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The world's biggest mobile hackathon for people who actually ship.

Two months. Thousands of builders. Real apps, shipped to real stores. Shipaton 2026 is coming.

Pre-register for 2026Coming soon2025 Shipaton

When

August - September 2026

Where

Online + IRL events globally

Who

Any app developer

What

Build. Ship. Get paid.

Shipaton IRL

Bring Shipaton home to your city.

Last year, builders brought Shipaton in person from Tokyo to St. Louis, Seoul to Barcelona, and London to Delhi. This year will be even bigger.

Host an event

Large group photo from a Tokyo Shipaton 2025 community event. — Tokyo

Speaker presenting to a seated audience at a Seoul Shipaton 2025 workshop. — Seoul

Audience gathered around a presenter at a Shipaton 2025 event in London. — London

New student category

Meet the Next Gen Award.

This year we're making Shipaton more accessible than ever to students across the world with the Next Gen Award: a new prize category exclusively for students. Participants submit a video and source code, removing the requirement for a paid Apple or Google developer account. The prizes have not yet been announced, but trust us, you won't want to miss them.

Schools, clubs, and university programs can host Shipaton IRL campus events to bring students together, hand out Shipaton swag, and help classmates build toward their submissions.

Explore Next Gen Host a campus event

Big Prizes

Win big. Get seen.

Ship a standout app and you could take home huge cash prizes, see your work on giant billboards in NYC, score a ticket to RevenueCat's exclusive App Growth Annual conference, accept your Shippy trophy live on stage, and more. Prize categories and award announcements are coming soon.

Cash

Huge cash prizes

Spotlight

Your app on giant NYC billboards

Conference

App Growth Annual ticket

Stage

Accept a Shippy trophy live on stage

A submitted app displayed on a giant digital billboard in New York City. — NYC billboards
App spotlight

Become a sponsor

Put your tools in front of thousands of active builders.

Shipaton sponsors show up while developers are choosing what to build with, launching apps, and sharing what they made. The full sponsor package is on the sponsor page.

Become a sponsor

Shipaton sponsor logos displayed on stage at RevenueCat's App Growth Annual 2025.

Pre-register

Be first in line for Shipaton 2026.

The Devpost page is the source of truth for registration, rules, and submissions.

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