TeknoJurnal’s Rock Star Dev 2013: What are Young Indonesian Developers Designing?

This has been quite a busy month for Indonesian developers with events like AngelHack and the upcoming Jakarta Startup Weekend. We just attended another one hosted by Indonesian tech website TeknoJurnal in cooperation with Intel: the first-ever Rock Star Dev competition, which promised a grand prize of IDR 80 million ($8,047).

The event was crowded with 30 apps developer teams competing as the finalists. After beating out the top 300 shortlisted applications, the top 30 app developers competed in 2 categories: 15 as ‘new rock star developers’ (new players in the industry) and 15 as ‘pro rock star developers’; the devs were also divided into six categories of apps: education, health, kids, productivity, entertainment, and utility.

Here is the complete list of the 15 app developers in the ‘new rock star’ category along with their app submissions:

1. Chemikoz by Plombi

An Android educational game that teaches chemistry. Players will play as a witch mixing chemicals and will then be prompted with the solution created by the mix.

2. MindCook by PingPong

A cookbook where users can search for recipes and share them through Facebook.

3. Plang! by Frontine Labs

An app to find nearby points of interest such as ATMs, banks, etc.

4. Vocalita by Vocalita

A social network-music player where users can share and stream songs, as well as follow other users.

5. Sharee by Sharee

An app detailing the implementation of Sharia Law in banks and explaining the basis of the law.

Here are the winners!