They’re out! They’re out! The people have spoken and the votes have been counted.
The winners of the 2008 Best App Ever Awards have now been announced in the inaugural competition honoring the best iPhone apps and games released in the iTunes App Store.
Sponsored by 148Apps, the voting saw an amazing 98,190 votes cast in the week that voting was open. Voters cast their votes for a variety of iPhone apps in 34 different categories covering applications and games. Categories such as Most Innovative App and Best Productivity Killer were extremely popular with voters. - Press Release
Winners in each category
- Best App Ever: Shazam by Shazam Entertainment Ltd.
- Most Innovative App: Shazam by Shazam Entertainment Ltd.
- Most Useful App: Air Sharing by Avatron Software, Inc.
- Best Free or Ad Supported App: Stanza by Lexcycle
- Best 99 Cent App: Ocarina by Smule
- Best iPhone WOW App: Shazam by Shazam Entertainment Ltd.
- Best Productivity Enhancer: Things by Cultured Code
- Best Productivity Killer: Facebook by Facebook
- Best Feel Like A Local App: Now Playing by Cyrus Najmabadi
- Best Outdoor Use App: RunKeeper Free by FitnessKeeper, Inc.
- Best Musical Instrument App: Ocarina by Smule
- Best Social Networking App: Facebook by Facebook
- Best Photography App: Pano by Debacle Software
- Best Kid Distraction App: iChalky by Eric Metois
- Most Creative Use of iPhone Hardware: Ocarina by Smule
- Best Use of Location Services: Urbanspoon by Urbanspoon
- Most Original User Interface: Weightbot by Tapbots
- Best User Interface: Twitterrific by The Iconfactory
- Most Innovative Game: Touchgrind by Illusion Labs
- Best Original Game: Fieldrunners by Subatomic Studios, LLC
- Best Game Port: SimCity by Electronic Arts
- Best Casual Game: Labyrinth by Codify AB
- Best Long-Play Game: Fieldrunners by Subatomic Studios, LLC
- Best Free or Ad Supported Game: Chess With Friends by Newtoy Inc.
- Best 99 Cent Game: Moto Chaser by Freeverse, Inc.
- Best Game Graphics: Rolando by ngmoco, Inc.
- Best Game Controls: Rolando by ngmoco, Inc.
- Best Arcade Game: Air Hockey by Acceleroto
- Best Puzzle Game: Enigmo by Pangea Software, Inc.
- Best Traditional Game: Texas Hold’em by Apple Inc.
- Best Racing Game: Cro-Mag Rally by Pangea Software, Inc.
- Best Kids Game: JellyCar by Walaber
- Best Strategy Game: Fieldrunners by Subatomic Studios, LLC
- Best Word Game: Chicktionary by Blockdot, Inc.
*Remember. To go to any app in the iTunes Store, just type in http://iTunes.com/app/appname.
Phew! That’s a long list! There’s a lot of apps here that I think should have been in this list but didn’t make the cut. But, the people have spoken and that’s final. Anyone care to disagree?
