Past Award Contests

The app stores are constantly getting fresh new titles each week, from breezy endless runners to deep RPGs that are as impressive as any console heavyweight out there. If you own any tablet or smartphone, chances are you’ve tried a few gems out there that were totally worth downloading. But we highly doubt you've played every single one on this list.

In the interest of helping you wasting your time in the best possible way, we're accepting nominations for the Best Mobile Game of Fall 2014. We're looking for great games that distract you on that short train ride home or those boring weekend nights when you don’t know what to play. Submissions should be entertaining, challenging and most importantly - addicting.

Every mobile phone has a camera built-in: some are decent and some are incredible. To truly get the best experience, users need a great photo app.

This contest is for the best apps that allow users to take, edit and manipulate photos in the most creative and useful ways. User experience, ease of use and flexibility are all things we will be looking for. 

The best social / lifestyle mobile app award contest represents the best mobile apps for android, iphone, windows phone and blackberry for social integrations, social networking, news and magazines. We are looking for apps that appeal to the person on the go. 

Apps that increase productivity, help people network together or keep people informed on the go will be honored and considered.

We are looking for the best weather app or widget for android, iphone, windows phone, blackberry, google glass, etc. The app or widget must have an extraordinary user interface and must be easy to use. Flexibilty and extra features will give the app submissions an extra advantage over the rest.

User interface, originality, usability, and creativity are some of the things our judges will be looking for in all submissions for the Best Overall Mobile App of 2014. All platforms, including Android, iOS, iPad, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Google Glass, etc. will be accepted and considered. The nominees and winners of this award represent the best apps on the market in 2014.

We are looking for the best mobile apps for children of all ages. Great apps are considered easy to use and full of stimulation. Apps best-fit for this contest are educational apps, children's games, puzzles and activities - child and toddler-friendly please.

Apps which are the most comprehensive and unique will take home the prize in this contest.

The best social / lifestyle mobile app award contest represents the best mobile apps for android, iphone, windows phone and blackberry for social integrations, social networking, news and magazines. We are looking for apps that appeal to the person on the go. 

Apps that increase productivity, help people network together or keep people informed on the go will be honored and considered.

Tools and utilities help keep your phone in great shape and running smooth. These apps include task killers, file managers, keyboards, settings changers, speed tests and security apps, to name a few.

This contest is for those apps that increase productivity of phones and keep them running as intended.

Your health is in your hands - and fitness apps make this more literal than ever. If you want to monitor or track your fitness and diet goals, using your smartphone is an ideal way to do it. 

This contest is geared towards the best apps that aid in fitness training and healthy lifestyles. Reliable apps that focus on training regiments in a user-friendly way will be the highest considered. Apps that aid in tracking workouts or calories or those that automate the workout tracking for the user are both highly regarded.

Mobile apps that are suited for children of all ages will be considered here. Ease of use and stimulation are some of our top criteria. Educational apps, children's games, puzzles and activities are all welcome, as long as they are child and toddler-friendly. 

Those apps which are the most comprehensive and unique will take home the prize in this contest.

Although a bit antiquated, stand-alone GPS devices were convenient because you could leave them docked and fully charged in your car or boat. Now that gps-enabled mobile apps have taken over the industry, developers have gotten very creative by integrating navigation, traffic information and location awareness into their apps.

We are looking for creative uses of location and gps functionality in your apps. Although turn-by-turn directions can certainly use some fresh UI updates, the apps that go a step further will definitely have an edge. User interface and cool features will definitely come into play in this contest.

We are looking for the best-looking, most intuitive, creative and unique mobile UI designs. An attractive and practical mobile UI design is essential to the success of an app.

Only the most gorgeous mobile design, logo, layouts and color schemes will be considered. We will be paying close attention to the mobile apps that focus on user experience and interaction

The best social / lifestyle mobile app award contest represents the best mobile apps for android, iphone, windows phone and blackberry for social integrations, social networking, news and magazines. We are looking for apps that appeal to the person on the go.

Any apps that increase productivity, help people network together or keep people informed on the go will be honored and considered.

Mobile apps that are suited for children of all ages will be considered here. Ease of use and stimulation are some of our top criteria. Educational apps, children's games, puzzles and activities are all welcome, as long as they are child and toddler-friendly. 

Those apps which are the most comprehensive and unique will take home the prize in this contest.

Submit your android, iphone, ipad and windows phone games to win the Best Game of Spring 2014. We are looking for the most addicting, unique and fun games for all mobile markets.

The best mobile games can be in any gaming category, like adventure games or arcade games. 

NOTE: this contest has been extended to 4/2/2014