The winners are in for Google Play’s annual awards, including the top apps, games and books of 2024. Event planning platform Partiful took home the award for best overall app, with fantasy RPG AFK Journey taking the honors for best overall game.Best multi-device app and game awards went to HBO’s Max app and Clash of Clans, respectively, and the rest of the game awards included a few notable standouts, like Solo Leveling: ARISE for Best Story and Honkai: Star Rail for Best Ongoing. Google also named Ai Shimizu’s Breakfast with My Two-Tailed Cat—which Seven Seas Entertainment publishes in English—as its pick for Favorite Cozy Manga.Here’s an overview of this year’s honors:
Google Play’s Best of 2024
Best Overall App: Partiful
Best Overall Game: AFK Journey
Best Multi-device App: Max
Best Multi-device Game: Clash of Clans
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
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 Google Play Games on PC: Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures
2024 Book Picks
Favorite Fantasy: Dragon Rider by Taran Matharu
Favorite Thriller: All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
Favorite Romance: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas
Favorite Fiction: All Fours by Miranda July
Favorite Memoir: Knife by Salman Rushdie
Favorite Horror: The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim
Favorite Graphic Novel: Homebody by Theo Parish
Favorite Cozy Manga: Breakfast with My Two-Tailed Cat by Ai Shimizu
Favorite Business Book: Teams: Getting Things Done with Others by David Allen and Edward Lamont
Favorite Personal Development: Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg
Favorite Historical Fiction: James by Percival Everett
Source: Email correspondence, Google
