Appy Awards

Books

Another Monster at the End of This Book...Starring Grover & Elmo!  by Callaway Digital Arts, Inc. and Sesame Workshop  for  Sesame Workshop

Another Monster at the End of This Book brings the Sesame storybook to life with interactivity and enhanced animation. This app—the sequel to the best-selling app, The Monster at the End of This Book—boasts new animation featuring the voices of Grover and Elmo. The interactive features give children the chance to engage in activities armed at developing their skills in phonics and spatial relations. Features include a Parents’ tab, word highlighting for beginning readers, and intuitive finger tapping for kids. The app can also be personalized with children's names.

Credits: Omri Navot, Producer, Callaway Digital Arts Radif Sharafullin, Lead Engineer, Callaway Digital Arts Nick Schmitz, Lead Designer, Callaway Digital Arts Betsy Loredo, Digital Publisher, Sesame Workshop Cathy Ferrara, Digital Publisher, Callaway Digital Arts Jon Stone, Original Author Michael Smollin, Original Illustrator J. Walter Hawkes, Sound Designer Warner McGee, Additional Illustration Josh Ruthnick, Lead Animator, Callaway Digital Arts Erica Kepler, Animator

Branded Content App

myStain  by Boldium  for  Clorox

Boldium brings users a vast amount of stain-removal solutions with their myStain app for Clorox.  This app stands out particularly for its extensive library of stain causes and their solutions. Also, myStain presents users with on-the-go solutions, which, for the most part, include crafty solutions like using artificial sweetener to remove certain stains. This is a breath of fresh air when it comes to branded apps as this one is not solely pushing Clorox as the solution to everything.

Credits: Creative Directors: Igor Gasowski, Boldium Amanda Mahan, Clorox Information Architect: Jack Thorpe, Boldium Lead Writer: Helen Lee, Clorox Programmers: Mark Celsor, Boldium Andy Schooner, Boldium PR: David Kellis, Clorox Project Managers: Suzanne Popkin, Boldium Janet Bird, Clorox Teri Wong, Clorox

Branded Gaming App

Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove  by Big Fish Games  for  Mystery Case Files

Filmed in the rocky and snowy mountains of Argentina, some might think the game, Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove, takes place in a fairy-tale land. This game capitalizes on creative cinematography, providing between eight and 12 hours of interactive playtime. Hidden objects, video clues, and puzzle pieces set within an intriguing location (Dire Grove) take players through a nonlinear adventure that in some ways seems reminiscent of the movie, “The Blair Witch Project”. Gameplay is open-ended, allowing exploration through a classic adventure-type style. Once unlocked, all the games, puzzles, and scenes with hidden objects can be played competitively for point rankings on individual Game Center leader boards.

Credits: Pat Wylie - Producer Adrian Woods – Game Design Jeff Haynie – Art Direction Michael Anderson – Lead Developer ThinkLab – Video Production Mobile Development – Monster Costume

Business

SlideShark  by Brainshark, Inc.  for  Brainshark

With more than 30 million presentations created daily, PowerPoint’s incompatibility with the iPad has severely impacted users who need to view and present on the go. SlideShark was developed internally by the Brainshark, Inc. team to help iPad users view and show their PowerPoint presentations while preserving animations, fonts, graphics, and colors. The app works in three simple steps: users upload a PowerPoint file to their account, covert it via SlideShark into an iPad-optimized file, and then can view it via the SlideShark app locally (with no Internet connection required). Since its launch in October 2011, SlideShark’s free app has seen a groundswell of demand—generating two downloads per minute daily—and consistently ranking among the top apps in Apple’s App Store for its category.

Affiliated Agency: N/A

Credits: In response to a growing market need, Brainshark developed SlideShark using internal resources to help millions of iPad users view and show the PowerPoints they rely on -- in a reliable manner, with animations, fonts, graphics and colors preserved. Brainshark staff who collaborated to build, test and promote the app include members of the product management, engineering development and quality assurance (QA), design, IT, technical support, marketing/product marketing and executive teams. Brainshark also solicited feedback from usability testers inside and outside of the organization. Key individuals who played a driving role in SlideShark’s development include: • Joe Gustafson, CEO, Brainshark • Greg Flynn, SVP Products & Services, Brainshark • Chris Caruso, CTO, Brainshark • Andy Zimmerman, CMO, Brainshark • David Klein, Product Director, Brainshark • Jay Wilder, Director of Product Marketing, Brainshark

Business Media App

Atlantic Magazine Digital Edition  by RareWire  for  Atlantic Magazine

Many print consumers like the deep-content approach when it comes to magazine apps. The Atlantic app has 10 feeds of content, as well as standard stuff like individual issue purchases; however, this isn't a usual app because one can access content even when offline. Being able to multitask on your mobile device, integrate with third-party vendors that distribute ads, as well as key analytics usage is also helpful to those business partners.

Credits: Matt Angell, CTO,Founder RareWire Adam Jones, Director of Creative Implementation, RareWire Scott Havens, VP, Digital Strategy and Operations, The Atlantic Betsy Ebersole, Product Director, The Atlantic

Cooking

iCookBook  by Publications International, Ltd.  for  Publications International, Ltd.

Following recipes from a mobile device can be a sticky situation. It’s messy to swipe a page on your tablet with food on your hands. iCookbook has changed that. Not only does iCookBook contain more than 2,000 recipes, it also features a voice command that enables cooks to turn a page by saying “next”. Users can also purchase recipe bundles for those with dietary preferences or allergies, like vegetarian or gluten-free recipes. Every recipe includes a picture of the end result—a visual motivation, if needed, to start cooking.

Affiliated Agency: Appency - Publicity for Publications International, Ltd.

Credits: Aaron Watkins: Co-founder at Appency Jerry Croft: President of the Cooking Division at Publications International, Ltd.

Communication

Mr. Number  by Mr. Number  for  Mr. Number

More than five million users have downloaded Mr. Number’s Android app to take back control over their phone numbers. The app brings all calls and texts into a smartbox for review, turns unknown numbers into names with crowd-sourced Caller ID, and automatically blocks calls and texts from unwanted numbers (including thousands of spammers and telemarketers that Mr. Number users have reported). Mr. Number also allows users to set their availability status, which lets contacts know when the person they are trying to reach is free or tied up. Perhaps the most popular feature of the app is the “Voicemail Only” feature, which allows users to send all calls, or just certain callers, directly to voicemail.

Credits: Jason Devitt (co-founder and CEO, Mr. Number) Mike Wells (co-founder and CEO, Mr. Number) Irv Remedios (VP Product, Mr. Number)

Consumer Magazine/Newspaper App

The Daily  by The Daily  for  News Corp.

Combining print, the Web, and broadcast, The Daily app mixes images, text, video, and infographics to package information specifically for tablet readers. Each day, The Daily produces more than 100 pages of original content; sections include news, business, gossip, opinion, arts, games, and sports. The app offers interactive features like charts, infographics, and in-app commenting—including audio comments. Users can save articles to read later. In 2011, The Daily was the third highest-grossing app on the iTunes store, after Angry Birds and The Smurfs. On average, readers spend 30 minutes a day, four days a week, in the app.

Credits: Jesse Angelo, Editor-in-Chief; Greg Clayman, Publisher; John Kilpatrick, SVP, Creative

Education

Inside the World of Dinosaurs  by M5859 Studios Pty Ltd  for  M5859 Studios Pty Ltd

The digital dinosaur encyclopedia, Inside the World of Dinosaurs, contains 60 moving interactive dinosaurs, recreated using cinematic-quality 3-Dmodels. The developers managed to create skeletal and muscle systems that take into account body mass and movement. Every detail was considered based on fossil records and consolations with experts. The development took 12 months, and more than 30 specialists in the field worked on the project. The 40 rotatable dinosaurs take flight in 200 pages of complicated animated sequences and narrated content from Stephen Fry. With a drag of a finger, the dinosaurs are viewed from multiple angles in scale, from teeth to tails.

Credits: Creator & Producer: Matthew Snowden UI & Graphic Designer: Justin Seau Lead Programmer: Boon Yee Yuen Lead Animator: Damien Schneider Writer / Editor: Alicia Winters Narrator: Stephen Fry

Entertainment: Professional Content

Viggle  by Function(x)  for  Viggle

Viggle is a loyalty program for second-screen TV watching. All users need to do is check in to the TV shows they are watching to be rewarded for doing something they already planned on doing. Viggle identifies the TV shows its users are watching, down to the time zone, and awards points that can be redeemed in the app’s rewards catalog for movie tickets, music, and gift cards among other items. Viewers watching shows via Viggle Live can earn bonus points for answering trivia questions, polls, or playing games related to the live TV show being watched.

Credits: Chris Stephenson, president, Viggle

Family/Parenting

Cozi Family Organizer  by Cozi Group, Inc.  for  Cozi

Cozi is the leading online organizer designed for busy families to keep up with appointments, shopping lists, to-do lists, meals, and favorite photos all in one place. With over five million users, Cozi’s free organizational app is available for iPhones, BlackBerrys, and Androids, and is accessible from any computer. The Cozi app functions as a mini command center for the whole family, and, because it is shared, only one account is needed for the entire household. When a task or appointment is added to Cozi, a user can also designate (and color-code) which family members are involved. The calendar gets synced not only with the other family members using the app, but also with Cozi on the Web.

Credits: Robbie Cape, Co-founder and CEO Larry Engel, Chief Product Office Holly Mesrobian, Chief Technology Officer

Finance

Mint  by Mint.com  for  Intuit Personal Finance Group

Mint.com is an online personal finance software service from Intuit Inc., providing more than 7.5 million users with a free and easy way to manage their money. Mint.com allows users to track, budget, and manage their money all in one place. Native to the iPad, Mint.com also provides user-friendly graphs showing where money is being spent. In addition to providing advice, Mint.com’s iPad app offers customers the ability to categorize spending and transactional information, create goals, and set up bill reminders. Mint.com offers a safe, secure, and easy way to keep personal finances organized on iPads, iPhones, and on the Web.

Credits: Ken Sun, Product Manager for Mobile at Intuit PFG

Games: Action/Arcade/Sports

Draw Race 2  by Chillingo  for  Chillingo

The basic concept of DrawRace 2 seems simple—draw a racing line and allow the speed of the player's finger to determine the speed of the car—but when done, the game allows users to replay the car's race on the drawn line. It's made possible through innovative technology. The company calls the "feedback system" a tool to help improve racing skills. The game offers 16 unique cars, and 180 challenges on 30 tracks. Once mastered, gamers can take on the best “drawracers” in the Friend Leagues to challenge the fastest finger in the world.

Credits: RedLynx

Games: Board/Puzzle

Contre Jour  by Chillingo  for  Chillingo

Inspired by The Little Prince, complete with surrealistic imagery and a tender, haunting score, Contre Jour blurs the line between interactive art and games. Users guide a mysterious, alien-looking creature on a weirdly hypnotic journey. Salvador Dali could have painted the setting—if he’d stuck to a white, black, gray, and blue palette. There are 60 levels of physics-based puzzles that let users interact with a world, not a character. The experience is abstract rather than literal; a gentle homage to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s lonely prince who visits asteroids after his rose rejects him.

Credits: Name: Maksym Hryniv Company: Mokus Title: CEO

Games: Educational/Family/Kids

Where Is My Frog?  by Dancing Penguins, LLC  for  Sterling Publishing, Inc

Based on the children’s book from Mercer Mayer's “Little Critter” series, the Where Is My Frog? iPad app combines gaming with storybook reading to encourage children to learn and read through interactive activities, animation, colorful art, music, and character voices. Where Is My Frog? takes full advantage of the mobile digital gaming concept by adding a reward system that lets children earn virtual coins for successfully reading pages, finding hidden objects, and completing games. One hundred coins earned can unlock another level of learning activities, such as word-matching games, object and word matching, and sticker games. 

Credits: John R Sansevere: Writer/Producer/Creator Kamoon Song: Animation Director Matt Rossetti: Creative Director/Art Director Nick Eastridge: Technical Director Naomi Yamada: Art Director/Production Manger Voice Director: Richard Dreher Talent: Niko Sansevere, Richard Dreher Music: Jim Popoulis

Healthcare & Fitness

Couch-to-5K®  by The Active Network, Inc.  for  The Active Network, Inc.

For anyone that views lifting the remote control as their most intense daily exercise, thinking about getting fit enough to run a 5K in nine weeks can seem a bit intimidating. This app, geared towards that very group of fitness-shy, non-exercise fans, knows exactly how to get people active and motivated. Every possible excuse to get out of exercising is covered by this app: Music? Check. Free GPS to route and track a run? Check. Personalized trainer voices? Check.  There’s also a social media integration tool for users to brag about their progress (programmed to slowly increase in difficulty as the program continues) and receive encouragement.

Credits: Jeremy Jessup, developer, Active Network Jason Broughton, Active Network Jean Wasson, visual design, Active Network

iPad Publishing

Atlantic Magazine Digital Edition  by RareWire  for  Atlantic Magazine

Nothing quite as daunting as a pile of unread The Atlantic magazines on the end table, which is why The Atlantic Magazine: Digital Edition app is so welcome. Zite-like in appearance, this classy app not only aggregates news with 10 various feeds of content, including The Atlantic Wire and InFocus, but also has the full capability of The Atlantic itself. Easy to navigate, it caches content offline and allows for individual issue purchases and subscriptions. You may still not read the 10,000-word story on the secret Pakistani nuclear industry, but it will be left unread on your iPad—not stacking up in the living room where it is a constant reminder of your sloth and pretension. 

Credits: Matt Angell, CTO,Founder RareWire Adam Jones, Director of Creative Implementation, RareWire Scott Havens, VP, Digital Strategy and Operations, The Atlantic Betsy Ebersole, Product Director, The Atlantic

Lifestyle

Unstuck  by SYPartners  for  SYPartners

The Unstuck app is a life-management tool that is designed for users to break from their routine in order to advance themselves in ways that they’ve been unable to do so far. From the start-up point of Unstuck, the user is presented with both a creative and easy-to-use interface. After a question-and-answer session, Unstuck presents users with different ways to overcome whatever obstacle it is that they are attempting to overcome. The standout feature of Unstuck is the UI that is extremely unique, engaging, and easy to use.

Credits: David Glickman, EVP New Ventures, SYPartners Nancy Hawley, VP Content, Unstuck, SYPartners Audrey Liu, Senior Designer, SYPartners Kelly Clark, Project Manager, SYPartners Susan Schuman, CEO, SYPartners Keith Yamashita, Chairmain, SYPartners

Location or Place-Based App

ParkMe  by ParkMe

Those struggling to find somewhere to park their car in the midst of a crowed city will appreciate a mobile application from Parking In Motion that helps drivers discover available parking meters, locations, and lots. The database points to on-street meter and sign restrictions in the top 26 U.S. markets, but also offers support for cities in Canada and Europe by providing rates, hours, entrance points, and occupancy information. The company partnered with Global Positioning Systems (GPS) navigation companies to build the application.

Credits: Sam Friedman, CoFounder and CEO Alex Israel, CoFounder and COO Zander Lichstein, CTO

Mapping/Location Based

ViewRanger Outdoors GPS (USA)  by ViewRanger  for  ViewRanger

The ViewRanger Outdoors GPS navigation app, designed for hikers and mountain bikers, includes route planning, real-time location sharing, active waypoint navigation, map coordinate entry, and many other features, such as search functions and a sports computer mode to allow dashboard views for more than 30 real-time stats. While on the trail, users can share their location via their phone or the Web, as well as thoughts through Twitter messages, photos, or videos. The app works with photo-sharing services from Picasa and Flickr—allowing geo-tagged photos taken on the trail.

Credits: Company founders Craig Wareham CEO Mike Brocklehurst CTO

Mapping/Navigation

National Park Maps  by National Geographic  for  National Geographic

 

With National Park Maps, National Geographic brings users a fresh take on the GPS systems.   National Park Maps provides users with trail maps for 20 of the top United States National Parks. The app also provides interactive features such as marking locations and calculating distances. In a marketplace that seems to be flooded with apps that are concerned with focusing on urban areas, National Geographic has found new ground to cover.

Credits: Paul Glauthier, Aran Anderson, and Eric Janota -- all National Geographic staff at time of creation of app

Marketing/Branding/Advertising

Yellowpages by SuperMedia  by SuperMedia  for  Yellowpages

“Let your fingers do the spinning” might be an apt tag line for this handy Yellow Pages offering. The app’s signature feature is a virtual wheel that users can spin to find local information like restaurants, bars, movie listings, and retailers, along with many more subcategories. Other innovations include voice-activated search, an Augmented Reality viewer to overlay data on your surroundings, and predictive search capability. The app also offers tips from Foursquare, and integration with Twitter and Facebook.

Credits: Christopher Folmar- Director, Mobile Development, SuperMedia Serkan Tosun- Group Manager, SuperMedia Bob Fitzgibbons- Senior Staff Consultant, SuperMedia Uddhav Kambli-Developer, SuperMedia Murturz Kahn-Developer, SuperMedia

Medical

drchrono EHR  by drchrono  for  drchrono EHR

For those physicians tired of jokes about their handwriting—and that would be at least the 8,000 who have already signed up for drchrono—this is the first and only government-certified electronic health record platform app, and it’s free. An innovative point-of-care solution, it provides form building, medical speech-to-text technology, paperless medical billing, patient history, as well as something called ePrescribing, which allows doctors to send scripts digitally and not only ensures accuracy, but also limits the intrapharmacy jokes about penmanship.

Credits: Daniel Kivatinos, cofounder coo developer Michael Nusimow cofounder ceo developer Hong Li, art director, art design Katelyn Gleason, head of sales Eron Villarreal, senior software engineer And our whole team: https://drchrono.com/team/

Multicultural Media App

Being Global  by Little Pickle Press  for  Franklin Jr. Apps

Being Global is an educational app for children and teachers. The app includes a storybook that is read in English and Spanish, a journal, coloring books, a quiz, a song, and a lesson plan for teachers. The app explains to children the meaning of being global—trying new food, learning new languages, travelling. Above all, the app aims to show that living globally is about seeing everyone as one family.

Credits: Rana DiOrio, Founder of Little Pickle Press Chintu Parikh, CEO & Founder of Franklin Jr. Apps Aarti Parikh, Co-Founder of Franklin Jr. Apps

Music

Songza  by Songza  for  Songza

Love music but don’t have the time to create your own playlist? Look no further than Songza. Think of it as a personal concierge for your musical mood. Users can select a playlist, handmade by music experts, from six categories: genre, activity (e.g. cardio workout), mood (campy, aggressive, etc.), decade, culture, and record store clerk. Not only is the app free to download, it’s free of advertising and a monthly listening limit. Users can save their favorite playlists and share them via Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail.

Credits: Elias Roman, CEO, Songza Peter Asbill, COO, Songza Elliott Breece, CPO, Songza Eric Davich, VP Content & Curation, Songza Michael Henson, CTO, Songza

News

Flipboard  by Flipboard

Create-your-own-newsfeed tchotchkes ranked among 2011's biggest fads in the app world, with any number of players promising easy discovery and sharing of content across networks. Only one app truly delivered on that promise: Flipboard. Its sound bite-ready self-description, "the world's first social magazine", was no idle boast. While other apps attempted to meld content from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and other social sources into a single streamlined feed, only Flipboard did so in a manner that was intuitive. Give its creators credit for vision too: the "cover stories" component of Flipboard learned from users' interaction with the content—devising a front page for them that was, in essence, double personalized.

Credits: Mike McCue - co-founder and CEO Evan Doll - co-foundet

Photography

Super 8  by Paramount Digital Entertainment / QMX Interactive / Bad Robot Interactive  for  Paramount Digital Entertainment / QMX Interactive / Bad Robot Interactive

The Super 8 app turns the iPhone into a vintage Super 8 film camera—complete with multiple lenses, filters, shake effects, and the ability to arrange video clips, scenes, and add credits. The app was created in connection with the release of the feature film, “Super 8”, and is one of the first to blend intellectual property with engaging functionality around an entertainment property. Thousands of YouTube videos show off short films created using the Super 8 app's community of both amateur and professional filmmakers. The 99-cent app also continues to enjoy tremendous commercial success; having garnered millions of downloads since its initial launch.

Credits: Geremie Camara - VP Paramount Digital Entertainment Olivia Yu- Manager Paramount Digital Entertainment Andy Gore - President QMX Interactive Dave Baranoff - Producer Bad Robot Interactive

Privacy/Online Security

Lookout Mobile Security  by Lookout Mobile Security  for  Lookout Mobile Security

The Lookout app can help users find lost phones, backup their data, and prevent them from downloading spyware, viruses, or other malware. Users can manage their information from the site, mylookout.com, which provides access to backup data, and allows users to save copies of their data to PCs or transfer it to other devices. Users can also access their lost phones from a web account, and arrange for the devices to make a loud noise—even if they're turned off.

Credits: John Hering (CEO and co-founder), Kevin Mahaffey (CTO and co-founder), James Burgess (co-founder)

Productivity

DocuSign Ink  by DocuSign  for  DocuSign

DocuSign Ink is the world’s first personal electronic signature. The free app lets individuals safely and securely drag and drop their signature and initials into documents, place text and check boxes to complete forms, and then return via e-mail. DocuSign Ink eliminates the hassles and costs of printing, scanning, and faxing in order to provide a signature. DocuSign Ink is available on the iPad, iPhone, and Android, and works with all Internet browsers and e-mail servers so that individuals can finish personal business faster. Since it’s launch in late November, DocuSign Ink has seen more than 150,000 downloads and was picked as one of the top five iPad productivity apps for 2011 by Apple.

Credits: Tom Gonser - Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Grant Peterson - Chief Technology Officer

Reference

Encyclopaedia Britannica  by Encyclopaedia Britannica  for  Encyclopaedia Britannica

This mini-me version of the classic multivolume encyclopaedia set hardly downsizes the amount of content packed into its pages—with 80,000 articles and loads of photos, charts, and diagrams. New wrinkles like a LinkMap offer a dynamic view of related topics, while MyBritannica lets users keep track of favorite articles. Along with its user-friendly interface, the Encyclopaedia Britannica app could even make homework fun. In any case, it makes the quest for knowledge far from a dry, dusty affair.

Credits: Gregory Barlow, SVP & Chief Marketing Officer, Encyclopaedia Britannica

Retail

Catalogue  by TheFind  for  TheFind

Think about it: all your fashion, home improvement, and personal catalogues in one place. Yes, we know they already are—on the floor, near your side of the bed—but here's a more aesthetically pleasing locale. TheFind includes specialized searches for products, a “Tear-&-Share” feature, wish lists, a camera view to visualize how catalogue items will fit in your living space (iPad 2 only), individual store news, and a “Save” feature. With companies like Crate & Barrel, Sephora, and Williams-Sonoma, this app could, by some estimates, save 5.6 million tons—and that’s just your share—of catalogues and other direct-mail advertisements that wind up in landfills.

Affiliated Agency: Appency - Publicity for TheFind

Credits: Aaron Watkins - Co-Founder, Appency Usher Lieberman - Director of Corportate Communications, TheFind Ramneek Bhasin - Vice President of Mobile, TheFind

Search Tools

AAA Auto Buying Tools App  by AAA Mid-Atlantic  for  AAA

AAA's Auto Buying Tools app gives consumers the ability to modify car details and refresh pricing data on the showroom floor as they search for a car. Prospective buyers can build the car they want, including options and available incentives, while reviewing market price, crash-safety ratings, AAA reviews, and images of the car. Features also let consumers search new cars by make, model, style, and manufacturer’s suggested retail price, build an ideal car down to color and trim, and find crash and crash-safety ratings. Social-sharing features let users share car details on Facebook, Twitter, or through e-mail.

Credits: Adam Hardt, Managing Director Automotive & Mobile Services, AAA Mid-Atlantic; Keith McIntyre, Manager Auto Buying Experience, AAA Mid-Atlantic; Jordan Corn, Director Application Development; Ed Klitchinsky, Manager Application & Mobility Development

Social Networking

On The Map - Social TV Show, Enabled by The 7Echo Social TV Platform  by 7Echo  for  HTH Worldwide

Experiences change people. 7Echo capitalizes on that concept by bringing real-life experiences to people through Facebook and a social TV app it calls, On The Map. The TV show, “On the Map”, creates a social reality TV show delivered through Facebook. It combines social interaction with original reality TV programming. The social experience occurs on the TV show and is brought to viewers through Facebook, which creates a platform that lets people share the information with friends, and comment on episodes on their Facebook walls. Virtual gifts are created from the experiences that people can share.

Credits: David Russek, Founder CEO of 7Echo, The Social TV Platform (Social is "inside" the TV show) Jan Dickler, Ray Murray, Susan Dickler, Banyan Productions • Banyan Productions is a Primetime Pioneer and Emmy Award winning producer of television whose work includes “Trading Spaces” and appears on channels including TLC, NBC/Discovery Kids, Discovery Channel, Nick@Nite, Discovery Health, Lifetime, Sony International, Oxygen, The Food Network, Travel Channel, PBS, Style, and HGTV.Com. Dave Weber, VP, HTH Worldwide: On the Map - Social TV Show serves as an advanced strategic social media advertising vehicle for HTH Worldwide who looks to attract and retain an active customer base and create awareness for it’s mPassport suite of mobile apps and services.

Sports

MLB.com At Bat  by MLB Advanced Media  for  MLB.com

At this time last year, MLB.com At Bat 11 could fairly have been dubbed the king of sports apps. Less-serious fans availed themselves of live audio feeds and video highlights, while baseball nuts basked in the stat tools and pitch-tracking data. It felt like a complete product, which made the recent additions—designed to ease video search for archival footage and allow pausing and rewinding game coverage via a DVR-like control—even more stunning. Then there were the tweaks that targeted regular game attendees, like "At the Ballpark", which facilitated social-media check ins and in-seat food delivery. The highest compliment one can pay At Bat? It's hard to remember following baseball without it.

Credits: Bob Bowman, CEO, MLB.com Noah Garden, EVP, Revenue, MLB.com Dinn Mann, EVP, Content, MLB.com Joe Choti, SVP, CTO, MLB.com Joe Inzerillo, SVP, Multimedia & Distribution, MLB.com Adam Ritter, SVP, Wireless, MLB.com Chad Evans, SVP, Mobile Product Development, MLB.com Mohammed Rahmen, Director, Mobile Development, MLB.com

Television/Video App

Viggle  by Function(x)  for  Viggle

Getting rewards for Amazon, Best Buy, Burger King, Fandango, Sephora, and Starbucks just for watching a TV show? That's what I call some lean-back entertainment—and shopping. Viggle bills itself as the first loyalty program for television. People check in and Viggle figures out the shows they are watching. Viggle also recognizes when users share their check ins and tell friends what they are watching via Twitter and Facebook. Since launching on January 25th, the app has seen 250,000 registered users, averaging 89 minutes per app session. Users have also checked into more than 7 million popular TV shows.

Credits: Chris Stephenson, president, Viggle

Travel

MyCityWay USA  by MyCityWay  for  MyCityWay

According to Emily Dickinson, “there is no frigate like a book”. Today, she would be singing the praises of the MyCityWay app, which helps travelers navigate a city like a local. That means providing an eclectic array of terrific information including nightlife, dining, and culture, alongside more practical concerns: restrooms, subways, and pharmacies. Boasting a clean, colorful format and easy-to-navigate interface, users can browse content offline, as well as lists from other travelers or locals suggesting key finds in each metropolis. Don’t leave home without it.

Affiliated Agency: FirstMark Capital – Investor, BMW i. – Investor, IA Ventures – Investor, NYCEDC - Investor

Credits: Sonpreet Bhatia, Co-founder of MyCityWay Puneet Mehta, Co-founder of MyCityWay Archana Patchirajan, Co-founder of MyCityWay

Utilities

BMW EVolve App  by Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners  for  BMW North America/BMW ActiveE

The BMW EVolve App is an environmentally conscious app that allows users to track their driving habits through their smartphones. The BMW EVolve App acts as a virtual odometer in which users can track their emissions and environmental impact. Aside from tracking an individual trip’s impact, the app educates users on potential savings that can be had with a BMW electric vehicle as well as compare vehicle usage to national averages.

Credits: Ed Brojerdi, Co-Chief Creative Officer, kbs+ Izzy DeBellis, Co-Chief Creative Officer, kbs+ Marc Hartzman, Creative Director, kbs+ Anthony Monahan, Creative Director, kbs+ Peter Mendez, Senior Art Director, kbs+ Andreas Baumert, Art Director, kbs+ Ash Tavassoli, Senior Copywriter, kbs+ Doug Strittmatter, Lead Developer, kbs+ Jed McClure, Director, Interaction Design, kbs+ Victor Zambrano, Associate Interaction Designer, kbs+ Peter Tierney, Senior Technical Producer, kbs+

Weather

iMapWeather Radio  by Weather Decision Technologies

One could make the argument that iMapWeather Radio is as much a safety-and-security app as it is a forecasts-and-charts weather tool. Alone among weather apps, iMapWeather Radio pushes out alerts for specific weather events (tornados, etc.), drilling down on a county-by-county basis. Additionally, via its "Follow Me" feature, it warns users when they enter an area under a specific type of weather threat. Throw in a host of interactive maps and streaming video culled from local TV stations, and iMapWeather Radio is a singular offering—an information hub for anyone who wants the most up-to-date data.

Credits: Mike Eilts CEO WDT inc JT Johnson CTO WDT Inc Matt Orr CIO WDT Inc Mark Taylor SVP Strategy WDT Inc Ian Stinson SVP Mobile Strategy WDT Inc Kelly Tran QA WDT Inc Lolly Taylor Designer WDT Inc Mike Wolfinbarger VP Development WDT Inc Justin Greenfield Developer WDT Inc Robb Young Developer WDT Inc Stdrovia Blackburn Developer WDT Inc Xuechao Yu Developer WDT Inc Kenneth McCallister Developer WDT Inc Ben Holcomb Developer WDT Inc

Wildcard

MyLife  by MyLife  for  MyLife

Considering how most of us now have 112,984 virtual friends, it makes sense to have them all in one place (for no other reason than to be able to efficiently de-friend the 112,765 you don't actually know). Until you start weeding them out, though, there’s the MyLife app. Free and easy, the app provides seamless connections to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, etc., as well as a host of e-mail accounts, and compiles your entire virtual world in one place. It allows you to search 700 million profiles worldwide—or, if you don’t care to join a Lithuanian sheep-farming group, MyLife makes it possible to see if your ex’s new husband has been stalking you.

Credits: MyLife founder and CEO Jeff Tinsley