Google Play’s Best of 2024: Celebrating Top Apps, Games, and Books

The Google Play Best of 2024 awards highlight the most innovative and impactful apps, games, and books of the year. These accolades not only celebrate creativity and utility but also acknowledge the talented developers who continue to enhance the Android ecosystem.

Here’s a detailed look at the winners across various categories.

Top Overall Winners

Best App: Partiful

An intuitive event planning platform, Partiful revolutionizes invitations with its “Party Genie” tool, allowing seamless design and RSVP management via a simple link.

Best Game: AFK Journey

This fantasy RPG impressed with its tactical battles, expansive character roster, and stunning art style, setting a high bar in the gaming world.

Best Multi-Device Experiences

Best Multi-Device App: Max

Max excelled with its cross-device streaming capabilities, offering a library of TV shows, movies, and original content across televisions, tablets, and even cars with Google built-in.

Best Multi-Device Game: Clash of Clans

A decade-old classic went multi-platform, now optimized for PCs, Chromebooks, tablets, and foldables, delivering a seamless gaming experience everywhere.

Category-Wise Highlights

Best Apps of 2024

Best for Fun: Mila by Camilla Lorentzen

Best for Personal Growth: UpStudy - Camera Math Solver

Best Everyday Essential: MacroFactor - Macro Tracker

Best Hidden Gem: Timeleft

Best for Watches: Baby Daybook - Newborn Tracker

Best for Large Screens: Infinite Painter

Best for Google TV: Peacock TV: Stream TV & Movies

Best for Cars: PBS KIDS Video

Best Games of 2024

Best Multiplayer: Squad Busters

Best Pick Up & Play: Eggy Party

Best Indie: Yes, Your Grace

Best Story: Solo Leveling: Arise

Best Ongoing: Honkai: Star Rail

Best for Families: Tab Time World

Best on Play Pass: Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance

Best for Play Games on PC: Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures

Top Book Picks of 2024

Google Play also celebrated the year’s best reads across multiple genres:

Fantasy: Dragon Rider by Taran Matharu

Thriller: All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

Romance: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

Fiction: All Fours by Miranda July

Memoir: Knife by Salman Rushdie

Horror: The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

Graphic Novel: Homebody by Theo Parish

Cozy Manga: Breakfast with My Two-Tailed Cat by Ai Shimizu

Google Play: More Than a Store

In 2024, Google Play enhanced discoverability, expanded gaming options, and improved content delivery to support developers and delight users. From apps and games to books, the platform continues to shape digital experiences globally.

For the full list of winners, visit the Best of 2024 page on Google Play!