Apple announces finalists for the 2022 Apple Design Awards

Apple's annual Design Awards honor "excellence in innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design." A key part of WWDC, the awards highlight what Apple believes to be some of the best apps in a variety of subject areas.

Winners receive a physical award from Apple, as well as promotion in the App Store for their achievement. Winning the award also bestows prestige onto developers, which can help their standings in the market.

There are six categories up for grabs this year, with each having six finalists.

Inclusivity features apps that "provide a great experience for all by supporting people from a diversity of backgrounds, abilities, and languages." Delight and Fun is for apps that "provide memorable, engaging, and satisfying experiences that are enhanced by Apple technologies."

Interaction finalists "deliver intuitive interfaces and effortless controls that are perfectly tailored to their platform." Apps under Social Impact "improve lives in a meaningful way and shine a light on crucial issues."

The Visuals and Graphics category has apps that "feature stunning imagery, skillfully drawn interfaces, and high-quality animations that lend to a distinctive and cohesive theme." Lastly, Innovation finalists "provide a state-of-the-art experience through novel use of Apple technologies that set them apart in their genre."

Apple will be streaming the Apple Design Awards on June 6, starting from 5 p.m. pacific, 8p.m. eastern. The full list of finalists follows:

Inclusivity

• Letter Rooms by Klemens Strasser
• Navi by Good Snooze
• Noted by Digital Workroom
• Procreate by Savage Interactive
• tint by Lykkegaard Europe
• Wylde Flowers by Studio Drydock

Delight and Fun

• Chineasy by Chineasy
• Montage by Optillusion
• (Not Boring) Habits by Andy Works
• Overboard! by ankle
• Please, Touch The Artwork by Studio Waterloo
• Water Llama by Vitalii Mogylevets

Interaction

• A Musical Story by Glee-Cheese Studio
• Gibbon: Beyond the Trees by Broken Rules
• Slopes by Breakpoint Studio
• Transit by Transit, Inc.
• Vectornator: Vector Design by Linearity
• What Remains of Edith Finch by Giant Sparrow

Social Impact

• Active Arcade by Nex
• Empathy by The Empathy Project
• Gibbon: Beyond the Trees by Broken Rules
• Headspace by Headspace Health
• Rebel Girls by Rebel Girls
• Wylde Flowers by Studio Drydock

Visuals and Graphics

• Alien: Isolation by Feral Interactive
• Behind the Frame by Silver Lining Studio under Akatsuki Taiwan
• Halide Mark II by Lux Optics
• Lego Star Wars: Castaways by Gameloft
• MD Clock by Hangzhou Midi Technology Co.
• (Not Boring) Habits by Andy Works

Innovation

• Active Arcade by Nex
• Focus Noodles by ideaTiny Co.
• Marvel Future Revolution by Netmarble
• Odio by Volst
• Procreate by Savage Interactive
• Townscaper by Oskar Stalberg