Apple’s Best Apps of the Year Reflect the Shitshow That Was 2020

Apple namedDisney+as the Apple TV app of 2020.

For Apple Watch, Apple picked the soundscape appEndel.

This year, more than ever before, some of our most creative and connected moments happened in apps.

Unsurprisingly, the iPad app of the year is Zoom—for better or worse.

Unsurprisingly, the iPad app of the year is Zoom—for better or worse.Photo: Caitlin McGarry/Gizmodo

See the full list of winners below:

iPhone App of the Year: Wakeout!

News from the future, delivered to your present.

Meta Pissed Off Everyone With Poorly Redacted Docs

Meta is being very transparent on accident.

A laptop keyboard and Apple Intelligence on website displayed on a phone screen

Apple, Are You Okay?

I need Apple to blink once for yes and twice for no, because it’s getting weird.

A person using an Apple iPhone 13 Pro in Sierra Blue to capture 4K video

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

A photo of the Apple Watch Series 10

Apple Intelligence Iphone 15 Pro Max

Predator Badlands

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Alicia Witt in Urban Legend

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a guided tour of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts before leading a board meeting on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC.