A recap of the apps for the 2nd Screen Summit app shoot-out

Last week, I gave a high-level overview of how we plan to conduct the app shoot-out tomorrow at the 2nd Screen Summit in Santa Monica.  I thought today we would just re-cap the mentions of the apps in previous blogs, highlighting some of their previous strengths and weaknesses (some of these apps will have released improvements since my last write up).

BuddyTV.  Strong showings in Simple, Seamless and Social.  Medium showing in Stimulating and low in Social.

• Feb 12th.  Review with the Grammys.
• Jan 29th.  App comparison summary.
• Jan 25th.  2nd review of app.
• Jan 8th.  App comparison summary.
• Nov 30th.  Review of app.

TVplus.  Strong showing in Stimulating and medium showing in Social.

• Feb 12th.  Review with the Grammys.
• Feb 7th.  Review with "The River."
• Jan 29th.  App comparison summary.
• Jan 8th.  App comparison summary.
• Dec 5th.  Review of the app.  

Fanhattan.  Strong showing in Stimulating and Discovery, medium showing in Social and Seamless.

• Jan 29th.  App comparison summary.
• Jan 8th.  App comparison summary.
• Dec 28th.  Using Fanhattan for Discovery.
• Dec 6th.  Review of the app.

ConnecTV.  Strong showing in Stimulating, medium showing in Social.

• Feb 14th.  Review with SVU episode.
• Feb 12th.  Review with the Grammys.
• Feb 7th.  Review with "The River."
• Jan 29th.  App comparison summary.
• Jan 18th.  Review of the app.
• Jan 17th.  Review with Golden Globes and NFL Playoffs.

Dijit.  Medium showing in Simple, Social, Stimulating and Discovery.

• Jan 29th.  App comparison summary.
• Jan 23rd.  Review of the app.

Viggle.  Medium showing in Social and Stimulating.

• Feb 12th.  Review with the Grammys.
• Jan 29th.  App comparison summary.
• Jan 25th.  Review of the app.

Umami.  Medium showing in Social and Stimulating.

• Feb 14th.  Review with SVU episode.
• Feb 7th.  Review with "The River."
• Jan 29th.  App comparison summary.
• Jan 17th.  Review with Golden Globes and NFL Playoffs.
• Jan 8th.  App comparison summary.
• Dec 5th.  Review of the app.

Miso.  Medium showing on Social and Discovery in the iPhone version, but a new iPad app is out now.

• Feb 12th.  Review with the Grammys.
• Jan 29th.  App comparison summary.
• Jan 8th.  App comparison summary.
• Dec 8th.  2nd Review of the app.
• Dec 6th.  Review of the app.

yap.TV.  Strong showing in Social.

• Feb 14th.  Review with SVU episode.
• Feb 12th.  Review with the Grammys.
• Feb 7th.  Review with "The River."
• Jan 29th.  App comparison summary.
• Jan 17th.  Review with Golden Globes and NFL Playoffs.
• Jan 8th.  App comparison summary.
• Dec 18th.  Review of the app.

IntoNow.  Medium showing in Social, but has an updated version that has yet to be reviewed with indications of improvements in Social and Stimulating.

• Feb 14th.  Review with SVU episode.
• Feb 12th.  Review with the Grammys.
• Jan 29th.  App comparison summary.
• Jan 8th.  App comparison summary.
• Jan 30th.  2nd review of the app.
• Nov 21st.  Review of the app.

A summary of the SecondScreen Apps Reviewed So Far

I spent a good amount of time considering the best way to summarize what we've reviewed to date as a precursor to CES.  Because I haven't reviewed all of the apps yet or even all of the apps in a particular category (network operators, sports, blu-ray title specific, network specific, Discovery, Social, Simple, etc), I thought it best just to show the scores as they have been published so far, ranking them by the total score of the five categories.  I left the sports apps out since they all performed a very specific niche function in the Stimulating category but did little else.  In the chart, black represents "none", red represents "low", yellow represents "medium" and green represents "high".

The quick conclusion is that Fanhattan and BuddyTV are way out in front of the other apps.  Zeebox, IntoNow, GetGlue and TVplus create a second pack.  SOA Gear, Clicker, Rovi, Umami, Yap.TV, BravoNow and USAAnywhere make up a 3rd pack.

Now I am expecting that we will see a ton of updating activity this week at CES.  Some of the companies building the apps below have just received new cash infusions (ie Miso) and will be showing off the results soon (we hope).

So, enjoy the current score card and check out the list below the graphic to see which apps are still to come (before the February 22nd conference).

The 50+ apps yet to be reviewed: 

Bambi, Bones, Channer, Digit, DirecTV, Discovery, DStv Guide, Fanvibe, FIOS on Demand, Flingo, Grey's Anatomy, HashTV, HBO Go, HotPotato, i.TV, IMDB, KickFour, King's Speech, Leanin, Lion King, MediaNavi, MyVideoSync, NBC Live, Numote, NyooTV, Pirates of Carribean, Playup, Pocket BigBrother, Screach, ScreenTribe, Shazam, Showtime Social, Smurf-o-vision, SocialGuide, Starling, Tapcast.TV, TV Chatter, TV Foundry, TV Tune-In, TV.com, TVChaser, TVCube, TVFriend, TVmoment, TvTak, VideoLive, Vloop, WatchParty, Wizzchat, XFINITY TV, Youtoo, Zap2It