Congratulations to the Race for Apps winners!
The winners of Race for Apps’ five categories plus an additional £5,000 cash prize from uTest were announced at the summit of the Digital Shoreditch Festival, held on 1 June, at Hackney House, in Shoreditch High Street, Hackney.
The winning entries were drawn from over 200 initial proposals, distilled to 40 competitors in five categories:
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Finding Your Way |
Gold:
Hackney Hear
By Hackney Productions CIC
Silver:
Inquizitor: East London
By The Connected Set
Bronze:
Hidden Little Gems
By Hidden Little Gems
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Making Connections |
Gold:
LoYakk
By LoYakk
Silver:
Mapply.com
By eeGeo Ltd
Bronze:
instapp
By Smile Machine
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Fun and Games |
Gold:
Track the Ripper
By Wild Knowledge Ltd & Fink Agency
Silver:
Hackney Heptathlon
By Maha Ventures Ltd
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Citizen Journalism |
Gold:
SlickFlick The Photo Story App
By Curious Quests Ltd
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Wild Card |
Gold:
Foodsplore
By Foodsplore
Silver:
Brick Lane App
By Design Revolutions
Bronze:
Onsite
By Caecus Ltd
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Most Usable App |
Most Useable App, sponsored by uTest: £5,000 awarded to LoYakk
Hackney Council, Digital Shoreditch and the government’s IC tomorrow agency launched the Race for Apps competition in November last year to crowdsource mobile apps for use by visitors to Hackney and East London, including business leaders and journalists.




















