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THE BEST APPS DESERVE AN AWARD We present the Uptodown Awards 2022: a contest in which we want to recognize the best Android apps from our catalog, in different categories, and based on the vote cast by users, developers, an exceptionally specialized jury and our own team of editors.
COMPETITION CATEGORIES This edition aims to give a voice to all the layers of app development that have made up the largest alternative app store in the industry for the past 20 years. Over 17,000 developers rely on our service to publicize their projects. Now, we want to reward them.
Best mobile browser
Best entertainment app
Best indie mobile video game
Best mobile video game
Best productivity app
Uptodown Special Award
Special ‘Hidden Gem’ Award
Special Community Award
AWARDS TIMELINE

NOVEMBER 2022

Competition's official announcement

DECEMBER 2022

Jury introduction

FEBRUARY 2023

Candidates' submission and start of voting

MARCH 2023

Winners' announcement

OUR JURY
Brais Moure (MoureDev)
Communicator and software engineer
Iván Ramírez
Senior editor at Xataka Android and Xataka Móvil
Laura de Benito
PR Manager Xiaomi
Christian Collado
Coordinator of Andro4all
Pablo Grandío
Manager of Vandal
Manuel González
Director of the TV program Zoom Net (RTVE)
Fátima Moreno
PR Manager at Honor
Daniel González
Head of Leisure and Culture of 20minutos
Alberto Payo
Journalist and co-founder of Applicantes.com
David Arráez
Journalist specializing in digital competencies
Fernando Álvarez del Vayo
Editor in Chief of El Androide Libre
Michael Mcloughlin Sáez
Tech specialist at El Confidencial

COMPETING APPS

Best mobile browser

Microsoft Edge icon
Microsoft
Winner
Brave Browser icon
Brave Software
Vivaldi icon
Vivaldi Technologies
Opera Browser icon
Opera Software
FAB Adblocker Browser icon
Rocketshield Inc.
UC Mini icon
UC Web

Best entertainment app

Koo icon
Koo
Koo App
Likee icon
Likeme Pte. Ltd.
VivaVideo icon
QuVideo Inc.
UpLive icon
Asia Innovations
FilmoraGo icon
Wondershare
Winner
Tiki icon
DOL Technology

Best mobile video game

PUBG Mobile icon
Level Infinite
Genshin Impact icon
HoYoVerse
Winner
Online Soccer Manager icon
Gamebasics BV
Road Redemption Mobile icon
Pixel Dash Studios

Best indie mobile video game

JanKenUP! icon
Humita
Winner
Pocket Ants icon
Ariel Games
Crashbots icon
Luc Versleijen

Best productivity app

TrueCaller icon
TrueCaller
SHAREit icon
SHAREit
WPS Office icon
Kingsoft
Winner
Binance icon
Binance Inc.
OfficeSuite icon
MobiSystems
Terabox icon
Flextech Inc.

Uptodown Special Award

Vivaldi icon
Vivaldi Technologies

Special ‘Hidden Gem’ Award

Special Community Award

PUBG Mobile icon
Level Infinite
ABOUT UPTODOWN Uptodown is a cross-platform alternative app store specialized in Android and used by more than 130 million users to download 450 million files every month. We are committed to an open, robust, reliable platform for downloading and distributing apps.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Conditions: All developers who have published at least one app on Uptodown and are registered on our service via Developers Console, Unity Distribution Portal or have a private distribution agreement in place with Uptodown are eligible to participate in the Uptodown Awards 2022. Apps must be published on Uptodown before January 16, 2023. Uptodown reserves the right to accept or reject candidates.

Voting: Each category will include six candidates shortlisted by Uptodown. The winner of each category will be chosen by an external specialized jury whose members will be announced on this page. The special 'Uptodown' award will be voted by members of Uptodown's editorial team. The community award will be chosen based on Uptodown's user ratings once the candidates are available. For this, the number of user ratings on published apps will be counted, considering the ratio of downloads received by the app in that period.

Prizes: For all selected participants: Special badge for participants in the download URL of each app on Uptodown. Listing in various themed categories on Uptodown to boost their visibility. Mentions on social media/post on the corporate blog. Physical trophy. For the winner of each category: Banner campaign in the most visible advertising space on Uptodown (1 million impressions for each winner). 'Pick of the Day' in the most visible space on Uptodown's home page for three 24-hour periods spread over the two months following the winners' announcement. Special winner's badge on the download URL of each Uptodown app.