Shipaton 2026 winners

Shipaton 2026 attracted tens of thousands of participants, who submitted 3,985 projects and nearly 3,000 apps to major app stores, with 58 winners selected across product growth, design, games, monetization, community building, platform support, and sponsor challenges. Mio won the Grand Prize after reaching more than 6,000 downloads, 802 active subscriptions, and nearly $30,000 in revenue with its gamified social habit tracker. Other notable winners included Boop for public-facing development, Nitelore for games, See as Me: Colorblind for accessibility, Clucky for design, Adversary for integrating ads into gameplay, Bubble Games for student development, and GRIDLOCK for monetization. The awards also recognized apps addressing nutrition, productivity, career conversations, gaming discovery, fitness, cross-platform Kotlin development, viral marketing, Galaxy foldables, community support, growth experimentation, user retention, and web-to-app payment funnels. RevenueCat concluded by thanking participants and supporters, noting that Shipaton’s end marks the beginning of the participating apps’ continued development.

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