OmniFocus gains TUAW Best of 2011 award for iPad productivity app

"What? I thought you already named a winner for the TUAW Best of 2011 in the iPad productivity app category!"

Yes, yes we did. But there were some nomination and voting irregularities, not to mention that a number of TUAW readers let us know that our previously named winner had some serious issues. As a result, we're doing the right thing and giving the crown to its rightful owner -- OmniFocus for iPad (US$39.99).

Not only did OmniFocus for iPad capture 26.9 percent of the reader votes fair and square, but the app has garnered a 4.5 out of 5 star rating on the App Store with almost 1,100 ratings over several versions. It's been a favorite of many of our bloggers as well, and received a nice writeup by Erica Sadun when it first arrived on the scene in 2010.

Belated congratulations to Omni Group for their win for a stellar product.

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Eric Mazur

That's wonderful. I was using the rather crappy Things from Cultured Code for a while, waiting forever for them to come up with Cloud syncing. What they call working "full speed" (see their fancy "status board") turns out to be the full speed of a snail -- sorry! I'm exaggerating, I meant to say the full speed of a glacier.

January 06 2012 at 4:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

MakeBizGrow

I'm curious to know which app was the previous winner. I've been using OmniFocus on the desktop and mobile platform for years now. I really appreciate the flexibility it allows.

What I would like to see:
My task/ actions/ projects to link with my contacts and organizations.

January 05 2012 at 8:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

1 reply to MakeBizGrow's comment

The previous dodgy 'winner' was an unheard-of app called Communilator Pro.

January 05 2012 at 8:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

puhsitch

Yeah, this type of voting event is so easily manipulated...and even when it's not, it ends up being more of a popularity contest than a true "best of" vote. Sometimes the (legitimately) most popular app is the best, but I'd imagine that many times it's simply long-established and "good."

January 05 2012 at 6:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Respect to TUAW for doing the right thing.

A lot of readers took the TUAW recommendation and purchased the wrong 'winner' app, which was truly dreadful (just check that app's handful of AppStore one-star reviews). Hopefully, this updated post wins back credibility to TUAW app awards which has thus far been brilliant.

January 05 2012 at 6:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply