Posted by Jeff Scott on January 27th, 2012

It was an amazing year. With over 1.5 million votes cast (over three times the number cast last year) and a record number of nominations, we now have the winners of the 2011 Best App Ever Awards. Thanks to all that voted, nominated, and made these fantastic apps!

Now, the winner of the Best App Ever!

Best App Ever Category

Second Place: Temple Run by Imangi Studios, LLC

Third Place: Tiny Wings by Andreas Illiger







Halfbrick made iOS the winner of the Best App Ever by beating the top Android vote getter by nearly 10:1. Here are a few more interesting stats:

1,565,833 total votes cast

1.1 million unique voters

36,431 number of votes the top vote getter, Jetpack Joyride, got across all categories

1,692 unique apps in the awards

53.9% of the votes were for iOS apps

46.1% of the votes for Android apps

1 Best App Ever winner, Jetpack Joyride from Halfbrick Studios!

Thanks again for voting, we'll be back again next year for our 5th Annual Best App Ever Awards!

Read on for the full list of winners or check out the Best App Ever Awards site for full details on all categories.

Most Innovative App Category

Second Place: Planetary by Bloom Studio, Inc.

Third Place: Tweetbot â€” A Twitter Client ... by Tapbots









Best Visual Design Category

Second Place: Planetary by Bloom Studio, Inc.

Third Place: Flipboard by Flipboard Inc.









Best Location-Based App Category

Second Place: Sonar - Mobile Profile for Loc... by Sonar Media, Inc.

Third Place: AroundMe by Attorno A Me S.R.L.









Best App Bargain Category

Second Place: The FreeAppADay.com Official A... by ICS Mobile, Inc

Third Place: AppShopper by AppShopper.com, LLC









Best Use of Hardware Category

Second Place: Infinity Blade II by Chair Entertainment Group, LLC

Third Place: GarageBand by Apple









Most Useful App Category

Second Place: 1Password Pro by Agile Web Solutions

Third Place: Wake Smarter â€“ The Voice Con... by Crop Duster Media









Best Big Brand App Category

Second Place: Apple Store by Apple

Third Place: Amazon Mobile by AMZN Mobile LLC









Best Time Killer Category

Second Place: Zombie Gunship by Limbic Software

Third Place: Temple Run by Imangi Studios, LLC









Best Outdoors App Category

Second Place: Star Walk - 5 Stars Astronomy ... by Vito Technology Inc.

Third Place: 360 Panorama by Occipital









Best Doing Good App Category

Second Place: 7 Billion by National Geographic Society

Third Place: Project Noah by Networked Organisms









Best Social Networking App Category

Second Place: Focus for Facebook by Focused Apps LLC

Third Place: TextNow + Voice - Free Texting... by Enflick, Inc.









Best Group Sharing App Category

Second Place: GroupMeâ„¢ by Mindless Dribble Inc.

Third Place: Kik Messenger by KIK INTERACTIVE INC.









Best Messaging App Category

Second Place: GroupMeâ„¢ by Mindless Dribble Inc.

Third Place: Textfree with Voice - free tex... by Pinger, Inc.









Best Location Sharing App Category

Second Place: Facebook by Facebook, Inc.

Third Place: foursquare by foursquare









Best News App Category

Second Place: Flipboard by Flipboard Inc.

Third Place: Zite Personalized Magazine by Zite, Inc.









Best Magazine App Category

Second Place: Zinio by Zinio LLC

Third Place: Flipboard by Flipboard Inc.









Best Newspaper App Category

Second Place: NYTimes by The New York Times Company

Third Place: Flipboard by Flipboard Inc.









Best RSS Reader App Category

Second Place: Flipboard by Flipboard Inc.

Third Place: Pulse News for iPhone by Alphonso Labs Inc









Best Navigation App Category

Second Place: Waze GPS & traffic - Social, f... by Waze Inc.

Third Place: TomTom U.S.A. by TomTom International BV









Best Travel App Category

Second Place: FlightTrack Pro â€“ Live Fligh... by Ben Kazez

Third Place: Where To? - Discover your next... by FutureTap GmbH









Best Transportation App Category

Second Place: Transit Maps by Felt Tip Inc.

Third Place: Maplets â€” Maps for All Natio... by Zaia Design









Best App for Locals Category

Second Place: HotZNow by Closer by Closer

Third Place: Yelp by Yelp









Best Productivity App Category

Second Place: Evernote by Evernote

Third Place: Textastic Code Editor by Alexander Blach









Best Task Management App Category

Second Place: OmniFocus for iPad by The Omni Group

Third Place: 2Do: Tasks Done in Style by Guided Ways Technologies Ltd









Best Calendar App Category

Second Place: Cozi Family Organizer by Cozi

Third Place: Virtual Office Pro by iTECH DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS INC.









Best Mobile Office App Category

Second Place: Pages by Apple

Third Place: Documents To GoÂ® Premium - Of... by DataViz, Inc.









Best Business App Category

Second Place: Scanner Pro: scan multipage do... by Readdle

Third Place: ReaddleDocs (documents/attachm... by Readdle









Best Remote Access App Category

Second Place: Wyse PocketCloud Pro (Remote ... by Wyse Technology Inc.

Third Place: TeamViewer for Remote Control by TeamViewer









Best Information Organization App Category

Second Place: Evernote by Evernote

Third Place: HanDBase Database Manager by DDH Software, Inc









Best Writing App Category

Second Place: Pages by Apple

Third Place: Daedalus Touch by The Soulmen









Best Music Service App Category

Second Place: Pandora Radio by Pandora Media, Inc.

Third Place: gMusic: A Google Music player by IIS









Best Music App Replacement Category

Second Place: Groove by Zikera

Third Place: AUPEO! Personal Radio â€“ Free... by Aupeo GmbH









Best Music Info App Category

Second Place: Shazam Encore by Shazam Entertainment Ltd.

Third Place: Hound by SoundHound, Inc.









Best Weather App Category

Second Place: RadarScope by Base Velocity, LLC

Third Place: The Weather ChannelÂ® by The Weather Channel Interactive









Best Shopping App Category

Second Place: Amazon Mobile by AMZN Mobile LLC

Third Place: AppShopper by AppShopper.com, LLC









Best Retail App Category

Second Place: Delivery Status touch, a packa... by Junecloud LLC

Third Place: Apple Store by Apple









Best Financial App Category

Second Place: Saver ~ Control your Expenses by Alex Solonsky

Third Place: Mint.com Personal Finance â€“ ... by Mint.com









Best Cooking App Category

Second Place: Whole Living Smoothies for iPh... by Callaway Digital Arts, Inc.

Third Place: Simply Organic HD by Blockdot, Inc.









Best E-Reader App Category

Second Place: iBooks by Apple

Third Place: Kindle â€“ Read Books, Magazin... by AMZN Mobile LLC









Best Comic App Category

Second Place: CIA : Operation Ajax by Cognito Comics

Third Place: Comics by comiXology









Best Coffee Table Book App Category

Second Place: 7 Billion by National Geographic Society

Third Place: NYPL Biblion: World's Fair by The New York Public Library









Best Medical App Category

Second Place: Medscape by WebMD

Third Place: iTriage by Healthagen LLC









Best Reference App Category

Second Place: Audubon Birds - A Field Guide ... by Green Mountain Digital

Third Place: WolframAlpha by Wolfram Alpha LLC









Best Blogging App Category

Second Place: Tumblr by Tumblr

Third Place: WordPress by Automattic









Best Sports App Category

Second Place: iFooty Plus by Jeremy Debate

Third Place: iFish Alberta by The App Door









Best Augmented Reality App Category

Second Place: Star Walk - 5 Stars Astronomy ... by Vito Technology Inc.

Third Place: Localscope by Cynapse









Best Video Watching App Category

Second Place: ProPlayer - the video player by Azurcoding

Third Place: Netflix by Netflix, Inc.









Best Health App Category

Second Place: MyMoodTracker by Aspyre Solutions

Third Place: intelli-Diet App | Weight Loss... by Barracuda Partners, LLC









Best Fitness App Category

Second Place: Nike+ GPS by Nike, Inc.

Third Place: Cyclemeter GPS Bike Computer f... by Abvio Inc.









Best Wallpaper App Category

Second Place: Magic Window - Living Pictures by Jetson Creative LLC

Third Place: iScreens - Pimp My Home Screen... by 2010 EnjoyApps Studios









Best Ringtone App Category

Second Place: 9,999 Ringtones Uncensored PRO by No Tie, LLC

Third Place: AutoRingtone Pro Text-To-Speec... by No Tie, LLC









Best Toy App Category

Second Place: Hiding Hannah by Squeaky Frog

Third Place: Make A Zombie by Skunk Brothers GmbH









Best Joke App Category

Second Place: Buzzhole by Blockdot, Inc.

Third Place: iFunny :) by Okrujnost'









Best DJ App Category

Second Place: Tap DJ - Mix and Scratch your ... by Laan Labs

Third Place: I Am T-Pain 2.0 by Smule









Best Musicians App Category

Second Place: Loopy HD by A Tasty Pixel

Third Place: GarageBand by Apple









Best Musical Instrument App Category

Second Place: GuitarStudio by Frontier Design Group

Third Place: NanoStudio by Blip Interactive Ltd









Best Music Teaching App Category

Second Place: DoReMi 1-2-3 by Creativity Inc.

Third Place: Capo by SuperMegaUltraGroovy









Best Photo App Category

Second Place: Camera Plus Pro by Global Delight Technologies Pvt. Ltd

Third Place: Instagram by Burbn, Inc.









Best Video App Category

Second Place: Video Star by Frontier Design Group

Third Place: FiLMiC Pro by Cinegenix, LLC









Best Photo Editing App Category

Second Place: Snapseed by Nik Software, Inc.

Third Place: Filterstorm by Tai Shimizu









Best Video Editing App Category

Second Place: iMovie by Apple

Third Place: Silent Film Director by MacPhun LLC









Best Photo Sharing App Category

Second Place: Instagram by Burbn, Inc.

Third Place: FX Photo Studio by MacPhun LLC









Best Video Sharing App Category

Second Place: Flickr by Yahoo!

Third Place: Video Time Machine by Original Victories, Inc.









Best Artistic App Category

Second Place: procreate by Savage Interactive Pty Ltd

Third Place: Brushes - iPhone Edition by Steve Sprang









Best Generative Art App Category

Second Place: Tiltoria by Mindbrix

Third Place: Gravilux by Scott Snibbe Studio, Inc.









Best Infant App Category

Second Place: ABCDay (Read, Write, Play and ... by Vostrix Interactive

Third Place: Ewe Can Count by Claireware Software









Best Kids App Category

Second Place: AWEsum! by NOMAD Apps

Third Place: Manu by RJDM Studios









Best Young Adults App Category

Second Place: iStudiez Pro by iStudiez Team

Third Place: Cut the Rope: Experiments by ZeptoLab UK Limited









Best ElementaryÂ StudentÂ App Category

Second Place: AWEsum! by NOMAD Apps

Third Place: 2BME Firefighter by 2BME Studios









Best Middle SchoolÂ Student App Category

Second Place: Math Evolve by Zephyr Games

Third Place: Multiplying Acorns HD - Tasty ... by Operatio









Best High School Student App Category

Second Place: CourseNotes by Dear Panda LLC

Third Place: Math Ref by Happy Maau Studios, LLC









Best College Student App Category

Second Place: PDF Reader Pro Edition for iPa... by iTECH DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS INC.

Third Place: Codea by Two Lives Left









Best Adult Education App Category

Second Place: Stitcher Radio by Stitcher, Inc.

Third Place: Mathemagics - Mental Math Tric... by Blue Lightning Labs









Best Teacher App Category

Second Place: PDF Reader Pro Edition for iPa... by iTECH DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS INC.

Third Place: TeacherCast Pro: Educational P... by TeacherCast









Best Parenting App Category

Second Place: Chore Pad HD by Nannek

Third Place: iAllowance (Allowance, Chores ... by Jump Gap Software









Best Kid Distraction App Category

Second Place: I Hear Ewe - Animal Sounds for... by Claireware Software

Third Place: Bugs and Buttons by Little Bit Studio, LLC.









Best Special Needs App Category

Second Place: Simplex Spelling HD - English ... by Pyxwise Software Inc.

Third Place: So Much 2 Say - Picture Commun... by Close 2 Home Apps, LLC









Most Innovative Game Category

Second Place: Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcer... by Capybara Games Inc.

Third Place: Tiny Wings by Andreas Illiger









Best Game Graphics Category

Second Place: Infinity Blade II by Chair Entertainment Group, LLC

Third Place: Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation by Gameloft









Best Game Controls Category

Second Place: Fruit Ninja by Halfbrick Studios

Third Place: daWindci by Reality Twist GmbH









Best Game Soundtrack Category

Second Place: Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcer... by Capybara Games Inc.

Third Place: 9mm by Gameloft









Best Multiplayer Game Category

Second Place: Disc Drivin' by Pixelocity Software LLC

Third Place: Charadium II HD by On5









Most Addictive Game Category

Second Place: Temple Run by Imangi Studios, LLC

Third Place: Jetpack Joyride by Halfbrick Studios









Best Free to Play Game Category

Second Place: Zombie Farm by The Playforge, LLC

Third Place: Temple Run by Imangi Studios, LLC









Best Casual Game Category

Second Place: Cut the Rope by Chillingo Ltd

Third Place: Jetpack Joyride by Halfbrick Studios









Best Lead Character Category

Second Place: Scribblenauts Remix by Warner Bros.

Third Place: Talking Tom Cat by Out Fit 7 Ltd.









Best Game Series Category

Second Place: HECTOR: Badge of Carnage Ep1 by Straandlooper

Third Place: Angry Birds by Clickgamer.com









Best Action Game Category

Second Place: Battle Bears Royale by SkyVu Pictures

Third Place: Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation by Gameloft









Best Adventure Game Category

Second Place: Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New Wor... by G5 Entertainment

Third Place: Junk Jack by Jack









Best Arcade Game Category

Second Place: Jetpack Joyride by Halfbrick Studios

Third Place: League of Evil by Ravenous Games









Best Board Game Category

Second Place: Carcassonne by TheCodingMonkeys

Third Place: War on Terror by TerrorBull Games Ltd









Best Card Game Category

Second Place: Card Drop: Solitaire Reloaded! by Kuyi Mobile

Third Place: UNOâ„¢ by Gameloft









Best Casino Game Category

Second Place: World Series of Poker Holdâ€™e... by Glu Games Inc.

Third Place: Full Deck Hold'Em by GRL Games









Best Dice Game Category

Second Place: Gamebook Adventures: Temple of... by Tin Man Games

Third Place: IQ Knights by HandyGames









Best Educational Game Category

Second Place: Math Evolve by Zephyr Games

Third Place: Pluto Learns Piano by Pluto Games, Inc.









Best Family Game Category

Second Place: Chicktionary for iPad by Blockdot, Inc.

Third Place: Cut the Rope by Chillingo Ltd









Best Kids Game Category

Second Place: Roxie's a-MAZE-ing Vacation Ad... by OCG Studios

Third Place: Catch that Bird by GameFactory









Best MMO Game Category

Second Place: GraalOnline Era by EUROCENTER

Third Place: GraalOnline Classic by EUROCENTER









Best Music Game Category

Second Place: L-FUN 45 by Dolores Entertainment SL

Third Place: Tap Tap Revenge 4 by Tapulous, Inc.









Best Puzzle Game Category

Second Place: Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint by Zee 3 Limited

Third Place: Cut the Rope: Experiments by ZeptoLab UK Limited









Best Racing Game Category

Second Place: Real Racing 2 by Firemint Pty Ltd

Third Place: Asphalt 6: Adrenaline by Gameloft









Best Retro Game Category

Second Place: Alien Space Retro by Owens Rodriguez

Third Place: NBA JAM by EA SPORTSâ„¢ by Electronic Arts









Best Role Playing Game Category

Second Place: DragonVale by Backflip Studios

Third Place: Mage Gauntlet by Rocketcat Games









Best Simulation Game Category

Second Place: MetalStorm: Wingman by Z2Live, Inc

Third Place: Game Dev Story by Kairosoft Co.,Ltd









Best Sports Game Category

Second Place: HOMERUN BATTLE 2 by Com2uS Inc.

Third Place: Football Manager Handheldâ„¢ 2... by SEGA









Best Strategy Game Category

Second Place: Legendary Wars by Liv Games

Third Place: Battleheart by Mika Mobile, Inc.









Best Trivia Game Category

Second Place: CrossWire â€” an explosive tri... by Blockdot, Inc.

Third Place: Triple Entendre by The Van Buren Boys









Best Word Game Category

Second Place: War of Words Free - the crossw... by Wolf Studios, LLC

Third Place: Charadium II HD by On5





