Best new Android, iPhone and iPad apps for December 2012

This is our monthly app selection with no games included. Go here for the best Android, iPhone and iPad games of December 2012.
Most high-profile apps are now being released simultaneously for both iOS and Android. The brightest example came with Snapseed this month. The $4.99 iOS app acquired earlier by Google made a splashing debut on Android, selling for the sweet price of zero, and the price on iOS was also slashed to free.
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