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Apple has revealed the finalists for its 2021 Apple Design Awards, which will crown six winners for producing innovative apps for iOS and iPadOS.

Revealed on Tuesday, Apple has chosen across six categories, with the award honoring "excellence in innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design."

The categories for 2021 are Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation.

Apple will be announcing the winners on June 10, toward the end of WWDC 2021. Winners will receive the iconic Apple Design Award, a physical metal cube bearing the app's name and category, as well as the Apple logo.

Apple crowned eight winners in 2020, including photography app Darkroom, animation and musical tool Looom, and the Apple Arcade game Sayonara Wild Hearts.

The list of finalist apps follows:

Inclusivity

• (AgileBits Inc.)
• (Draknek Limited)
• (ustwo games)
• (Aconite)
• (Tinybop Inc.)
• (Voice Dream LLC)

Delight and Fun

• (The Chinese Room)
• (Pok Pok)
• (Poolsuite)
• (Whatever Inc.)
• (State of Play Games)
• (Aquiris Game Studio LLC)

Interaction

• (George Batchelor)
• (Brian Mueller,Grailr LLC)
• (Luki Labs Limited)
• (Panic)
• (SMG Studio)
• (Aquiris Game Studio LLC)

Social Impact

• (ustwo games)
• (Charles Games s.r.o)
• (S/I Be My Eyes)
• (Broadsheet)
• (Annapurna Interactive)
• (Climate Labs GmbH)

Visual and Graphics

• (Revolution)
• (miHoYo Limited)
• (The Chinese Room)
• (Loona Inc)
• (SN Digital LLC)
• (Andy Works LLC)

Innovation

• (George Batchelor)
• (Lo-Fi People)
• (Riot Games)
• (Alchemy Immersive Ltd)
• (Sandeep Randale)
• (Universe Exploration Company)

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