Here are Google's picks for the best Android apps of 2024

Google has crowned the best apps of 2024 - Android apps that they think are the best that the Play Store has to offer. Among them we find applications from various fields, including as many as three streaming content providers, tools for finding new friends and health management services.

Let's take a look at the winning apps.

1. Best app: Partiful

Partiful, as the name suggests, is “the ultimate tool for creating, managing and sharing events”. The application can be used to send invitations, create entire pages for events, and guests can communicate through the application, send a photo and much more. Additional tools allow you to send survey questions, collect financial contributions for the organization and it seems that Partiful is a really good "one-stop shop" for all party organizers. The bad news is that Partiful is currently not available in Slovenia.

2. The best “multi-device” application: Max

It looks like Google is excited about The Penguin series, as the Max streaming service won the award for best cross-device app. A lot of people would probably argue that Netflix is number 1 in the market, but the fact is that the best Max movies and series are really great.

3. Best App for Personal Growth: UpStudy – Camera Math Solver

UI tools are already capable of scanning math equations and solving them as well. With this, we can check off the homework in no time, but we will not understand the entire material any more than before. This is where UpStudy comes in. Instead of a final solution, UpStudy provides a step-by-step explanation of the problem, which helps in actual understanding. But it is not only about mathematics, namely UpStudy also covers the fields of chemistry, physics and biology.

4. Best app for entertainment: Mila by Camilla Lorentzen

A workout app that offers a variety of HIIT, cardio, yoga workouts, as well as strength-building options and more. If you might be having trouble staying motivated when using other apps, try this one, but maybe Mila by Camilly Lorentzen is right for you.

The only thing to note is that you'll need to pay for the 7-day free trial if you want to continue using Milo after that, with a subscription costing $9.99 / £7.99 / €9.56 per month or $99.99 / £79.99 / €95.69 per year.

5. Best Everyday App: MacroFactor – Macro Tracker

Keeping track of calories and diet in general when, for example, we want to gain muscle mass can be a challenge. MacroFactor tries to make this challenge easier for users with simple food scanning, weekly reports and a unique "coaching algorithm" that apparently adapts to the individual's metabolism and prepares a personalized macro program.

Like Mila above, this tool offers a short free trial after which it is a paid service for 11.99 $ / £9.49 / €11.35 per month or 71.99 $ / £71.99 / €86.11 per year.

6. Best "secret" app: Timeleft

Timeleft looks like an interesting application for all those who are new to a place and want to meet people, or for all those who simply want new company wherever they are. The app works by randomly selecting six people who meet for dinner at a randomly selected restaurant every Wednesday at 8 p.m. Each user of the Timeleft application first fills out a personality questionnaire, based on which the algorithm selects a group of people who should understand each other.

Before dinner, each member of the group gets some information about the others, and Timeleft also prepares some "ice breakers" to start the conversation easier. After dinner, everyone in the group can evaluate the other guests and communicate with them directly 1 on 1 if they want to continue getting to know each other.

It is important to point out that the Timeleft app is not available everywhere, but it is even more important that users are aware that they cannot choose the restaurant themselves. So all those who are picky know how to have a challenge.

7. Best Big Screen App: Infinite Painter

Whether you have a tablet or a foldable phone — say the Galaxy Z Fold 6 or the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold — Google thinks the best app you can download is Infinite Paper. A robust tool for all digital artists.

The online portal Tech Radar also ranked the application among the best drawing applications this year, which further confirms the quality of the tool. It offers a free and a paid option, so you can check out how it works before you decide to subscribe.

8. Best watch app: Baby Daybook – Newborn Tracker

An app for all new parents. If keeping track of your little one's "schedule" gives you headaches - when he sleeps, plays, eats and everything else that a child needs - the Baby Daybook app is advertised as the best "tracker" for this purpose. Most users opt for the free version, but if you buy a premium subscription, you unlock useful tools, such as the ability to share your schedule with other users.

9. Best Google TV App: Peacock TV: Stream TV & Movies

Another streaming service on the list. In the flood of competition, we very quickly overlook an otherwise quality option, such as Peacock TV. Among the more famous titles that viewers can get from this provider are the series Hysteria, the thriller Found, and we also find NBC classics such as Parks and Recreation, Ted and The Traitors.

10. Best in-car app: PBS KIDS Video

The last app on the list and also the last streaming service. This educational platform is full of PBS content for kids. Among other things, it contains over 600 full episodes that users can watch anywhere and anytime. Episodes can also be downloaded to devices and viewed without an internet connection. Among the most popular shows are Sesame Street and Curious George.

Unfortunately, the application is not available in Slovenia.