We are excited to share the winners of the 2025 Maine App Challenge!

The three Maine App Challenge winners were rewarded with college scholarships totaling $10,000 in 529 college savings plans. This year’s winners are:

• First place: Eugene Irving Frost created Prospect: Re-Appraisal, an accessible, yet challenging game featuring original art and music.
• Second place: Everett Hurder created StudyBuddy, an app integrated with Google Classroom to allow students to easily track their course progress.
• Third place: Oliver Emerson created Investment Investigator, a personalized tool that suggests interest-bearing account investments.

Photo by Whitney J. Fox Photography

University of Maine Partnerships

Tyler collaborated with the Foster Center for Innovation at the University of Maine to host a series of free workshops for students to help with brainstorming, prototyping, and testing their applications.

Tyler also partnered with the University of Maine on its Fundamentals of Innovation (INV121) course available online to high school students as an early college course that allows them to earn college credits while designing an app submission for the Maine App Challenge.

STEM Careers in Maine

The Maine App Challenge introduces students to STEM-related disciplines and supports the notion that these students can excel in this field while remaining in Maine. Since its inception in 2015, the Maine App Challenge has gifted more than $110,000 in 529 college savings plans to students in Maine.