Year in Apps: The Biggest Hits, Misses and Absolute Fails of 2012

There are millions of apps out there, and some of them are actually useful.

2012 was an especially busy year for developers, who churned out roughly eleventy-billion apps, including a few for Windows phones. We saw the rise and rise of Instagram, the short-lived Draw Something fad and the inauguration of presidential campaign apps.

We've already run down the essential apps — 413 essential apps, to be exact — and now, as the year winds down, we run down the most memorable. We're quite sure we've omitted something you feel incredibly passionate about, so let us know about it in the comments.
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