AppleInsider Staff
After the WWDC keynote wrapped up on Monday, Apple announced the winners of its annual Apple Design Awards that recognizes the most innovative and technically superior OS X and iOS apps of the year.
In a ceremony at Moscone West, awards were handed out for iPhone, iPad and Mac apps that "raise the bar in design, technology, and innovation," with this year's list including 12 apps across both OS X and iOS.
2014 Apple Design Award winners:
iOS Apps
- Threes by Sirvo
- Device 6 by Simogo
- Monument Valley by ustwo
- Storehouse — Visual Storytelling by Storehouse
- Leo's Fortune by 1337 & Senri
- Sky Guide by Fifth Star Labs LLC
- Yahoo News Digest by Yahoo
- PanoPerfect by HalfPeeled
- Teachley: Addimal Adventure by Teachley
Mac Apps
- Day One by Bloom Built
- Cinemagraph Pro by Flixel Photos
Along with a trophy, winners of the prestigious award received a copy of nearly every device Apple makes, including a Mac Pro, iPad, iPhone and more.
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Sad commentary on the state of Mac apps: iOS: 9 Mac OS: 2
The artwork in these is absolutely beautiful.
I've only played/used Threes and Device 6 but they're both worthy winners. Especially good to see Threes get some recognition after they had their idea ripped off by 2048.
[quote name="RichL" url="/t/180435/apple-announces-2014-apple-design-award-winners-threes-and-monument-valley-among-selected#post_2544723"]I've only played/used Threes and Device 6 but they're both worthy winners. Especially good to see Threes get some recognition after they had their idea ripped off by 2048.[/quote] 2048 is based on someone else's app 1024 though: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.veewo.a1024 http://www.veewo.com but then you can see how many apps veewo has copied too. The App Store is full of these clones. Originality is hard, milking someone else's original idea is much easier.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.veewo.a1024
http://www.veewo.com
but then you can see how many apps veewo has copied too. The App Store is full of these clones. Originality is hard, milking someone else's original idea is much easier.
No matter what Veewo say, 2048 is based on Threes. The developer of 2048 has admitted this in interviews. 1024 is just another clone of Threes.