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Top 10 Apps to Watch in 2011

There are more than 200,000 apps in the Android market. There are more than 325,000 apps available for iOS devices. Even the fledgling Windows Phone 7 app marketplace already has greater than 5,300 apps. Throw in the wide world of web applications and, forget about it: you'd need many lifetimes to try them all.

However, there are just 10 apps you really should keep a very close watch on in 2011. The list below represents the 10 applications — for mobile and the web — that Mashable editors think will be worthy of your attention in 2011. Let us know in the comments which of these picks you agree or disagree with, and which applications you're excited about for next year.

1. The Daily

The Daily is the News Corp's iPad-only newspaper that is set to launch in January with each daily edition costing $0.99 to download. News Corp has invested a lot resources by hiring some 100 journalists and attracting top talent. Rupert Murdoch is trying to reinvent the daily distribution model and move it to the iPad. Because it's such a big investment and features original content for the iPad, it will be an app to watch.

2. Ge.tt

Since Drop.io was purchased and disbanded by Facebook, there's certainly a need for free, web-based, acount-less and super simple file sharing. Ge.tt's unlimited file size allotment, temporary URLs and elegant design make it a good candidate to fill Drop.io's shoes – that is until Facebook or Google finally build something more powerful.

 

3. GetGlue

 

GetGlue is one of the few checkin apps that offers something the other major players (i.e. Foursquare, Facebook Places, Gowalla, SCVNGR, Loopt, etc.) don't: checkins for activities performed mainly in the home. It also has one of the best recommendation engines I've come across. There's considerable incentive for brands to partner here, which should bring GetGlue into the mainstream the way (if not to the extent) that Foursquare was brought in in 2010.

 

4. Bizzy

Fledgling startup Bizzy relaunched its website in 2010, focusing on customizing local recommendations based on a user's favorite locations. In December, it also relaunched its iPhone app that enables users to find nearby recommendations on a simple Google Maps integration. The Bizzy team has more functionalities in store for us in 2011, which may make it as useful for finding local places to visit — if not more so — as Yelp, Google Maps and Foursquare.

5. Flipboard

Launched earlier this year as the iPad's social magazine, Flipboard transforms social and news feeds into an interface nothing short of gorgeous, but the company and its founder Mike McCue have far bigger plans as they try to reshape news and journalism. Watch out for some big moves in 2011.

6. Kik

Kik is like BBM, but it works across iPhone and Android phones, which makes it infinitely more useful for staying in touch with friends. It's a free, instantaneous alternative to text messaging that also allows users to see when their messages are received. No wonder more than 2 million people downloaded it within the first three weeks of its launch.

 

7. ShopKick

Although it currently lacks the consumer awareness or social utility of Foursquare or Facebook Places, Shopkick might have the most commercially viable model in the checkin space. Coupons are a concept that the mainstream inherently "gets" and wants. Retailers want to offer location-based programs that are verifiable (and Target and Best Buy have already signed on). And the ubiquity of smartphones will only increase laptop battery life. All of that leaves Shopkick in a position for a breakout year.

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