Android users have been kept busy with a good selection of apps and games this year. The winners are in for Google Play’s Best of 2023 in India and the list makes for a good read. It features a voice app to help non-native English speakers globally improve their proficiency in the language with AI-generated feedback to an e-commerce app focussing on the fashion choices of Gen Z users across the country, including a special focus on non-metro. Many of the titles come from Indian developers, who have leveraged the potential of reaching over 2.5 billion monthly active users in 190 markets on Google Play.
BEST OF 2023 APPS IN INDIA
Best App of 2023 (India): Level SuperMind: Focus & Calm
Users’ Choice App of 2023 (India): THAP: Your Happiness Gym
Best for Fun: Dashtoon: Comics & Manga, Pepul, Social Media from India, Threads, an Instagram app
Best for Personal Growth: AmbitionBox - Salary & Reviews, Level SuperMind: Focus & Calm, Study Abroad with upGrad
Best with AI: Stimuler- IELTS Speaking Coach, SwiftChat by ConveGenius
Best Everyday Essentials: BabyCloud, Infinity Learn - Learning App, NEWME-Freshest Fashion Fastest
Best Hidden Gems: Blissclub - Women's Activewear, Cashflo: Easy Expense Tracker, Unsweetened Beauty - Skincare
Best Apps for Good: Autism BASICS: Learning app, Earth5R- The Environmental App, THAP: Your Happiness Gym
Best Multi-device App: Spotify: Music and Podcasts
Best for Watches: Audible: Audio Entertainment, WhatsApp Messenger
Best for Tablets: Canva: Design, Photo & Video, Concepts: Sketch, Note, Draw, Everand: Ebooks and audiobooks
Best for Chromebooks: Evernote - Note Organizer, FlipaClip: Create 2D Animation Wideo
BEST OF 2023 GAMES
Best Game of 2023 (India): Monopoly GO!,
Users’ Choice Game of 2023 (India): Subway Surfers Blast
Best Made in India: Battle Stars: 4v4 TDM & BR
Best Multiplayer: Call of Dragons, Road to Valor: Empires, Undawn
Best Pick Up & Play: Campfire Cat Cafe, Mighty Doom, Monopoly GO!
Best Indies: Block Heads: Duel Puzzle Games, Kurukshetra: Ascension, Vampire Survivors
Best Story: Honkai: Star Rail, Lost Words: Beyond the Page, MementoMori: AFKRPG
Best Ongoing: Battlegrounds Mobile India, EA SPORTS FC Mobile Soccer, Pokémon GO
Best on Play Pass: Linea: An Innerlight Game, Magic Rampage, Silly Royale -Devil Amongst Us
Best Multi-device Game: Call of Dragons
Best for Tablets: Call of Dragons, Doomsday: Last Survivors, Viking Rise
Best for Google Play Games on PC: Asphalt 9: Legends