Mobile applications are a growing market with no signs of decline. The range of apps is increasingly broader in the battle to offer users tools that improve their experience and the performance of their smartphone. Specifically, Google Play has chosen the best applications in its store for 2023, based on the number of downloads and ratings from Android users. Next, we will tell you what they are and their potential uses.

Services based on artificial intelligence have been the big winners of the year and, in this area, ChatGPT is the paradigmatic app. As you already know, it is a chatbot that offers its users answers to all types of questions, from planning your agenda to organizing a weekly menu. The free version has accumulated more than 10 million downloads and has an average score of 4.7 stars.

We present the winner of the Best App of 2023 award from Google. Imprint: Learn Visually is an app that offers short, powerful and interactive visual narratives on a multitude of topics, such as psychology, history or philosophy. It is undoubtedly an effective informative tool, which can be used both for people with specific higher education or for those curious and lovers of general culture. With more than 100,000 downloads, its rating is 4 stars.

Bumble For Friends or BFF (acronym for best friends forever, best friends forever, in English) is a twist on dating apps, which has won in the Fun category. It offers its users to connect with people with interests similar to them, with the sole purpose of starting a friendship. This is an application for all those who think that, in fact, making friends has become almost as difficult as finding a partner.

This is undoubtedly one of the most original apps of 2023, which has been awarded in the Personal Growth category. The objective of Voidpet Garden is to promote mental health care among its users, through a virtual garden with fantastic creatures that represent different feelings and emotions. Caring for these pets allows us to monitor our moods daily. It accumulates 100,000 downloads and 4.8 stars on average.

We return to the field of AI to discover Artifact, a personalized news aggregator that links users to articles on science, culture, politics or technology, based on their interests.

AWorld is a climate change awareness app that challenges its users in individual or group challenges that contribute to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly lifestyle. Google has recognized it as the best social content app.

Mental health sneaks back into this selection with Aware, a free application with a wide variety of practical exercises and guided sessions to support users. Its objectives include helping to improve relationships and mitigate stress.

Can you imagine being able to chat with any of the characters who have marked history? Now it is possible thanks to Character AI, an application that emulates and revives illustrious personalities through interactive chatbots.