants designed to describe their experience and background for a chance to win tickets to WWDC. Winners included Louis Harboe, Bryan Keller, and Puck Meerbug.
2012 winners of the Apple Design Awards included Jetpack Joyride, Paper, and Sketch.
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