Best Android apps and games REVEALED at Google Play Awards 2018 – here are the winners
Do you have any of these apps already? You're ahead of the curve!
GOOGLE has revealed the best apps available on Android phones and tablets for 2018.
The results of the annual Google Play Awards are in, and we've rounded up the winners for all the best categories – so you know which apps you need to download right away.
It's also worth remembering that many of these apps will also be available for iPhone users on the App Store, so Apple fans don't have to miss out either.
This year, the awards were split into two main section.
The core awards are chosen by Google, based on app design, visuals, purpose, quality and more.
And there's also a User's Choice Awards this year, which is based on user votes.
Google's Best App of 2018 is Drops: Learn 31 new languages ().
As the name suggests, this hugely popular (and well-reviewed) app helps you learn new languages.
It even handles tricky languages like Japanese, Chinese and Icelandic.
The "fan favourite" choice was the official Reddit app (), which is a popular app version of the enormously successful Reddit online forum.
And the "fan favourite" game was PUBG, or PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (), a graphically impressive shooter that plays like Fortnite.
Here are Google's five top apps for a selection of other Google Play Store categories.
Most Entertaining:
- VIMAGE – cinemagraph creator & life photo animator ()
- No.Draw – Colours by Number 2018 ()
- Neverthink: The TV of the Internet ()
- Tik Tok – including musical.ly ()
- Scout FM – Podcast Radio ()
Best Self Improvement:
- Mimo: Learn to Code ()
- Drops: Learn 31 new languages ()
- 10% Happier: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics ()
- Keep Trainer – Workout Trainer & Fitness Coach ()
- MasterClass: Learn How To Cook, Sing, Act and More ()
Best Daily Helper:
- Tasty ()
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- Canva ()
- Notion – Notes, Tasks, Wikis ()
- Woebot ()
MOST READ IN TECH
Best Hidden Gems:
- Luci – Lucid Dream Journal ()
- Just a Line – Draw Anywhere, with AR ()
- Unfold ()
- Learn Spanish with Lirica: Music Language Learning ()
- Slowly ()
What's your favourite smartphone app or game? Let us know in the comments!
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