[USAPPS14]

2014 US Mobile & App Design Awards

Category Listing

Choose from one of the 10 Major Categories or
from the 99+ Specialist Categories

       
       
       


App Design Champion - Chairman's Award

The App Design Champion - Chairman's Award celebrates the organisation who has consistently commissioned excellent development and applications thereby providing instrumental support and growth for the wider mobile community.  The winner will be awarded according to the body of work submitted across all categories and the overall rating score.

All eligible entries will be automatically submitted into this category and no entry fee is required.
  

 

Best Mobile or App Startup

This category relates to Startups working on a Mobile project or an App. The project could be for smartphones, tablet, web, game console or api apps.  Startup projects need to be newly emerging, less than 5 million users and less than 3 years old.

  

 

Best Audience Migration to Mobile Technology

This category recognises migration of an audience from a traditional media to a mobile platform.  

 

Best Expanded Service

This category recognises the best expanded mobile service or application.   

 

Best New Service

This category recognises the best new service on a mobile platform.  

 

Best Connected Device and Wearable Tech

This category recognises the best Connected Device and Wearable Tech  

 

Best API

APIs are fast becoming the scaffolding of the app world. Your entry will be an outstanding API that provides new potential for an App Design. It will provide a better, faster or easier way to integrate and expand functionality. Basically it is the bomb, it knocks the others out of the park. In short - the best in its league.

  

 

Best Measurement Solution

There are those that think and those that know, your solution provides those that want to know the insight to accelerate their app to being more market centric, higher miniaturisation and higher engagement. The winner of this award will be the one that can unlock the secrets of your clients apps.

  

 

Best Platform

The current pick of the crop apps have moved from roll your own to accelerating by using platforms, platforms like yours. The winner of this category will be a platform or service that makes the App life cycle go easier than other alternatives, it will power features that would have taken years to bring to market and allow App Designers to run and jump where if they had to do it themselves they would just be imagining their solution

  

 

Best Studio - Small

The 'Best of' award celebrates the best studio/development house that consistently achieves excellence in mobile app design. Winners will awarded according to the body work submitted across all categories and the overall rating score and will be presented in three categories based on business size Small - less than 5 employees, Medium -5 to 20 employees and Large - greater than 20 employees. 

All eligible entrants will be automatically submitted for this award.  No entry fee is applicable.  

 

Best Studio - Medium

The 'Best of' award celebrates the best studio/development house that consistently achieves excellence in mobile app design. Winners will awarded according to the body work submitted across all categories and the overall rating score and will be presented in three categories based on business size Small - less than 5 employees, Medium -5 to 20 employees and Large - greater than 20 employees. 

All eligible entrants will be automatically submitted for this award.  No entry fee is applicable.

  

 

Government Services

This category recognises applications developed for all levels of government services.  

 

Not For Profit

This category recognises applications developed for Not-For-Profit organisations and charities.   

 

Education

This category recognises education themed apps across all education sectors.   

 

Best Studio - Large

The 'Best of' award celebrates the best studio/development house that consistently achieves excellence in mobile app design. Winners will awarded according to the body work submitted across all categories and the overall rating score and will be presented in three categories based on business size Small - less than 5 employees, Medium -5 to 20 employees and Large - greater than 20 employees. 

All eligible entrants will be automatically submitted for this award.  No entry fee is applicable.  

 

Sales Force

This category relates to applications that are design to aid a sales force become more productive.  

 

Line of Business

The category relates to applications that aid productivity in Line of Business.  

 

Project Management

The category relates to applications themed around project management.  

 

In Field Services

This category relates to applications developed in order to aid and facilitate organisations requiring mobility whilst out of the office.  

 

Financial Information & Tools

This category relates to applications that provide financial information and tools.   

 

Productivity Apps

This category recognises applications that aid and facilitate productivity such as notes, diaries, schedulers, data entry and spreadsheet apps.   

 

Utilities

This category relates to utility applications such as text edit, diary, translator, document viewer, industry directory.  

 

Games

This category relates to games including Action & Adventure, sport simulation, educational, board, card and dice developed for the mobile platform.  

 

Sport

Applicable to all sport themed Apps inlcuding games, instructional, live broadcast, interactive, event, club and fan based applications.  

 

Food & Drink

This category relates to applications themed around food and drink. Restaurant and bar reviews and guides would enter here.   

 

Education & Family

This category relates to applications associated with family activities and entertainment, childhood development and education.  

 

Music & Performance

This category relates to applications that are themed around music and performance.

This should be a gloves off battle between streaming services, algorithims, and human curated content creation.  Time to enter your app and see whose app reigns supreme.
  

 

Home & Garden

This category relates to applications that have been developed for the home and garden, such as DIY, energy and water saving, building, furnishing, home improvements, gardens and outdoor living

 

  

 

Retail & Shopping

This category relates to applications that have been developed to promote retail shopping.   

 

Fashion

This category relates to fashion themed applications.   

 

Cooking

This category relates to applications concerning cooking information and recipes.   

 

Travel & Tourism

This category relates to applications dedicated to travel and tourism services and information.  

 

Fitness, Nutrition & Diet

Applicable to all Apps themed around fitness activities, nutrition and diet including services, instructional, trackers, counters, guides and workouts.   

 

Medical

This category relates to applications that provide or promote a medical service or information.