Apple has selected 6 apps worth recommending in 2018. How many of them have you played?

The end of the year is approaching. Do you still remember what interesting apps you played this year?

Just now, Apple announced the 2018 annual top list (global region) - covering apps, games, music, movies, podcasts and other projects. In a sense, Apple's list also represents the popular trends in 2018.

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Next, let’s take a look at which apps are worth playing!

The game trend of the year is "Chicken Eating", but the game of the year also depends on "Imagination"

There is no doubt that "Battle Royale" is the keyword for mobile games this year. This is also the "Game Trend of the Year" selected by Apple. There are a total of 4 games selected for this list, namely:

• Fortnite
• PUBG Mobile
• Clash Royale
• Hearthstone

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However, none of the above games won the title of Apple's best game. Obviously, Apple still prefers those works that focus on creativity and careful polishing. The following three games won the best games on iPhone, iPad and Mac platforms respectively:

• iPhone Game of the Year – Donut County
• iPad Game of the Year – Gorogoa
• Mac Game of the Year – The Gardens Between

Donut County is a mind-blowing puzzle game. The core gameplay of the game is to control a hole in the ground and suck in everything on the surface. Although the game mechanism is very simple, the level design of the game is very interesting and incorporates a lot of puzzle elements. More importantly, behind the absurd game mechanism, there is also a very touching and heartwarming story.

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Gorogoa took 7 years to be released. The story and gameplay of the game are integrated. Players need to find clues from the pictures, and after continuous piecing together, reorganizing, and extracting, the story will finally proceed smoothly. If you successfully complete the game, you may also notice that the player is not only a spectator of the story, but also an experiencer of the story, and even more so, the creator of the story - using the game to explain a truth that is difficult to express in words, this may be the most amazing thing about Gorogoa.

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The Gardens Between is a beautiful game with clever gameplay. It tells the story of Arina and Frendt, two friends who are trapped on a mysterious island. Players can travel through time to discover the secrets of each garden. On the way to completing the game, you will also gain a good story about friendship, childhood and growing up.

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There are more and more apps that help you "love yourself", and the tools for creativity are getting better and better

Apple’s 2018 “Annual App Trend” is very interesting - “Self-Care with Apps”. The selected apps are basically related to self-management, including:

• Fabulous
• Shine
• Calm
• 10% Happier

Whether it is Fabulous that allows you to maintain a healthy lifestyle every day, or Calm that helps you enter a meditative state, they are reminding us that through a scientific lifestyle and with the help of intelligent technological products, we can make our lives better - not for anyone else, but just for yourself.

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As for the App of the Year, Apple awarded several creativity tools that shined in 2018:

• iPhone App of the Year – Procreate Pocket
• iPad App of the Year – Froggipedia
• Mac App of the Year – Pixelmator Pro

Procreate Pocket is a drawing tool designed specifically for iPhone. Both the UI interface and the operation method are adapted for iPhone. Procreate Pocket provides a variety of brushes and practical drawing options to meet diverse creative needs.

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If you paid attention to the new iPad launch in March, you will definitely be impressed by the Froggipedia app. As the name suggests, it is a Wikipedia of frogs. You can find everything about frogs in Froggipedia. What's more clever is that Froggipedia makes full use of Apple Pencil and ARKit. Through actual operation and AR demonstration, it can help you understand all aspects of "frogs" more intuitively.

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Pixelmator Pro is also a professional drawing application that has made a lot of adaptations for the macOS platform. Compared with traditional drawing applications, the operation interface of Pixelmator Pro is more intuitive and clear, and the functions are also rich enough. It is worth mentioning that Pixelmator Pro makes full use of artificial intelligence technology to make more detailed and natural adjustments to images, bringing excellent image effects.

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In addition to mobile phones and computers, there are also these "***" that deserve attention

In addition to the above-mentioned annual games and annual apps, there are many new lists worth paying attention to in Apple's 2018 best lists:

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If you are an Apple Watch user, you must try these "Watch Apps of the Year":

• WaterMinder
• Lifesum
• 10% Happier
• Carrot Weather
• FunGolf GPS
• Swing Tennis Tracker
• Slopes
• Apps in the Air
• Overcast
• Just Press Record

If you subscribe to Apple Music, you can now listen to the "Best Music of the Year", which includes 100 popular songs, as well as many award-winning musicians and music works:

• Artist of the Year: Drake
• Most Improved Artist of the Year: Juice WRLD
• Song of the Year: "I Like It" – Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny & J. Balvin
• Album of the Year: Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves