The 14-strong best apps list include staples like TuneIn Radio, Wunderlist and Aviary, but also a few more niche-focused apps like SigFig, a stock and finances management app, Toca Hair Salon 2, a kids-focused salon simulator, and The Whole Pantry, a gorgeous cooking app. In fact, if there’s one thing that all the apps on Google’s list share is their functional and beautiful design - if you want to understand what good Android app design looks like, this list is a great starting point.
Here are Google’s best apps of 2013
- Runtastic Running & Fitness
- Umano: News Read to You
- Duolingo: Learn Languages Free
- We Heart It
- Toca Hair Salon 2
- The Whole Pantry
- theScore: Sports & Scores
- Circa News
- Magisto Video Editor & Maker
- Wunderlist – To-do & Task List
- 500px — Inspiring Photos
- SigFig – Stocks & Investments
- TuneIn Radio
- Photo Editor by Aviary
Here are Google’s best games of 2013
- DragonVale
- Real Racing 3
- Cytus
- The Simpsons™: Tapped Out
- Despicable Me
- Clash of Clans
- DEER HUNTER 2014
- Angry Birds Star Wars II Free
- Plants vs. Zombies™ 2
- Into the Dead
- FIFA 14 by EA SPORTS
- Asphalt 8: Airborne
- 10000000
- rymdkapsel
- Containment The Zombie Puzzler
- Dots: A Game About Connecting
- Anomaly 2
- Rayman Fiesta Run
- Juice Cubes
- The Blockheads
- Heroes of Dragon Age
Source: Google Play, Android Authority