Google Play has announced their ‘editor’s pick’ of apps – what they call the best of 2014. While the list looks impressive, with many recognizable and popular apps in view, the list disappointingly does not include any Singapore-made apps.
The ‘Best of 2014 Apps in Singapore’ list and ‘Best of 2014 Games in Singapore’ list are 30 apps long each, making a total of 60 popular apps with no inkling of any Singapore developers or even a popular Singapore app. The only dating app in view is OkCupid, though local players like Paktor have been rising to popularity with exponential growth, having matched a quarter of a million people in just the first 2 weeks of 2014.
Even transportation app Uber has been chosen, despite the domination of the scene by apps Grabtaxi and Easytaxi.
We’re not sure what the criteria is for these choices, but it’s a shame that none of our born and bred Singapore developers were honoured in this list.
Here’s the list below (ranked in no particular order):
Best of 2014 Apps in Singapore
- Wunderlist: To-Do List & Tasks, 6 Wunderkinder GmbH
- EyeEm:Camera & Photo Filter, EyeEm Mobile
- Link Bubble Browse, Chris Lacy
- TED, TED Conferences LLC
- 7 Minute Workout, Fitness Guide Inc.
- TuneIn Radio, TuneIn Inc
- SwiftKey Keyboard, SwiftKey
- Sunrice Calendar, Sunrise Atelier, Inc
- The Economist Espresso, The Economist Newspaper Limited
- Lumosity, Lumos Labs, Inc.
- Afterlight. Afterlight Collective, Inc
- MAPS: ME – offline, MY.COM
- Shazam, Shazam Entertainment Limited
- BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed
- OKCupid Dating, okcupid.com
- IFTTT, IFTTT
- Facetune, Lightricks Ltd
- Uber, Uber Technologies, Inc
- Over, Over
- Musixmatch Music, musiXmatch
- CNN Breaking US & World News, CNN
- Locket Lock Screen, Locket
- Expedia Hotels & Flight, Expedia
- Onefootball – Pure Soccer!, Onefootball GmbH
- Timehop, Timehop
- Todoist: To-Do List, Task List, Doist
- Carousel – Dropbox, Dropbox, Inc
- Yahoo News Digest, YahooEven
- djay 2, Algoriddim
- Anywayanyday: Flight, anywayanyday.com
Best of 2014 Games in Singapore, in no particular order
- Clash of Clans, Supercell
- Megapolis, Social Quantum Ltd
- Ace Fishing: Wild Catch, Com2uS USA
- Monument Valley, ustwo
- Candy Crush Soda Saga, King
- Farm Heroes Saga, King
- 2048 Number Puzzle, Estoty Entertainment Lab
- The Room Two, Fireproof Games
- Don’t Tap The White, HU WEN ZENG
- FIFA 15 Ultimate Team, ELECTRONIC ARTS
- Leo’s Fortune, 1337 & Senri LLC
- Shadow Fight 2, NEKKI
- Kim Kardashian, Glu
- Spider-Man Unlimited, Gameloft
- Reaper, Hexage Ltd
- FarmVille 2: Country Escape, Zynga
- Slingshot Braves, COLOPL, Inc.
- QUizUp, Plain Vanilla Games Corp
- Boom Beach, Supercell
- God of Light, Playmous
- My Talking Tom, Outfit7
- Clumsy Ninja, NaturalMotionGames Ltd
- Subway Surfers, Kiloo
- Sky Force 2014, Infinite Dreams
- Cut the Rope 2, ZeptoLab
- Bubble Witch 2 Saga, King
- Machinarium, Amanita Design
- Cars: Fast as Lightning, Gameloft
- Threes!, Sirvo llc
- Final Fantasy VI, SQUARE ENIX Ltd
What do you think? Is this a good list, and if not, who do you think should be on this list as well? Perhaps you could take a pick from Vulcan Post Readers’ Choice Awards, where we seek to celebrate our favourite apps and startups – but you get to choose who wins!
