Mobile Developers Cafe - Weekly Issue #17

Best Apps and Games of 2020 - Apple & Google, Enroll in App Store Small Business Program.

Mobile Developers Cafe
Dec 4, 2020

Hello,

As we stepped in the last month of 2020, both Google and Apple have announced the best apps of 2020. Though we have spent most of our days at home, apps played an important role in our day-to-day life. Here is Google's list: Celebrating the Developers Behind the Best Apps and Games of 2020 and Apple's list: Apple presents App Store Best of 2020 winners.

Congrats all winners 👏

Keep coding and make something awesome.

Open now: Enroll in the new App Store Small Business Program

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