Hailo, the Android and iPhone app that helps people catch a taxi wherever they are, whenever they want, picked up the Grand Prix award at the Appys 2012 last night.
The app just takes two taps on a smartphone, the taxi arrives and the user pays by cash or card for his or her trip.
Other winners included Best Banking App for AIB, Best Retail and Coupon App for DoneDeal, and Best Entertainment App Award went to Sky+.
The full list of winners at the Appys 2012
- Best Banking App – AIB Mobile Banking App
- Best Business/Recruitment App – SO MOBILE developed by Vocal
- Best Coupon/Deals App – DoneDeal developed by Tapadoo
- Best Education/Kids Apps – Numerosity: Fun with Math developed by Redwind Software
- Best Entertainment App – Sky+
- Best Event App – Bavaria City Racing developed by Vocal
- Best Facebook App – ICAN Win App developed by Richard Cantwell
- Best Gaming App – Numerosity: Fun with Math developed by Redwind Software
- Best Insurance App – RSA Ireland developed by Furious Tribe
- Best Media App – Storyful – developed by Tapadoo
- Best Medical/Pharma App – Skeleton System Pro III developed by 3D4Medical
- Best Music App –Deezer developed by Deezer (Blogmusik SAS)
- Best Photography/Images App – Simply Photo – developed by Malcolm Donnellan
- Best Retail App – DoneDeal developed by Tapadoo
- Best Social Media App – ICAN Win App developed by Richard Cantwell
- Best Sports App – iMuscle developed by John Moore
- Best Tablet App –Sky+ developed by Sky
- Best Tourism App – JoyceWays developed by Big Top Multimedia
- Best Travel & Navigation App – Hailo – The Taxi App developed by Hailo
- Best Utilities App – DoneDeal developed by Tapadoo
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