BANGALORE, INDIA: Vodafone India announced the winners of second edition of the global ‘Vodafone appStar’ event held in Bangalore recently.
The Indian edition of the second annual Vodafone appStar contest received tremendous response from app developers across the country, with over 300 app submissions from 1000 registered developers.
The contest provided an opportunity for Indian brands, e-tailers, online players and developers who specialise in apps for specific verticals to build and showcase their best apps across categories: Gaming, Utility, Health, Education and App for good. The contest saw major companies like Snapdeal, Chifro, RailYatri, Zed, Apalya, Nimbuzz and more competing for the honors of representing India in the global arena.
The event was attended by developers, representatives from each of the participating countries, VCs and industry experts.
The winning appStars who got Rs. 50,000 each across categories from India:
Best Game
Pastry Push: 3-D physics game by Refocus Games
Best Utility
RailYatri Indian Railways: easy access to live tracking, plan, PNR status by Rail Yatri
Best Health App
What’s on my plate: see the nutrient information of the dish they had or about to have by Vineet Jain
Best Education app
Kids Math Count Numbers: app ‘gamifies’ the teaching of basic concept of counting from 1 to 10 and along with multitude of other interactive activities for children by Chifro
Best 'App for Good'
m Governance Kerala: mobile app designed to include all the services and departments under Kerala Government by Livares
Vodafone India had deployed the Vodafone Service Delivery Platform (SDP) last year, that exposes it’s Network APIs like Carrier billing, Location and more. The contest was open for all developers to build innovative and compelling apps across platforms: –Android, Windows Phone, iOS, J2ME, Blackberry.
The winning appStars for Vodafone API integrated apps are:
Best use of Location API
SalesForceTracking: smartphone app used for tracking on field sales force and service personnel by Maven Systems
Best App using payment API
MyPlex: optimises content for viewing on all screens, seamlessly integrating with mobile operators, content owners and mobile advertisers by Apalya