The 60 best tablet apps worldwide are declared as Finalists at The Tabby Awards
Independent judges selected them among over 150 iOS, Android and Windows 8 apps submitted from more than a dozen countries in this first tablet app competition.
New York, July 25, 2013 — The Tabby Awards, the only competition for the best tablet apps, is declaring Finalists today in its first competition for consumer apps. The Tabby Awards have received submissions from more than a dozen countries including Australia, Canada, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. In the last few weeks, an international jury of tablet professionals reviewed the submitted apps. The panel of judges was assembled in collaboration with the Application Developers Alliance and was co-chaired by Ravi Bhatt, CEO of BranchFire, and George Jones, chief consultant at Hit Detection and previous Editor at Maximum PC and TabTimes. Judges selected 60 apps for the final round of the competition. Here are the Finalists: Education
- The Civil War Today (iOS, Bottle Rocket Apps)
- Thesaurus Rex by Dictionary.com (iOS, Dictionary.com)
- Virtual Human Body (iOS, QA International)
Entertainment
Family & Kids
- Distant Suns (max) (iOS, First Light Design)
- Nick Jr. Draw & Play (iOS, Nickelodeon)
- Reading Rainbow (iOS, Reading Rainbow)
Game – Arcade & Action
- Badland (iOS, Frogmind)
- Grabatron (iOS, Future Games of London)
- Lego Batman: DC Superheroes (iOS, Warner Bros.)
Game – Brain & Puzzle
- Cut the Rope (iOS, ZeptoLab)
- Where’s my Water? (iOS, Disney Interactive)
- Word Dynamo by Dictionary.com – Word Games + Study Help (iOS, Dictionary.com)
Game – Casual, Board, Cards
- Big Fish Casino (iOS, Big Fish Games)
- Fairway Solitaire (iOS, Big Fish Games)
- Jellyflop! (Android, Concrete Software)
Game – RPG, Simulation & Strategy
Game – Sports and Racing
Lifestyle & Food
- Crock-Pot Recipes (iOS, Publications International)
- Interior Design for iPad (iOS, Black Mana Studios)
Magazines
- NARR8 (iOS, NARR8)
- National Geographic, Tablet edition (iOS, National Geographic Society)
- Photography Week (iOS, Future Publishing)
Medical
Music
News
Personal Finance
Personal Productivity
- Note Anytime (iOS, Metamoji)
- SwiftKey Tablet Keyboard (Android, SwiftKey)
- ThinkerDeck (iOS, Human80)
Photo, Art & Creativity
Reference
- Dictionary.com Dictionary & Thesaurus for iPad (iOS, Dictionary.com)
- National Geographic Today (iOS, Bottle Rocket Apps)
- Thesaurus Rex by Dictionary.com (iOS, Dictionary.com)
Shopping
Social
Sports & Fitness
- Dartfish Express (iOS, Dartfish)
- FitnessClass (iOS, PumpOne)
- Nexus – Nike + Experience Up-scaled for iPad (iOS, Apptreme Studio)
Travel & Transportation
- Booking.com Hotel reservations (iOS, Booking.com)
- Conrad Concierge for iPad (iOS, Hilton Worldwide)
- HotelTonight (iOS, DealBase)
Utilities and Tools
- CloudOn (iOS, CloudOn)
- Lennox iComfort (iOS, Mutual Mobile)
- Tether – The Interactive Whiteboard (iOS, MEDL Mobile)
Video
- History (iOS, Bottle Rocket Apps)
- Hulu Plus (Windows 8, Hulu)
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Renderyard Film Network (iOS, Giant Interactive)
Weather
These are among the finest tablet apps worldwide. They can be downloaded now at TabbyAwards.com/finalists. Congratulations to their developers and publishers. Winners of the Tabby Awards first competition for consumer apps will be announced later this summer. They will be celebrated at a ceremony during Tablet Ecosystem, a new conference covering the business of tablet apps to be held on November 13, 2013 in New York City. The Tabby Awards hold a separate competition, with a separate judging panel, for business and enterprise apps. The Tabby Awards /Business will start accepting submissions next week at TabbyAwards.com/business About The Tabby Awards The Tabby Awards is the first competition acknowledging the best tablet apps worldwide. For more information, see TabbyAwards.com About TabTimes TabTimes – Tablets & Business provides information and marketing solutions to the tablet industry and ecosystem. It publishes the only business news and reference information site about tablets, apps & mobile productivity at TabTimes.com. It also organizes tablet business conferences and tablet app awards competitions. For more information, see TabTimes.com/about Source: Michael Singer, TabTimes Event Director, michael@tabbyawards.com – 415.562.5037