#BuildInPublic Award

Prizes

Check DevPost for official, up-to-date prizes.

• 1st Place
  • $15,000 in cash
  • Travel for one to RevenueCat's App Growth Annual conference in New York City
  • Times Square billboard feature
  • Shippy trophy
  • Blog feature
  • Media spotlight on 9to5Mac and 9to5Google
• 2nd Place
  • $10,000 in cash
  • Blog feature
• 3rd Place
  • $5,000 in cash

What Judges Are Looking For

The #BuildInPublic Award is for developers who shared an interesting development journey on social media or in online communities. Judges are looking for compelling lessons learned, community feedback, and ways the public process improved the app.

Audience size does not matter. The quality and usefulness of the journey does.

What To Include

• Links to relevant social accounts or specific posts you want judges to review.
• A short explanation of how building in public helped the app.
• Examples of feedback, motivation, or ideas that came from sharing publicly.
• Posts tagged #Shipaton and optionally #BuildInPublic where appropriate.

Judging Focus

Judges look at how creatively you shared the process, how people responded, and what you learned. They also consider whether public feedback led to changes that made the app better.

The official Devpost rules are the source of truth for eligibility, deadlines, and legal requirements.