App Fights

Here we list our app fights, in which we compare similar mobile apps closely. You can learn more about how to prepare good app fight posts and presentations here.

#CameraFight!

To make your comparison, make sure you at least make a picture, make a picture with flash, and find a picture with both apps above. As iOS alternatives, you may use one or both of iOS' stock camera and the Camera+ app.
Team: Agarwal, Ahmed, Andrews; Barai, Bhandari

#3DVideoFight!

To make your comparison, make sure you play videos, find videos, and share them. As iOS alternatives, you may use the matching Guardian VR and NYTVR apps.
Team: Anthony, Bartushak; Collins, Dates, Desai

#LaunchFight!

To make your comparison, make sure you launch an app, search for an app, and group an app. As iOS alternatives, you may use Launch Center Pro, Launcher or Workflow
Team: Creswell, Drotor, Drum; Firake, Gosavi

#DrawingFight!

To make your comparison, make sure you draw a simple figure, with both finger and stylus. Then fill that figure with color. Finally, edit, change and improve that figure. Both Autodesk Sketchbook and Sony Sketch are also on the iOS app store.
Team: Gonzales, Gonzalez; Gavane, Gonsalves, Hong

#ReadingFight!

To make your comparison, make sure you read a few pages, jump to a previous page, and switch books. Kindle is also on the iOS app store; you may use iBooks as an iOS alternative to Google Books.
Team: Hall, Harris, Inkrote; Hsiao, Hu

#AssistFight!

To make your comparison, make sure you ask for the the last Pack basketball score, directions to the grocery store, and help ordering a pizza. Both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa are also on the iOS app store.
Team: Jessee, Kamalakanthan; Kumar, Lambright, Le

#EmailFight!

To make your comparison, make sure you write and send an email, archive an email, and search for an email. As iOS alternatives, you may use one or both of Gmail and TypeApp.
Team: Keesee, Lane, Law; Lin, Ly

#PhoneFight!

To make your comparison, make sure you at least call a number, check voicemail, and call a contact with both apps above. As iOS alternatives, you may use one or both of iOS' stock dialer and the Instacall app.
Team: Maynard, Miller; Padia, Phadte, Rai

#MapFight!

To make your comparison, make sure you locate a place, get directions to a place, and submit an improvement about a place. Both gMaps and MAPS.ME are also on the iOS app store.
Team: Mitchell, Morgan, Morris; Ramakrishnan, Sekhar

#PhotoFight!

To make your comparison, make sure you load, edit, search for, browse for, and share photos. Both gPhotos and Flickr are on the iOS app store.
Team: Mosolf, Mukhtar; Sharma, Shukla

#SearchFight!

To make your comparison, make sure you search for a specific fact (e.g. when is the next nc state baseball game), a less precise search (e.g. the name of a second movie that an actor in "The Great Race" acted in), and a general topic (e.g. bee farming). Search for an image of a dollar coin, and local baseball. Both Google and Bing are on the iOS app store.
Team: Patzer, Ripoll; Soni, Srivastava

#VRGameFight!

To make your comparison, make sure you get weapons, shoot bad guys, change your view, and check your score. Both Zombie Shooter and Romans From Mars are on the iOS app store. You may borrow Google Cardboard from the library.
Team: Seligson, Suh; Syed, Wang

#ARGameFight!

To make your comparison, make sure you play the game, try to achieve a high score, and share your results. Both Ingress and Stack AR are on the iOS app store. If necessary, you may borrow recent phones from the library. If you have interest, check out these paid apps: Zombie Gunship Revenant AR, The Machines and Euclidean Lands.
Team: Timperio; Yan, Zagade, Zhu