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Apple announced the winners of its 2011 Design Awards yesterday at WWDC to recognize iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps that demonstrated excellence in design, innovation and technical excellence. To be eligible, apps had to be available in the iOS and Mac App stores by May 23. The selected winners receive an Apple Design Award trophy as well as other prizes.

The 2011 Apple Design Award winners are as follows:

iPhone

• $599Buy Now
  Games
  

  Infinity Blade

  Last Changed:

  5 weeks ago

  Rating:

  5.00 (157608)

  Version:

  1.4.1

  iOS Universal

  Winner of the 2011 Apple Design Award, and more than 20 “Game of the Year” & “Top App” awards! Tons of NEW FREE CONTENT available now! See below for more details. From Epic...

• $999Buy Now
  Sports
  

  Golfscape GPS Rangefinder

  Last Changed:

  23 weeks ago

  Rating:

  3.50 (30)

  Version:

  1.3

  iOS iPhone

  ★ Winner of the Apple Design Award!!! ▶ Named Apple App Store Essentials HALL of FAME App! Apple selects the best quality apps. From the creators of the #1 iPhone golf app, Golfshot: Golf GPS...

• $.99Buy Now
  Games
  

  Cut the Rope

  Last Changed:

  6 weeks ago

  Rating:

  4.50 (1365)

  Version:

  2.2.2

  iOS iPhone

  Cut the rope to feed candy to little monster Om Nom®! 250 million downloads around the world of this phenomenal puzzle game. 350 levels and more to come! A mysterious package has arrived, and the...

• FreeBuy Now
  Education
  

  Grades 2

  Last Changed:

  11 months ago

  Rating:

  4.00 (73)

  Version:

  2.06

  iOS iPhone

  -- 2011 Apple Design Award winner! -- What do I need to score on my next test to be on track for an A? There's an app for that. Now with due dates and a handy GPA calculator. ★ Features ★ ☞...

iPad

• $499Buy Now
  Music
  

  djay

  Last Changed:

  7 weeks ago

  Rating:

  4.50 (594)

  Version:

  1.6.4

  iOS iPad

  ★ MASSIVE SALE! GET DJAY 75% OFF FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY ★ ☆ WINNER OF THE 2011 APPLE DESIGN AWARD ☆ Ready to rock your next party? Introducing djay, Algoriddim's award-winning and highly...

• $499Buy Now
  Games
  

  Osmos for iPad

  Last Changed:

  9 weeks ago

  Rating:

  5.00 (469)

  Version:

  2.2.0

  iOS iPad

  ★★ Apple Design Award winner and iPad Game of the Year! ★★ Enter the Darwinian world of a galactic mote. To survive, absorb smaller organisms and grow—but beware of larger predators. Osmos...

• $499Buy Now
  Books
  

  Al Gore – Our Choice: A Plan...

  Last Changed:

  9 months ago

  Rating:

  4.50 (20)

  Version:

  1.0.3

  iOS Universal

  ★ Winner of the 2011 Apple Design Award ★ Al Gore's Our Choice will change the way we read books. And quite possibly change the world. In this interactive app, Al Gore surveys the causes of...

• $499Buy Now
  Sports
  

  Pennant

  Last Changed:

  28 months ago

  Rating:

  3.50 (29)

  Version:

  1.1

  iOS iPad

  Pennant is an interactive history of baseball like none other seen before. Using Pennant's rich interface fans can browse and view data from over 115,000 games that have taken place from 1952 to...

• FreeBuy Now
  News
  

  Pulse News for iPad: Your News,...

  Last Changed:

  8 months ago

  Rating:

  4.50 (2208)

  Version:

  2.9.5

  iOS iPad

  *** This is an old version of Pulse. Download the new version by searching for "Pulse" in the app store and tapping the first result! *** Pulse brings all your favorite blogs,...

Mac

• $4999Buy Now
  Music
  

  Capo

  Last Changed:

  5 weeks ago

  Rating:

  4.00 (64)

  Version:

  2.1.12

  Mac OS

  ★★ 2011 Apple Design Award Winner! ★★ "Capo is by far the easiest and most practical program I’ve tried for squeezing out musical knowledge from an MP3."...

• $1499Buy Now
  Graphics & Design
  

  Pixelmator

  Last Changed:

  2 weeks ago

  Rating:

  5.00 (204)

  Version:

  2.2

  Mac OS

  Pixelmator is an inspiring, easy-to-use, beautifully designed image editor built to help you create stunning new images and edit your existing photos. Pixelmator takes full advantage of the latest...

• $999Buy Now
  Games
  

  Anomaly Warzone Earth

  Last Changed:

  2 weeks ago

  Rating:

  4.00 (13)

  Version:

  1.22

  Mac OS

  *** APPLE DESIGN AWARD 2011 WINNER *** Destructoid 9/10 Strategy Informer 8.5/10 GameShark 8.3/10 IGN 8/10 GameZone 8/10 GamePro 8/10 ANOMALY WARZONE EARTH is an extraordinary mixture of action and...

Congratulations to all the winners! We haven’t spent time with all of the apps chosen but the ones we are familiar with, including Infinity Blade, Cut the Rope, djay for iPad, and Osmos for iPad, are definitely stand-outs in the App Store whose selection did not surprise us.