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Shipaton Week 7: The shoreline approaches with a final Q&A
Week 7 in 60 seconds: Mark Howland soft-launched goal-tracker meets social network Root, Sahil Bakoru’s True Wallet is climbing the ProductHunt charts, and Abhimanyu celebrated the first $ of Pact. Next week’s livestreams dive into data-driven growth and draw Shipaton to a close with a final Q&A, while this week’s replays cover app acquisitions and adding video-calling to iOS. IRL events are happening in Chennai, Taichung, Buenos Aires, and Barcelona. The Shipaton submission deadline is September 30th — share your updates in Discord and tag #Shipaton to stay seen.
#BUILDINPUBLIC HIGHLIGHTS
- Shivam Bhalla released PixMorph, an AI video and photo generation app
- Mark Howland is doing a soft launch for Root, a social network for goals
- Sahil Bakoru is climbing the ProductHunt charts for his completely offline wallet app, True Wallet
- Abhimanyu celebrated the first dollar made and trial conversion with his habit app, Pact
- Magnus vS is showing off a smooth app launch animation for WikiPath
- Boonya Kitpitak is planning post-launch A/B price testing and localization for FloorFit
LIVESTREAMS: JOIN US NEXT WEEK
Check our full schedule + past recordings at shipaton.com/live
Tuesday September 23rd: How to understand your data and run experiments to grow your app's revenue
Join the RevenueCat team as they discuss how to find, interpret, and act on your data to grow your app business. Stick around for the live Q&A to get your questions answered on the spot.
Thursday 25th September: Final Shipaton Q&A
We're almost at the end! For the final livestream of Shipaton 2025, we're answering all of your last minute questions to make sure you are prepared to put your best submission forward.
THIS WEEK’S REPLAYS
How to get your app acquired with Evelin Herrera (EHVM Capital)
Adding video-calling to your iOS app in 30 minutes with Stream
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 20th September: Namma Flutter - Indie App Development with Flutter — Chennai, India
- Monday 22nd September: 新生村 Welcome Talk | Apple × Google 校園社群日 — Taichung, Taiwan
- Tuesday 23rd September: Meetup Shipaton 2025: Argentina Edition — Buenos Aries, Argentina
- Thursday 25th September: BCN Shipaton by Leadtech & The Mobile Club — Barcelona, Spain
UPDATES
This is the last full week before the Shipaton submission deadline on September 30th! If you haven’t already, now is the time to get your app submitted to the store to ensure you’ll get through App Review in time. Remember, you can always follow up with a bug fix update after.
QUICK REMINDERS
- Discord = your HQ for feedback, collaboration, testers, and posting. Swing by Discord → 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.
Batten down the hatches for your final week at sea, you’ve almost made it!
Lorelei
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