iPhone apps and games of the year?

[Rene Ritchie]

We're starting work on the 2015 iMore awards and we'd love to get input from all of you! The only rule is that an app or game had to be brand new, or get a significant update in 2015 to quality. Here are the categories. What apps and games would you nominate?

• App of the year
• Game of the year

• Best use of 3D Touch in an app
• Best productivity app
• Best health/fitness app
• Best social/communications app
• Best photo/video app
• Best audio/music app
• Best utility app
• Best travel app
• Best news/reading app

• Best action/advanture game
• Best casual/puzzle game
• Best RPG/RTS game
• Best family game

 

[Ledsteplin]

App of the year: Music Launcher

Game of the year: Trivia Crack

Best 3D Touch: Tweetbot 4
Productivity: Google Keep
Health Fitness: None new
Social: Tweetbot 4
Photo/Video: Enlight. Also a brand new app called Hypelight looks great so far.
Audio/music: Music Launcher
Utility: New-Tailor Improved- SwiftKey
Travel: Mapkin
News/read: Timeline
Action/Adventure game: Angry Birds 2
Casual/Puzzle: Orph
Family: Trivia Crack
RPG/RTS game: Implosion

 

[btebeau]

Pedometer ++
Free, just got a huge update that made a great app better.

 

[btebeau]

Best health/fitness app Pedometer ++
Free, just got a huge update that made a great app better.

 

[bamf-hacker]

App of the year: Overcast
Game of the year: Shooty Skies
Best use of 3D Touch in an app: Tweetbot
Best productivity app: One Note
Best health/fitness app: JeFit/MyFitnessPal (Tie)
Best social/communications app: iMessage
Best photo/video app: Camera+
Best audio/music app: Apple Music
Best utility app: Authy
Best travel app: Waze
Best news/reading app: Flipboard
Best casual/puzzle game: Letterpad

 

[Highrisedrifter]

We're starting work on the 2015 iMore awards and we'd love to get input from all of you! The only rule is that an app or game had to be brand new, or get a significant update in 2015 to quality. Here are the categories. What apps and games would you nominate?

• App of the year
• Game of the year

• Best use of 3D Touch in an app
• Best productivity app
• Best health/fitness app
• Best social/communications app
• Best photo/video app
• Best audio/music app
• Best utility app
• Best travel app
• Best news/reading app

• Best action/advanture game
• Best casual/puzzle game
• Best RPG/RTS game
• Best family game

App of the Year - Goodready
Game of the Year - I don't play games on my iDevices

Best use of 3d touch - I don't have an iPhone 6s/s plus
Best Productivity App - Goodreader
Best Health app - I don't use any
Best Social/Communications App - Friendly+ for Facebook
Best Photo/video app - I don't use any
Best Audio/music app - the inbuilt music app. I don't use any others
Best utility app - Wells Fargo app
Best travel app - Virgin Atlantic (to keep track of my flights)
Best News/reading app - BBC News

 

[Rob Phillips]

App of the year: Enlight
Game of the year: Asphault 8

Best use of 3D Touch in an app: Fantastical 2
Best productivity app: Evernote
Best health/fitness app: MyFitnessPal
Best social/communications app: Tweetbot 4
Best photo/video app: Enlight
Best audio/music app: Pandora
Best utility app: Swype
Best travel app: Hopper
Best news/reading app: Feedly

Best casual/puzzle game: Two Dots
Best family game: Mr. Crab

 

[garageshop-org]

Best iOS Email app: Spark! Hands down!

 

[kataran]

* Alien Blue
Great major update

* BADLAND
Always adding great features and new levels

* n/a

* MyFitnessPal
Nice update

* Paper
Great FB viewer

* CamCorder
New and old comes together

* djay 2
Nice update

* BigMagnify
Nice user friendly make over

* AAA
Always adding new features

* HuffPost
New makeover

* Cut the Rope
Updated

* Words with Friends
Updated

* Zombie GS
Refreshed

* Trivia Crack
Updated

 

[mikeo007]

Only a few that I can really comment on. Apparently most of what I use is from 2014 or older.

Game of the year: Lara Croft GO (honourable mention to Legend of Grimrock)

Best use of 3D Touch in an app: Stock browser/email/anything where you long press a web link
Best productivity app: Outlook
Best action/advanture game: Legend of Grimrock
Best casual/puzzle game: Lara Croft GO

 

[EmceeGeek]

• App of the year - SnapChat
• Game of the year - CrossyRoads

• Best use of 3D Touch in an app - Instagram
• Best health/fitness app - MyFitnessPal
• Best social/communications app - Facebook
• Best photo/video app - Boomerang
• Best audio/music app - I only use Apple Music but otherwise; Soundcloud
• Best travel app - Waze
• Best news/reading app - News (built in) or Feedly

• Best family game - The Game of Life

 

[robertk328]

• App of the year - Fantastical 2
• Game of the year - Madden

• Best use of 3D Touch in an app - Preview in Photos
• Best productivity app - Listastic
• Best health/fitness app - Health
• Best social/communications app - iMessage
• Best photo/video app - Snapseed
• Best audio/music app - Music
• Best utility app - MacID
• Best travel app - United Airlines
• Best news/reading app - Reeder

• Best action/advanture game - Lara Croft Go
• Best casual/puzzle game - Monument Valley
• Best RPG/RTS game
• Best family game

 

[Just_Me_D]

• App of the year - Music
• Game of the year - Monument Valley

• Best use of 3D Touch in an app
• Best productivity app - Dropbox
• Best health/fitness app
• Best social/communications app - iMessage
• Best photo/video app
• Best audio/music app
• Best utility app - Skitch
• Best travel app
• Best news/reading app - Reeder

• Best action/advanture game - Daytona Rush
• Best casual/puzzle game - SpellTower
• Best RPG/RTS game
• Best family game - Into The Circle

 

[pr1nce]

App of the year - 1Password
Music app - Apple Music
Utility app - Skitch
Social communication app - iMessage
News/reading app - Apple news

 

[davechengapps]

* BigMagnify
Nice user friendly make over

BigMagnify! I made that Glad you like the new UI and thanks for nominating it!

 

[davechengapps]

App of the year: Overcast
Game of the year: Crossy Road - They added AppleTV support(and multiplayer!) and they keep adding more content

 

[Dukins]

App of the year - Outlook
Game of the year - Crossy Road




Best use of 3D Touch in an app - Instagram
Best productivity app - Jump Desktop
Best health/fitness app - 7MWC
Best social/communications app - Instagram
Best photo/video app - Camera 360
Best audio/music app - Music
Best utility app - Wunderlist
Best travel app - Google maps
Best news/reading app - News




Best action/advanture game - Ski Safari
Best casual/puzzle game - Flow Free
Best RPG/RTS game
Best family game - Subway Surfers

 

[GlennV]

Best fitness app - BodySpace
Best communication app - Whatsapp

 

[jackksparrow]

Best App of the Year - Shareit

This amazing app is quite good for sharing large files with friends in just few seconds

 

[Polar Beard Games]

App of the year: Shazam (as in previous years )
Game of the year: Lara Croft GO


Best use of 3D Touch in an app: I don't have an iPhone 6s/s plus
Best productivity app: Dropbox
Best health/fitness app: Runastic
Best social/communications app: Whatsapp
Best photo/video app: Vine
Best audio/music app: Shazam
Best utility app: Disney Gif
Best travel app: Kayak
Best news/reading app: Yahoo News
Best action/advanture game: Lara Croft Go
Best casual/puzzle game: Monument Valley
Best RPG/RTS game: Transistor
Best family game: Tap and Sing by Storybots