Google announce the annual list of top games and apps on the Play Store in India. The Google Play Best of 2023 awards have focus on apps that help users with personal growth, mental health, self-care, and online shopping.
The Google also points out that many developers are also leveraging AI to bring learning or wellness features to their apps, SwiftChat, Stimuler, and Level SuperMind are some of the Google Play Best of 2023 apps in India.
In 2023, Google Play’s Best App of the year is Level SuperMind, an app that is looking to bring the pursuit of optimal mind performance on par with that of physical fitness, and THAP: Your Happiness Gym was the User’s Choice App of 2023.
Monopoly Go! was Google Play’s Best Game of the year and Subway Surfers Blast pick up the User’s Choice award in the gaming segment.
Stimuler, an app that helps non-native English speakers prepare for IELTS tests, and chatbot-based learning platform SwiftChat were both award the Best with AI award by the search giant.
In the Best for Fun category, Google pick Threads, launch by Meta earlier this year as a competitor to X, formerly Twitter with social networking platform Pepul and comics app Dashtoon.
Another notable app that was select as one of Google’s Best App(s) for Good award was Autism BASICS, an adaptive early intervention app that makes teaching and learning easy for parents of children with autism and other special needs.
Google also award apps design for larger screens and wearables as part of the Google Play Best of 2023 list.
Canva, Everand, and Concepts were the best apps for tablets, while FlipaClip, Evernote, and Wideo were the top picks in the Best for Chromebooks category.
Both WhatsApp and Audible were award the Best for Watches award.
SuperGaming’s Battle Stars won the Best Made in India award and Call of Dragons, Road to Valor: Empires, and Undawn were the best multiplayer titles pick by Google.
Honkai: Star Rail, MementoMori, and Lost Words: Beyond the Page were the titles that won the Best Story award.
While, Kurukshetra: Ascension, Block Heads, and Vampire Survivors were select for the Best Indie category.
After its return to the Play Store in India, Krafton’s Battlegrounds Mobile India (also known as BGMI) join Pokémon Go, and EA Sports FC Mobile Soccer as the Best Ongoing titles in India.
Popular title Asphalt 9: Legends was the only title pick for the Best for Google Play Games on PC, while Viking Rise, Doomsday: Last Survivors, and Call of Dragons won the Best for Tablets award, Call of Dragons was also the only title select for Best Multi-device Game.
Google Play Best of 2023 Awards
Apps
| Awards Name | App Name |
| Best overall app | Imprint: Learn Visually |
| Best multi-device app | Spotify |
| Best Users’ Choice app | ChatGPT (US) |
| Best for fun | Bumble For Friends: Meet IRL (US) Dashtoon: Comics and Manga (India) |
| Best for personal growth | Voidpet Garden: Mental Health (US) AmbitionBox – Salary & Reviews (India) |
| Best everyday essential | Artifact: Feed Your Curiosity (US) BabyCloud (India) |
| Best Hidden Gem | Aware: Mindfulness & Wellbeing (US) Blissclub – Women’s Activewear (India) |
| Best with AI | Character AI: AI-Powered Chat (US) Stimuler – IELTS Speaking Coach (India) |
| Best App for Good | AWorld in support of ActNow (US) Autism BASICS: Learning app (India) |
Games
| Awards Name | App Name |
| Best Game (overall) | Monopoly Go! (US) Subway Surfers Blast (India) |
| Best Game (Users’ Choice) | Monopoly Go! (US) Subway Surfers Blast (India) |
| Best Multiplayer | Farlight 84 (US) Call of Dragons (India) |
| Best Pick up and play | Monopoly Go! (US) Campfire Cat Cafe (India) |
| Best Multi-device Game | Outerplane – Strategy Anime (US) Call of Dragons (India) |
| Best Indies | Vampire Survivors (US) Block Heads: Duel puzzle games (India) |
| Best Ongoing | Stumble Guys (US) Battlegrounds Mobile India (India) |
| Best Story | Honkai: Star Rail (US)(India) |
| Best on Play Pass | Magic Rampage (US) Linea (India) |
You can read the complete list of the best apps and games including those create by Indian developers and publishers, select for Google Play’s Best of 2023 awards on the company’s blog post.
