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Shipaton Week 6: How to get your app acquired and add video-calling to iOS apps in record time
Week 6 in 60 seconds: Taiwo Omisore is literally building in public with Word Tiles IRL in London, Gautier’s KUBBO looks dangerously addictive, and builders are shipping everything from AI-voice-powered cutscenes to slick Liquid Glass-inspired design. This week’s replays cover scaling with Tempo and ASO for your first 1K users; next week Evelin Herrera breaks down how to get your app acquired and add video-calling to iOS apps. IRL meetups include in Bengaluru, Manila, Manchester, Prague, London, and Logroño. Keep sharing in Discord and tagging #Shipaton to boost your build.
#BUILDINPUBLIC HIGHLIGHTS
- Taiwo Omisore is taking ‘building in public’ to a whole new level — setting up a table in different iconic London spots to gather feedback on Word Tiles IRL
- @mcflyDev Gautier’s city builder game, KUBBO, is looking addictive already, with retro pixel art and goal tracking
- Lucas Goldner designed a delightful bottom nav bar with Flutter, inspired by Liquid Glass
- Sikder Arifa Rahman is using ElevenLabs AI voices to power animated cut scenes in FocusRPG
- Morten Bjerg Gregersen debuted a Liquid Glass app icon variation for Miniotaur
- @celal_dev’s app, FeelFree, is looking great and helping people quit smoking
- Nikhil Mandlik made a quickfire guide to integrating RevenueCat KMP SDK as part of his Shipaton 2025 video series on Youtube
LIVESTREAMS: JOIN US NEXT WEEK
Check our full schedule + past recordings at shipaton.com/live
Monday 15th September: How to get your app acquired with Evelin Herrera (EHVM Capital)
Join Evelin Herrera, founder of EHVM Capital, to hear from a pro at app and game acquisitions — here are the secrets that make buyers say ‘yes’.
Thursday 18th September: Adding video-calling to your iOS app in 30 minutes with Stream
Stefan Blos from Stream walks through adding video-calling capabilities to your iOS app fast using Stream’s SDK. Plus, the usual live Q&A for on-the-spot answers.
THIS WEEK’S REPLAYS
How to build reliable, scalable apps with Tempo
From zero to 1K: Proven ASO Tactics to Win Your First Organic Users
IRL: COMING UP THIS WEEK AND NEXT
All these are listed with links on our IRL calendar. Want to host your own with your own community? Apply here — there might be swag in it for you…
- Saturday 13th September: IndeHub Chapter - 13: Build fast, ship faster with Shipaton — Bengaluru, India
- Saturday 13th September: Shipaton Manila IRL 2025 — Manila, Philippines
- Monday 15th September: NSManchester Indie Dev Fair — Manchester, UK
- Tuesday 16th September: React Prague, Shipaton Edition — Prague, Czech Republic
- Wednesday 17th September: Shipaton @ Ramen Space — London, UK
- Wednesday 17th September: Shipaton at NSSpain 2025 — Logroño, Spain
UPDATES
- @DesignerAnts is giving away codes for Picasso App Screenshot Studio for Shipaton participants — just reply to their tweet here
- JetBrains are looking for mobile developers (with no experience of KMP) to take part in a short study giving feedback on the Kotlin Multiplatform landing page — nab an Amazon gift card or JetBrains All Products Pack subscription as a thank you
QUICK REMINDERS
Discord = your HQ for feedback, collaboration, testers, and posting → share your #BuildInPublic posts in #post-engagement-boost.
#Shipaton = use this hashtag to post your updates on the social channels (including YouTube) of your choice: we read and watch every one! And browse this tag yourself for inspiration and motivation from your follow Shipaton builders.
Wishing you fair weather with minimal stormy seas!
Lorelei
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