An application that add motion to the photographs, another to learn English through the lyrics of songs, and another using augmented reality allows you to know the anatomy of a frog without having to sacrifice the animal. These are just a few of the best apps of 2018, according to Apple and Google. Both companies have announced what are the apps and games featured for Android and iOS this year. Among them, are the best applications for the day-to-day, the most entertaining or the great discoveries of the past 12 months.

Best apps of the Play Store

Google has announced that the best application for Android of 2018 is Drops, which allows the user to learn over 31 languages. The company has divided into four categories the best apps of this year. The most entertaining is Vimage, Not Draw, Neverthink, TikTok and Scout FM. Vimage is an app that allows you to add movements to the photographs; don’t Draw is a coloring game with over 10 million downloads and can help to relieve stress; NeverThink is an aggregator of videos grouped in channels with content selected by its editorial team; TikTok is a social network in which to discover, create, and edit short videos; and Scout FM, a radio app and podcasts.

Among the best discoveries of the year is Luci, an application to have a lucid dream, and Slowly, an app created for those who crave meaningful conversations with people in the age of instant messaging”. The user can get to know people, send letters and collect stamps of the country of their recipients. This app attempts to recreate the traditional service of mail, so that the time in which the message is delivered to the recipient depends on the distance to which it is the issuer. In this category, Google has also highlighted the application of graphic design Unfold, the app to learn Spanish through songs Learn Spanish with Lyrics and Just a Line —through augmented reality allows you to draw on the air using the camera of the smartphone.

The best apps of exceedance of the year are Mimo, 10% Happier, Keep Trainer and MasterClass. While Mimo is useful to learn how to program and MasterClass offers online courses on how to cook or to sing, 10% Happier serves to meditate on and Keep Trainer is a virtual trainer.

For the day-to-day, Google has featured the app recipes are Tasty, the application of graphic design Canva and the organizer of the notes, and tasks to Notion. They have also been recognized in this category of Sift, an app to discover the benefits of credit cards, and Otter Voice Notes, a voice assistant that transcribed conversations which is only available in English.

In the case of the best Android games of the Piabet year, the shooter PUBG Mobile is the best title of the year for both Google and for users. In addition, in the category of games more competitive, highlights the Warhammer Age of Sigmar. Among the most innovative, the Hero Hunters and the Battlelands Royale. In the Top category Casual, has been awarded The Sims Mobile and on Top Indie, Reigns: a Game of Thrones.

The winning applications for Apple

Apple has also unveiled this Tuesday “best of 2018”. That is to say, the apps, games, music, podcasts, movies, and books that shaped the entertainment and culture this year. This year, the apps in the style of Battle Royale, as Fortnite and PUBG Mobile, dominated the global landscape of games, while innovative applications as Fabulous, Shine, 10% Happier and Headspace helped them to improve attention to the health and well-being, making it easier than ever the habit of paying attention to personal care.

The best app of the year for iPhone is Pocreate Pocket.

The best app of the year for iPhone is Pocreate Pocket, according to the company. This application drawing and digital illustration allows the user to create 136 different brushes sketches and inspirational works. “The ultraportabilidad of the iPhone means that no matter where you are, because you can create amazing works of art,” explain its creators on the App Store.

The best game for this smartphone is Donut County, which is the result of six years of development. In this application, the user handles a hole that it should go in gulping down all the objects on the stage. “You know characters beautiful, it steals your garbage and échalos in a hole,” says the game’s description.

on the other hand, the best app of 2018 for the iPad is Froggipedia and the best game Gorogoa. The first application provides the opportunity to discover it with augmented reality the anatomy of a frog without having to sacrifice the animal. Meanwhile, Gorogoa is a puzzle game in which emphasizes the beauty of the illustrations hand-drawn.

Among the best applications of the year for the Mac, Apple has chosen to use the image editor Pixelmator Pro and the adventure game Gardens Between, in which the user must help the two protagonists of the game to solve puzzles in different islands and gardens encouraged. In the meantime, the best app for Apple TV is a SWEAT —an application to get in shape for women— and the best game, Alto”s Odyssey. “Flies on the dunes swept by the wind, passes through exciting canyons and explored cities temple hidden in a great place far away from your home”, it is stated in the description of this latest adventure game.

The best games for the PlayStation

the Monster Hunter World and Person 5 have been the more titles awarded at the PlayStation Awards 2018. Sony Interactive Japan Asia has announced the winners of these awards to the best-selling games from the famous console. Among the titles awarded are also The Last of Us Remastered, Call of Duty: WWII, God of War, Gran Turismo Sport, Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2018, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 and Super Robot Wars V.