The NY Apps & Software Awards honors outstanding mobile apps and software that demonstrate excellence in design, usability, and innovation. This category celebrates digital products that deliver purposeful features, intuitive user experiences, and impactful design across mobile, desktop, and web applications.
As part of our NY Digital Awards program, we welcome submissions from developers, product designers, agencies, and creative teams building apps or software for productivity, entertainment, education, e-commerce, and more. This category recognizes app and software design excellence—rewarding digital solutions that solve real-world needs through creative vision, user-centric functionality, and technical precision.
Submit your entry today and position your app or software among the most effective and well-designed digital products shaping today’s connected world.
The NY Digital Awards prides itself on maintaining affordable entry fees for all participants.
The overall fee structure is designed with simplicity and fairness in mind. Instead of escalating costs per entry, we charge a $30 annual administrative fee for only the first entry of each competition year. This approach covers expenses such as printing, mailing and data organization. By implementing a consistent fee, entrants submitting multiple entries will benefit from a cost-effective structure, making it more economical than a variable fee system.
| 2026 Entry Period |
Early Bird Nov 7 - Dec 17, 2025 |
Regular Dec 18, 2025 - Jan 16, 2026 |
Final Jan 17 - Feb 13, 2026 |
Final Extension Feb 14 - Mar 18, 2026 |
| Professional 1st Entry |
$130 - Single $195 - Campaigns |
$140 - Single $205 - Campaigns |
$160 - Single $215 - Campaigns |
$180 - Single $225 - Campaigns |
| Additional Category |
$95 - Single $155 - Campaigns |
$105 - Single $165 - Campaigns |
$115 - Single $175 - Campaigns |
$120 - Single $185 - Campaigns |
| Student 1st Entry | $60 | $70 | $80 | $90 |
| Additional Category | $50 | $60 | $70 | $80 |
| Individual Achievement 1st Entry | $295 | $355 | $395 | $415 |
| Additional Category | $205 | $265 | $305 | $325 |
Results Announcement: May 15, 2026 |
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* Fees are non-refundable. Withdrawn entries (whether withdrawn by entrant or by the NY Digital Awards for entrant's failure to comply with the entry rules) will NOT be refunded.
* Multiple entries must be submitted at the same time as your first entry in order to be counted as "additional category". An entry submitted at a later time will be counted as a "first entry".
PROJECT DATE
Work submitted must have been produced after January 1, 2023.
| Benefits / Winning Levels | 2026 Top 10 Agencies of the Year | Gold Winner |
Silver Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Ava Statuette | YES | - | - |
| Exclusive “Top Agency of the Year” Certification | YES | - | - |
| Seasonal Features on Winners Highlight Section | YES | - | - |
| Listed in Official Winner Press Release | YES | - | - |
| Priority Features on NY Digital Awards e-Newsletter | YES | - | - |
| Spotlighted Winner Article on Media Partner Site – Muse.World | YES | YES | - |
| Dedicated Social Media Posts | YES | YES | - |
| Access to Marketing & Promotional Materials | YES | YES | YES |
| Exclusive Access to Winner’s Interview | YES | YES | YES |
| Dedicated Winner’s Profile / Page | YES | YES | YES |
| Eligible to Purchase Ava Statuette | YES | YES | YES |
| Winner Certificate | YES | YES | YES |
| Digital Winner Badge | YES | YES | YES |
Kindly provide a synopsis of your design of approximately 350 words. The brief should strengthen your entry, as well as providing the jury a better understanding of your project. A written translation or adaptation of non-English entries is highly recommended.
The submissions should be saved in a flattened JPEG or JPG format. (Keep them under 4MB, 1,200px wide is preferable, 300dpi, RGB).
Entries with audio/video must be submitted with a direct URL that will take judges directly to the work:
Upload video/audio to Vimeo/YouTube/Youku.
Paste the URL link into the URL field.
