2015 [app] design awards UK

mobile, web, IoT, desktop, connected devices
design champion, best studio, best start-up & best IoT
plus over 30 specialist nomination categories

demand design, celebrate courage

 

Key Dates

29 April - Earlybird Deadline
11 May - Standard Deadline
25 May - Late Deadline
26 May - Judging & Ratings
2 June - Rating closes
3 June - Winners announced
17 June - Awards Presentation

Category Listing

App Design Champion - Chairman's Awards

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 nominations will be automatically submitted into this category. 
  

 

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 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 Connected Device and Wearable Tech


This category recognises the best Connected Device and Wearable Tech  

 

Best Expanded Service or Application


This category recognises the best expanded service or application.   

 

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 Mobile Marketing Campaign


This category recognises campaigns that use elements such as competitions, promotions & messaging to engage customers on the mobile channel exclusively.  

 

Best New Service or Application


This category recognises the best new service or app.  

 

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 - Large

The 'Best of' award celebrates the best studio/development house that consistently achieves excellence in 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 nominations will be automatically submitted for this award.   
Studio Partner Nominations
Studio Partners can sign up for 6, 12 or 18 nomination packs. This provides a bulk discount, plus site branding for your studio along with a dedicated list of studio nominations. It gives your studio the capacity to gather all your projects into the one collection. 
Studio partners fit into three motivations - brand building, brand presence and project pride. Nothing tells a client and team that you are proud of your work more than submitting it into an awards program. Multiple nominations are a key way to build standing in the best studio award. The Best Studio is an aggregate score of project ratings, past awards programs indicate that winners have had between 4-8 nominations.
Prices from:
6 pack £640, 12 pack £1280, 18 pack £1920
UK Nomination Pack - order here
  

 

Best Studio - Medium

The 'Best of' award celebrates the best studio/development house that consistently achieves excellence in 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 nominations will be automatically submitted for this award.   

Studio Partner Nominations
Studio Partners can sign up for 6, 12 or 18 nomination packs. This provides a bulk discount, plus site branding for your studio along with a dedicated list of studio nominations. It gives your studio the capacity to gather all your projects into the one collection. 
Studio partners fit into three motivations - brand building, brand presence and project pride. Nothing tells a client and team that you are proud of your work more than submitting it into an awards program. Multiple nominations are a key way to build standing in the best studio award. The Best Studio is an aggregate score of project ratings, past awards programs indicate that winners have had between 4-8 nominations.

Prices from:
6 pack £640, 12 pack £1280, 18 pack £1920
UK Nomination Pack - order here
  

 

Best Studio - Small

The 'Best of' award celebrates the best studio/development house that consistently achieves excellence in 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 nominations will be automatically submitted for this award.  

Studio Partner Nominations
Studio Partners can sign up for 6, 12 or 18 nomination packs. This provides a bulk discount, plus site branding for your studio along with a dedicated list of studio nominations. It gives your studio the capacity to gather all your projects into the one collection. 
Studio partners fit into three motivations - brand building, brand presence and project pride. Nothing tells a client and team that you are proud of your work more than submitting it into an awards program. Multiple nominations are a key way to build standing in the best studio award. The Best Studio is an aggregate score of project ratings, past awards programs indicate that winners have had between 4-8 nominations.

Prices from:
6 pack £640, 12 pack £1280, 18 pack £1920
UK Nomination Pack - order here
  

 

Best Supporter

Great Apps are created on the shoulders of an amazing value stack, be that dev tools, server platforms, APIs, organisations or partners. This category is our opportunity to shout from the roof tops those who make others shine.

Supporters & Supplier Partner Nominations
Suited for Accelerators, Co-Working Spaces, Developer Communities, API User Base & Networking Groups
Supporting Partners can sign up for 12, 18 or 24 nomination packs. This provides a bulk discount, a series of promo codes to distribute to your eco system plus site branding for your brand along with a dedicated list of nominations. It gives your brand the capacity to gather all associated projects into the one collection. 

The Best Supporter Award is an aggregate score of project ratings, past awards programs indicate that winners have had between 4-8 nominations.

Prices from (GBP):
12 pack £1280, 18 pack £1920, 24 pack £2560
UK Nomination Packs - order here
  

 

Cooking


This category relates to applications concerning cooking information and recipes.   

 

Directories & guides


This category is suitable for applications providing directory listings or information guides bringing all the relevant information and tips together in one app e.g.industry listings, trade directories, planners

  

 

Education


This category recognises education themed apps across all education sectors.   

 

Education & Family


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

 

Fashion


This category relates to fashion themed applications.   

 

Financial Information & Tools


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

 

Fitness, Nutrition & Diet


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

 

Food & Drink


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

 

Games


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

 

Government Services


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

 

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

 

  

 

In Field Services


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

 

Line of Business


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

 

Medical


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

 

Mobile Trading Platforms


This category recognises applications that provide market trading platforms on the mobile platform.  

 

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 nominate your app and see whose app reigns supreme.
  

 

News


This category recognises applications that broadcast or diffuse news and current affairs.   

 

Not For Profit


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

 

Online Shopping


This category relates to applications that facilitate retail purchase via the mobile platform.  

 

Productivity Apps


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

 

Project Management


The category relates to applications themed around project management.  

 

Retail & Shopping


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

 

Sales Force


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

 

Sport


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

 

Television/Movies


This category relates to applications that promote television and the digital living room.  

 

Travel & Tourism


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

 

Utilities


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

 

Weather


This category relates to applications themed around informing users on the weather. It includes general weather applications as well as specifics such as surf/snow reports and tools such barometers.   

 

Best Of Categories

All entries submitted are automatically eligible for the relevant "Best of" category.

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Deadlines
29 April - Earlybird Deadline
11 May - Standard Deadline
25 May - Late Deadline


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