Tabby Awards 2013 Winners

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Here are the tablet apps selected as Winners by our judges in the first (2013) Tabby Awards consumer app and game competition:

 

Education

Tabby Awards presented at TabletBiz Conference and Expo.Winner:
Thesaurus Rex by Dictionary.com, for iOS (Dictionary.com, USA)
Finalists:
The Civil War Today (Bottle Rocket Apps)   iOS
Thesaurus Rex by Dictionary.com (Dictionary.com)   iOS
Virtual Human Body (QA International)   iOS

 

Entertainment

Winner:
NARR8, for iOS (NARR8, USA)
Finalists:
Meo Go! (Portugal Telecom)  iOS
NARR8 (NARR8)  iOS
TV Guide mobile for iPad (TV Guide online)  iOS

 

Family & Kids

Winner:
Nick Jr. Draw & Play, for iOS (Nickelodeon, USA)
Finalists:
Distant Suns (max) (First Light Design) iOS
Nick Jr. Draw & Play (Nickelodeon) iOS
Reading Rainbow  (Reading Rainbow) iOS

 

Game – Arcade & Action

Winner:
Badland, for iOS (Frogmind, Finland)
Finalists:
Badland (Frogmind)  iOS
Grabatron (Future Games of London)  iOS
Lego Batman: DC Superheroes (Warner Bros.)  iOS

 

Game – Brain & Puzzle

Winner:
Where’s my Water?, for iOS (Disney Interactive, USA)
Finalists:
Cut the Rope (ZeptoLab)  iOS
Where’s my Water? (Disney Interactive)  iOS
Word Dynamo by Dictionary.com – Word Games + Study Help (Dictionary.com)  iOS

 

Game – Casual, Board, Cards

Winner:
Big Fish Casino, for iOS (Big Fish Games, USA)
Finalists:
Big Fish Casino (Big Fish Games)  iOS
Fairway Solitaire (Big Fish Games)  iOS
Jellyflop! (Concrete Software) Android

 

Game – RPG, Simulation & Strategy

Winner:
Pixel People, for iOS (Chillingo, USA)
Finalists:
Leviathan: Warships (Paradox Interactive)  iOS
Pixel People (Chillingo)  iOS

 

Game – Sports and Racing

Winner:
CSR Racing, for iOS (NaturalMotion, USA)
Finalists:
CSR Racing (NaturalMotion)  iOS
PBA Bowling Challenge (Concrete Software) Android

 

Lifestyle & Food

Tabby Awards presented at TabletBiz Conference and Expo.Winner:
Interior Design for iPad, for iOS (Black Mana Studios, USA)
Finalists:
Crock-Pot Recipes (Publications International)  iOS
Interior Design for iPad (Black Mana Studios)  iOS

 

Magazines

Winner:
National Geographic, for iOS (National Geographic Society, USA)
Finalists:
NARR8 (NARR8)  iOS
National Geographic, Tablet edition (National Geographic Society)  iOS
Photography Week (Future Publishing)  iOS

 

Medical

Winner:
Virtual Human Body, for iOS (QA International, Canada)
Finalists:
E-action info: Your Epilepsy Resource (UCB Pharma)  iOS
Virtual Human Body (QA International)   iOS

 

Music

Winner:
AUX Magazine, for iOS (Blue Ant Media, Canada)
Finalists:
AUX Magazine (Blue Ant Media)  iOS
SoundHound (SoundHound) Android
Vevo HD (Vevo)  iOS

 

News

Tabby Awards presented at TabletBiz Conference and Expo.Winner:
Reuters – The Wider Image, for iOS (Thomson Reuters, UK)
Finalists:
LaPresse+ (La Presse)  iOS
The Wider Image (Thomson Reuters)  iOS
Zite (Zite) iOS

 

Personal Finance

Winner:
Westpac NZ Mobile Banking for iPad, for iOS (Westpac New Zealand, New Zealand)
Finalists:
Mortgage Analyzer (Nick Coleman)  iOS
Westpac NZ Mobile Banking for iPad (Westpac New Zealand)  iOS

 

Personal Productivity

TabTimes-Tabby_Awards-111313-IMG_3733Winner:
Note Anytime, for iOS (MetaMoJi, Japan)
Finalists:
Note Anytime (Metamoji)  iOS
SwiftKey Tablet Keyboard (SwiftKey) Android
ThinkerDeck (Human80)  iOS

 

Photo, Art & Creativity

Winner:
Keepshot, for iOS (MyPublisher, USA)
Finalists:
Keepshot (MyPublisher)  iOS
Note Anytime (Metamoji) iOS
The Wider Image (Thomson Reuters)  iOS

 

Reference

Tabby Awards presented at TabletBiz Conference and Expo.Winner:
Dictionary.com Dictionary & Thesaurus for iPad, for iOS (Dictionary.com, USA)
Finalists:
Dictionary.com Dictionary & Thesaurus for iPad (Dictionary.com)  iOS
National Geographic Today (Bottle Rocket Apps)  iOS
Thesaurus Rex by Dictionary.com (Dictionary.com)   iOS

 

Shopping

Winner:
Groupon HD, for iOS (Groupon, USA)
Finalists:
Catalog Spree (Catalog Spree)  iOS
Groupon HD (Groupon)  iOS

 

Social

Tabby Awards presented at TabletBiz Conference and Expo.Winner:
ooVoo Video Chat, for Android (ooVoo, USA)
Finalists:
Hang w/ (MEDL Mobile) Android
ooVoo Video Call (ooVoo) Android

 

Sports & Fitness

Tabby Awards presented at TabletBiz Conference and Expo.Winner:
Dartfish Express, for iOS (Dartfish, USA)
Finalists:
Dartfish Express (Dartfish)  iOS
FitnessClass (PumpOne)  iOS
Nexus – Nike + Experience Up-scaled for iPad (Apptreme Studio)  iOS

 

Travel & Transportation

Winner:
HotelTonight, for iOS (DealBase, USA)
Finalists:
Booking.com Hotel reservations (Booking.com) iOS
Conrad Concierge for iPad (Hilton Worldwide) iOS
HotelTonight (DealBase) iOS

 

Utilities & Tools

Tabby Awards presented at TabletBiz Conference and Expo.Winner:
CloudOn, for iOS (CloudOn, USA)
Finalists:
CloudOn (CloudOn) iOS
Lennox iComfort (Mutual Mobile) iOS
Tether – The Interactive Whiteboard (MEDL Mobile) iOS

 

Video

Tabby Awards presented at TabletBiz Conference and Expo.Winner:
History, for  iOS (Bottle Rocket Apps, USA)
Finalists:
History (Bottle Rocket Apps) iOS
Hulu Plus (Hulu) Windows 8
Renderyard Film Network (Giant Interactive) iOS

 

Weather

Winner:
WeatherBug, for Android (Earth Networks, USA)
Finalists
Clear Day Free (Vimov) iOS 
WeatherBug (Earth Networks) Android

 

Congratulations to the developers and publishers of these apps, which have been selected by our independent judging panel from over 100 competing apps and are among the finest tablet apps in the world! .

To read what our judges have to say about these apps and to install them on your tablet, see the article on TabTimes.com

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