The 10 Best Apps: Apple Design Awards Honor Top Apps (PICTURES)

What are Apple's favorite apps of the year?

At the 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the company announced the winners of the Apple Design Awards, revealing what Apple considers to be the best apps for iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches.

The Apple Design Awards "recognize iPhone OS applications that demonstrate technical excellence, innovation, and technology adoption."

So what are Apple's picks for the ten best apps of the year? Check them out in the slideshow below.

Tell us: what do you make of their choices? Do you agree or disagree?

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KarateKid said on 9 Wednesday 2010 pm30 1:39 pm: If you live in the NYC area and take the subway, I find Exit Strategy an indispensable app. Awesome Note is another favorite.

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[ajayksh]

06:02 PM on 06/16/2010

An app for diagrams - The Chalkpad > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-chalkpad/id374197363?mt=8

Can be improved further, but a good inexpensive alternative for now.

[Democommon Sense]

06:57 AM on 06/11/2010

Oh score more Apple advertising thinly veiled as an article.

[JWoode]

11:56 PM on 06/10/2010

Doodle jump... doodle jump... doo dull jump... dude all jump..

Best apps huh? doodle jump... it's so odd how that just rolls from the tongue.

My god.. I'm missing out on doodle jump.

I think I'll stick to Lego.. Do you know how many boxes of Lego you can buy for what one of these... /sigh.. now THIS is why the economy is what it is today.. doodle jump.

[Infostream]

11:24 PM on 06/10/2010

I'm trying to figure this out seriously... you people think it's some great thing to pay for stuff that is on the internet for free?

I like the iPad commercial that boasts "200,000 apps and growing!" Am I wrong or doesn't that make it a $200,000 computer that doesn't multi-task, print, support Flash, have a camera, usb port, DVD drive, etc...

[microsoap]

08:46 PM on 06/10/2010

iPeriod for the iPad. lol Seriously, not a joke.

[WilliamTheV]

05:40 PM on 06/10/2010

what about Robot Unicorn Attack or Angry Birds!?

[William H Saito]

02:56 PM on 06/10/2010

Too bad there aren't as many productivity tools on this list. I personally like the Amazon Kindle reader, Zinio, the new Twitter client and OpenTable.

[Cheapthrills]

12:54 PM on 06/10/2010

What?? No Angry Birds listed? Peeshhhhaaaw

[SmartladyDem]

11:39 AM on 06/10/2010

My favorite App is the Huffpo App, followed by AP News-they are much easier to read than my computer.I polled my teenagers, and their favorites were; Wurdle, Diner Dash and all the similar games, Scrabble,Crash Kart, Rotten Tomatoes, Emoji, Traffic rush, and the universal favorite, Pocket God.

[FirstGenRandR]

10:20 AM on 06/10/2010

THANKS to everyone who recommended their favorite apps. I don’t have an iPad (carry my MacBook around with me) but when I do buy one this info will get me off to a great start.

[Christopher Daley]

10:05 AM on 06/10/2010

I wonder if they will put out a list of the 10 best apps censored by Apple.

http://www.csdaley.com/2010/06/lord-jobs-is-cooler-than-you.html

[NHBill]

11:01 AM on 06/10/2010

douchery

[jwlynch]

09:28 AM on 06/10/2010

Interesting choice of apps. I did some of my own for iPad and iPhone apps that are free. Paying for apps is fine, but there are some great ones out there that won't cost you a dime.

The 25 Best Free iPad Apps
http://jimlynch.com/index.php/2010/04/03/the-25-best-free-ipad-apps/

The 25 Best Free iPad Games
http://jimlynch.com/index.php/2010/04/07/the-25-best-free-ipad-games/

The 25 Best Free iPhone Apps
http://jimlynch.com/index.php/2010/05/20/the-25-best-free-iphone-apps/

[bwither]

09:17 AM on 06/10/2010

I love playing doodle jump. Hard to get a more fun game for $0.99

I think Pandora certainly deserves an honorable mention, as some other people have mentioned.

Being in a state with no progressive talk radio stations (but 6 sports talkers *_*) I use IheartRadio a lot too.

[Sharon1951]

08:18 AM on 06/10/2010

Am I missing something, or do most of these "game" apps look like they were designed by and for a first grader?

[ElBorba]

07:48 AM on 06/10/2010

Yawn . .