Best Apps of 2020 in the App Store that received the MacStories Select Award

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MacStories held its Select Awards for the third time, in which the editorial team and readers chose the best apps of the year on iOS and macOS platforms.

est New App — Craft
Craft is a note-taking app for Apple platforms that "cuts the whole category" of similar services and combines the convenience of simple apps like Apple's Notes with the power of Notion, according to MacStories.

Craft uses a block structure for notes, like Notion, and also recognizes paraguay number data command syntax after pressing "/" - this opens a menu with options for formatting text, inserting data, creating subpages, code blocks, and other features.



The application allows you to create modular documents where all information is interconnected using cross-references, nested pages, and seamless merging of notes.

It is well suited for organizing both simple notes and large research, as well as workflows - it is easy to store information and search for it thanks to universal search by sections and notes.



MacStories believes that note-taking with built-in navigation works much better on iPhone and iPad than Notion and is more deeply integrated with the system. Craft can export Markdown, TextBundle, PDF, can generate links and the only thing the app lacks so far is support for tables similar to those in Notion.

“We consider Craft to be the best new app of 2020: its outstanding design is combined with the kind of maturity and attention to detail we rarely see in version 1.0 products. Craft is clear proof that independent developers can still compete with more popular services with venture capital investments,” notes MacStories.

Best New App, finalists: Widgetsmith and Halide Mark II
Widgetsmith is an application for creating widgets on iOS 14, thanks to which users began to create their own "design themes" for the system.



It allows you to not only create a variety of widgets from calendars and to-do lists to photos and health data, but also schedule widget content throughout the day.

Halide Mark II is a powerful iPhone camera app with a user-friendly interface and features for both beginners and professionals, allowing you to fully unlock the capabilities of your device's camera, according to MacStories. The app launches quickly, and all the important controls are intuitive and easy to use with your thumb.



The application can work with RAW format, automatically improve images in this format so that they look good on the smartphone screen without post-processing, and also save photos in two formats at once - JPG and RAW.