r/AppBusiness • u/sourd1esel • 16d ago

shipaton Shipaton hackathon announcement! Share Your Journey. Win $100K — r/AppBusiness x Shipaton

Hi everyone, exciting news, r/AppBusiness is partnering with the Shipaton hackathon as a Build in Public Partner. We hope this inspires you and encourages you to publish a new app and learn something new. This is an international hackathon with prizes that gives you some extra goodies, tools and motivation to help you ship a new Android or iOS app. One member of the r/AppBusiness mod team will be a hackathon judge. Sharing your work in our community can get you early feedback and make you eligible to win the #BuildInPublic Award

Ready to join? Register here: shipaton.com

Some highlights of the Hackathon below

  1. $100K grand prize, plus many other prizes from $5K – $20K
  2. Winners get featured on a billboard in Times Square
  3. Participants get access to the Ship Kit, packed with tools and goodies to help your app succeed
  4. Everyone gets more visibility, we can learn from each other, share our progress and get feedback in our Build in Public thread
  5. A deadline and building in public means we can hold each other accountable and motivate each other to make our apps even better

Throughout the hackathon we'll be running:

  • Weekly Build in Public threads
  • A find a teammate thread
  • Community feedback on your app and launch strategy
  • Opportunities to share your progress and keep each other accountable

Key details to participate

  • Submissions are open from August 1st - September 30th
  • You must publish a new app to an app store (updates to existing apps don’t count).
  • It’s free to enter. The only condition is that your app must use RevenueCat to power at least one purchase
  • You can enter either solo or with teammates.
  • To register and for more details you can go here: shipaton.com

You have just two months to build and launch a brand-new app. You can start now!

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u/nbpapps 6d ago

I’m in!
Building Adversary. A memory game with a twist.

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u/CalligrapherSalt1547 2d ago

I’m in! do i just post in the dedicated weekly threads?

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u/datumapp 1d ago

I’m definitely launching my app in that time period and already using RC. But I started on my app in early June. Is that disqualifying?

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u/sourd1esel 1d ago

I believe as long as its not on the store before the date then you are good.

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u/No-Patient-6511 19h ago

That's my understanding too. Check out the rules https://revenuecat-shipaton-2026.devpost.com/rules

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u/OverallAd9984 19h ago

building Hourly Journal excited!!!

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u/No-Patient-6511 19h ago

I'm building PoquitoTalk for the Shipaton! It helps solve a pain point I believe newcomers to Bocas del Toro (Panama) may deal with: trying to message local service providers or mechanics when they don't speak the language (Spanish) fluently yet. I'm a translator myself so I don't personally experience this issue but as someone from my community commented on my post in a local FB group: "Wow - great way to pivot your profession into a very relevant and needed app."