Announcing Shipaton 2026: Ship an app, win big, join the fun
- Company
Shipaton 2026 — RevenueCat's global hackathon for mobile app builders, August 1 to September 30
RevenueCat author Charlie Chapman
Author’s posts
A patron plan with no extra features outsold expectations — and proved design alone can be a business
- Growth
Andy Allen built a 2-person app studio whose most expensive subscription tier unlocks essentially no extra features — and it outsells expectations every year.
He turned down 75K for his app with 12K in sales. It hit $1M two years later.
- Growth
Eric Duffett had done $12,000 in total sales when a company offered $75,000 for his side-project golf app — and told him they'd crush him if he said no.
Why you should build another to-do list app (with a little help from Claude)
- Growth
Austin Blake built a task manager in the most crowded category on the App Store — and it got featured in the Apple Newsroom.
The three-week COVID pivot that saved an 11-year indie business
- Growth
Daniel Kennett nearly lost his house, his car, and his friendships building his first indie business — and then spent 11 years quietly building another one.
The Hail Mary pitch that launched a #1 App Store hit
- Growth
Bria Sullivan pitched a focus timer to Hank Green at the end of a meeting that was already over — and it hit #1 on the App Store.
Apple’s new monthly subscriptions with a 12-month commitment: useful, but probably not magic
- Engineering
A practical look at Apple’s new monthly annual subscriptions, what Google Play already supports, and where 12-month commitments might actually help.
How an email list became a 15-year safety net for a solo app developer
- Growth
Joe Allen built Teleprompter Pro without a CS degree, a marketing budget, or a plan — and it still became his full-time business.
RevenueCat Charts v3: fresher data, better decisions
- Engineering
We’ve rebuilt RevenueCat’s data infrastructure from the ground up.
Frederik Riedel expected 12%. His app cut screen time by 57%.
- Growth
On the podcast: how Frederik Riedel built one sec as a weekend prototype, accidentally triggered it 20 seconds later, and turned it into a research-backed screen time app with a proven 57% reduction. From a viral tweet with 700 followers to partnerships with Stanford, Cambridge,
“Solve time, and they’ll pay you”
- Growth
On the podcast: Antoine shares how he built RocketSim from an internal tool into a thriving business, the challenges of scaling as an indie developer, and the key marketing insights that drove growth—without relying on traditional ads or influencer campaigns.
From spite-driven development to community-powered success
- Growth
On the podcast: Adrian Eves about his path from Apple’s accessibility team to indie app development, building Pediapal and Auralog from personal health challenges. We cover lessons from launching, redesigning with Liquid Glass, navigating App Store features, and how community—fro