As Leah Busque reminds us, you can skip the line at the Apple store by using her TaskRabbit iPhone app to summon a TaskRabbit to stand in line for your new iPhone 5.
Here at Women 2.0, we thought about the variety of ways women have successfully built on Apple's success over the years, from creating viral games and useful apps offered in the Apple store to wearable devices which connect to an iPhone app. We celebrated a few acquisitions (Chomp, Smule) and wondered about the future of other mobile projects (Seeds).
Meet five female founders building apps for the Apple store:
The early Zynga mobile game developer of Farmville and Mafia Wars Amanda Wixted left to build games that teach kids how to code. She will be advising the Seeds "Farmville meets Kiva" project as well. Follow her on Twitter at @commanda.
In 2009, CTO Cathy Edwards co-founded app search engine Chomp, building the proprietary algorithm and launching the iPhone app in 2010. Chomp was acquired by Apple for $50 million in February 2012. Follow her on Twitter at @cathye.
New York-based photographer and iPhone app developer Lisa Bettany co-founded the #10 most downloaded paid iPhone apps of all time: Camera+, which helps you "shoot like pro", crop the pictures and upload to Facebook. Follow her on Twitter at @mostlylisa.
Exceeding Kickstarter goals, Monisha Perkash co-founded Lumoback, an iPhone app combined with a lightweight sensor worn discreetly around your waist, sending vibrations to your lower back to remind you to sit up straight. Follow Monisha on Twitter at @mperkash.
Prerna Gupta co-founded Khush in 2009 to develop intelligent music apps and led her startup to profitability. Khush was acquired by Smule in December 2011 for a “eight-figure deal” in cash and stock. Follow her on Twitter at @prernagupta.
We know there are many other women building iPhone apps
Tell us about your favorite female founders of iPhone apps in the comments below!
