Welcome to Gizmodos first annual March Madness bracket.

We want you to help us figure out which app is the greatest of all time.

Before we get into the nominees, lets briefly talk about the selection process.

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Illustration: Vicky Leta

First of all, were limiting the bracket to mobile apps.

Yes, we know app means program, but were not worried about every frickin program ever made.

Some of the selections do have desktop or web applications, but they all have a mobile app.

Here are the nominees. Choose your fighter.

Here are the nominees. Choose your fighter.Graphic: Vicky Leta

Were also not saying every app on the list has been a net good for society.

You might notice that Facebook didnt make the cut.

Its from another era.

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Vote for it if you want, but Ill be judging you.

Otherwise, this list doesnt include any servant apps.

In one corner, weighing in at 2.4 billion monthly active users, we have Instagram.

Graphic: Google

Graphic: Google

Nevertheless, Instagram persists.

In the other corner, we have The Fart App.

Pure simplicity in digital form, the fart app was commonly just one button that produced a fart sound.

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

What else do you need?

So, if you want Instagram to win todays matchup, check the box on the poll below.

And if you want iFart to go the distance, pull the finger on the second check box.

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Well see you tomorrow for the next round.

Voting has closed and Instagram has crushed The Fart App.

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