---
title: "Alpenglow wins Gold and Silver at the 2026 w3 Awards"
excerpt: "Alpenglow has won two 2026 w3 Awards: Gold for Mobile Best Practices and Silver for Best Mobile User Interface."
description: "Alpenglow has won two 2026 w3 Awards: Gold for Mobile Best Practices and Silver for Best Mobile User Interface."
date: "2026-09-30T09:00:00.002Z"
coverImage: "/images/blog/w3-awards-2026.png"
author:
  name: Andrew Yates
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  url: "/images/blog/w3-awards-2026.png"
keywords: "Alpenglow w3 Awards 2026, sunset app award, best iOS app user interface"
---

**Alpenglow has won two 2026 w3 Awards.**

The w3 Awards are run by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts and recognise the best in websites, apps, video and digital marketing.

This year, Alpenglow was recognized in their Mobile category:

- **Gold** for **Best Practices**
- **Silver** for **Best User Interface**

You can see the entry in the [w3 Awards winners gallery](https://www.w3award.com/winners/gallery/?event=1101&award=1&type=23&id=399314).

![The gold and silver w3 Awards trophies on a yellow background with the words "I'm a Winner"](/images/blog/w3-awards-2026-trophies.webp)

Alpenglow has been a side project for over 10 years, so it means a lot to see it recognised alongside apps built by full teams.

Both awards are for things I care about. Best Practices means building for the whole platform: Widgets, Live Activities, Dynamic Type, Accessibility and localisation. Best User Interface means making the interface easy to use, adopting platform interface guidelines and making it a joy to use.

Thank you to everyone who uses Alpenglow, sends feedback and shares their sunrises & sunsets. A lot of what the judges saw came from your suggestions.

If you haven't tried it yet, [download Alpenglow](/download) and see what tonight's sunset looks like.