Shipaton 2026
Congratulations to all the winners.
To everyone who submitted an app, our winners, sponsors, meetup organizers, and livestream guests: thank you.
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This is Shipaton.
The world's biggest mobile hackathon for people who actually ship.
Shipaton is RevenueCat's global hackathon for builders launching real apps to real stores, competing for big prizes, and showing the world what they shipped.
To everyone who hit submit: thank you.
You turned ideas into apps. Explore what the Shipaton community built, from first launches to ambitious new experiments.
1% Lock - Screen Time Blocker
AltCam: Folder-First Camera
Ayet: Daily Quran & Widget
Blossom: Book Sharing
Calisthenics Skills - Ranked
ChoreDivider: Fair Chore Split
Crochet Chart
Dinevio
Enlog: Remember Your People
FindShiba!
FuzzyTennis: Play Tennis Daily
GRIDLOCK: ULTIMATE TIC TAC TOE
HourBack - Screen Time
Journoo: AI Journal Companion
Korgo: Food Waste Tracker
LocalResume: Resume Builder
Math Games
More: Social Confidence
Ninuli: AI Flashcards
Oniro Army
PEAKNESS Smart Workout Planner
Pluis
Push Up Arena - Samurai Rise
RetroSweeper Go - Minesweeper
Schoolarc
Skip a Stone?
SplitUp: Split Bills Fairly
SurfMatch: AI Surf Forecast
ThreadMan
una mano: one-hand keyboard
Vylo
Worm Hole: Hide and Seek2,780apps in the 2026 showcase
You brought Shipaton to your city.
To every IRL meetup organizer and everyone who showed up: thank you for bringing builders together, wherever you call home.
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Dev Korea: Shipaton 2026
Seoul, South Korea
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Shipaton x Expo AI Meetup: NYC
New York City, NY, USA
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RevenueCat Shipaton Demo 2026: Melbourne
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Shipaton 2026 Info Session in Sapporo
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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Shipaton 2026 Info Session in Kobe
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Shipaton 2026 Info Session in Fukuoka
Fukuoka, Japan
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Core Coffee - In-Person Shipaton 😺 Edition
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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AppBuildersPH Meetup: Shipaton Edition
Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Shipaton Kickoff Party
Tokyo, Japan
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SwiftLah! × Shipaton Malaysia Kickoff 🇲🇾
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
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Swift Excelsior Presents: Shipaton Begins
New York City, NY, USA
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☕️ Shipaton Catfe 2026 at 渋谷PARCO 🍸
Tokyo, Japan
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Shipaton x Expo x SWM Meetup
San Francisco, CA, USA
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Hackapei - RevenueCat's global hackathon edition 🧑💻👩💻🚀📈💰🔁
Taipei City, Taiwan
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Shipaton: Victoria Edition
Victoria, BC, Canada
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Shipaton IRL: Istanbul: Build & Ship Sprint
Istanbul, Türkiye
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Builders Weekend - Shipaton Special Edition with OnLab
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
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Shipaton: Orange City
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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STL Swift: Shipaton Edition
St. Louis, MO, USA
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Shipaton Budapest — Project Kickoff
Budapest, Hungary
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Hacker Residency IO: Ship at Shipaton
Riga, Latvia
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CocoaHeads Taipei × Shipaton
Taipei City, Taiwan
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Meet and Build | NIT Raipur X Shipaton
Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
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Kiroverse Hack Sprint: Shipaton Edition
Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Neon Apps x RevenueCat Shipaton Network & Mentor Meetup
Istanbul, Turkey
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Shipaton x Expo AI Meetup: Seattle
Seattle, WA, USA
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CocoaHeads SLC x Shipaton
Sandy, UT, USA
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Shipaton Track at Cursor Codechella – Victoria, BC
Victoria, BC, Canada
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Meetup Shipaton 2026: Argentina Edition
San Justo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Shipaton Belgrade Meetup
Belgrade, Serbia
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Shipaton 2026 Hyderabad: RevenueCat x Kramer's Community
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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RevenueCat Shipaton 2026 – Official IRL Kickoff @Integral University
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Shipaton Encinitas meetup 2026
Encinitas, CA, USA
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Shipaton: Belo Horizonte x PostHog
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Shipaton 2026 Vienna IRL
Vienna, Austria
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IndeHub Chapter - 15: Build Fast, Ship Faster with Shipaton
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Shipaton Kenya
Nakuru, Kenya
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Shipaton: Lahore 🇵🇰
Lahore, Pakistan
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Shipaton: Bekasi
Kota Bekasi, Indonesia
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NSManchester Shipaton with RevenueCat
Manchester, England, UK
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Shipaton NL 2026 + Official R2SP Launch
St. John's, NL, Canada
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RevenueCat Shipaton X Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
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RevenueCat Houseparty. #5: Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
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VanJS September 2026 — Shipaton Edition, powered by Expo 🚀
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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ARC x Shipaton: Learn. Build. Ship.
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Swift Excelsior X Shipaton: How to Build an App101 Workshop
New York City, NY, USA
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Shipaton × A Coruña 🌊
A Coruña, Spain
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RePlay Alexandria: Shipaton Edition
Alexandria, Egypt
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Flutter Singapore Q3 Meetup × Shipaton 2026 🚀
Singapore
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Shipaton x UPenn
Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Buildathon
Thammasat University Rangsit Campus, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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Swift Kansai - iOS and macOS Developer Meetup (Shipaton Edition)
Osaka, Japan
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TEFS × Shipaton, CBE
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Shipaton Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
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React Native London Meetup - September 2026
London, England, UK
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Shipaton Valencia
Valencia, Spain
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Shipaton: MSP - IRL Build Night & Demo Wrap
St Paul, MN, USA
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Port of Call: Madrid Shipaton
Rockade Malasaña, Madrid, Spain
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Indie App Launchpad: Shipaton Lagos 2026
Lagos, Nigeria
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IndeHub Chapter - 16: Build Fast, Ship Faster with Shipaton
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abuja-Can-Build: Shipaton
Abuja, Nigeria
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Vibe-athon: AI in Business Build Your First AI Application
Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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Shipaton Berlin × Ai School — Build & Ship with AI
Berlin, Germany
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Shipaton X IIT Mandi
Kamand, Himachal Pradesh, India
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SHIPATON SEVILLA CITY
Sevilla, Spain
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TXST x Shipaton Hackathon
Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA
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Mobile Warsaw #109
Warsaw, Poland
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Shipaton @ Ramen Space
London, England, UK
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Shipaton x Expo AI Meetup: Seattle
Seattle, WA, USA
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Shipaton Calgary
Calgary, AB, Canada
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How to Win a Hackathon: Ideas, Teams & Speaker Night x Shipaton
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Shipaton Buenos Aires 2026
Appstack, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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PCD September 2026: IRL Shipaton Edition
Paphos, Cyprus
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Ship Happens: The Pub Quiz
Berlin, Germany
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iOSC x Shipaton @USC
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Shipaton Currambera
Meira Café, Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
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Shipaton 2026 x GDGoC NCU: Mobile App Development & AI-Assisted Coding
Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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Cape Town Ship-a-ton 2026: Build, Demo & Ship
Cape Town, South Africa
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Ship IDEA
New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Shipaton Manila 2026
Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
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RevenueCat Shipaton 2026: University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
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RevenueCat Shipaton IRL × Naples - by Create with Swift
SpazioTRA, Naples, Italy
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Shipaton 2026: Islamabad Campus Meetup
Islamabad, Pakistan
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Swift Excelsior Presents: Shipaton Launch Party
New York City, NY, USA
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CodeFest
University of Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria
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Shipaton Guatemala x Open2
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Shipaton: Road to Devfest - Kotlin Edition
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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RevenueCat Shipaton X Lahore Garrison University
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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RevenueCat Shipathon at Alliance University
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Shipaton Auckland: Code, Coffee & Build
Auckland, New Zealand
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DekPort × Shipaton — 3 Days to Ship
Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Shipaton at University of Education
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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Bluvfi x Circle x Arc: Shipaton IRL
Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria
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NSCoder Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
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Shipaton 26 – UANL Swift Challenge
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
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Leeds Mobile: RevenueCat Shipaton
Leeds, England, UK
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SwiftMate: Shipaton Edition
Montevideo, Uruguay
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iOSoho IndieDev Talks
New York City, NY, USA
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The Shippies
New York City, NY, USA
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Shipaton Demo Day in Times Square
New York City, NY, USA
Event detailsYou shared what you know.
Thank you to our livestream guests and hosts for sharing your expertise, answering questions, and helping builders get unstuck.
18 conversations to come back to
Shipaton 2026 kickoff: Tokyo countdown party
We're counting down to the official start of Shipaton 2026 live from the 18th floor of CE LA VI TOKYO.
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How to win Shipaton: What judges actually look for
Learn how judges score Shipaton submissions, what past winners did well, and how to avoid common pitfalls.
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From idea to published app with Replit
See how to build and publish an app with AI, from a natural-language prompt to a deployed application.
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What should I build? Finding and validating your Shipaton idea
Learn how to brainstorm and rapidly validate your Shipaton idea before committing seven weeks to it.
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Ship with Projects, grow with web funnels: Stripe x RevenueCat
See how Stripe Projects gets you from zero to payments, then explore app-to-web purchases, acquisition funnels, and win-back campaigns.
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Building apps for influencer audiences
Learn how to build and position an app for a creator or influencer's audience.
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Integrating AdMob: monetizing your app with ads
Learn best practices for integrating ads into your mobile app with Google AdMob. AdMob is offering a $1,000 cash bonus to the first 500 registrants.
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Winning the first 7 days: onboarding, push, and retention
Design onboarding, push notifications, and retention habits that help new users stick around.
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Building cross-platform: Kotlin Multiplatform
Build high-quality iOS and Android apps from a single codebase using Kotlin Multiplatform.
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How to get your first users with UGC creators
Use user-generated content and creator partnerships to turn social reach into app downloads.
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Midpoint: from build to growth
Shift from development mode to growth mode and set yourself up for a strong Shipaton submission.
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Where are your users dropping off? An intro to funnels
Use funnels to find where users drop off and identify opportunities to improve conversion.
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Paywall design tips and tricks
Design a paywall that converts with practical guidance on layout, copy, and social proof.
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How to scale Meta ads for subscription apps
Learn how to scale Meta ad campaigns that acquire and convert subscription app users.
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How to get your app approved (without getting rejected)
Avoid the most common App Store and Google Play review problems and learn how to recover from a rejection.
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How to understand your data and run experiments
Read your app data, identify what to optimize, and run experiments that improve revenue and retention.
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ASO in the age of AI agents: How to get your app discovered
Learn how AI agents are reshaping app discovery and how to keep your app visible.
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Final AMA: ask us anything before the deadline
Unblock last-minute issues and get feedback before the Shipaton submission deadline.
Watch the recordingYou backed the builders.
To every Shipaton sponsor: thank you for the tools, support, and prizes that helped this community build and ship.
And thank you to our 30 judges for the time, care, and attention you gave to the apps.
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