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title: "Applications are now open for The Shippies 2025 🏆"
description: "Announcing The Shippies 2025: Celebrating App Growth Excellence 🚢"
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publishedAt: "2025-08-26T10:56:01Z"
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  - name: "Rik Haandrikman"
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# Applications are now open for The Shippies 2025 🏆

Announcing The Shippies 2025: Celebrating App Growth Excellence 🚢

## Table of contents

- [The Shippies 2025 🚢](#the-shippies-2025)
- [Categories](#categories)
- [How to Apply for the 2025 Shippies](#how-to-apply-for-the-2025-shippies)
- [Why Apply?](#why-apply)

Last year at App Growth Annual, we tried something new: handing out a set of trophies to recognize the best subscription apps in the world. We called them *The Shippies*, a not-so-subtle nod to “shipping” (which we think is worth celebrating in itself)

It was a hit. We had incredible entries, tough judging decisions, and [six winners](https://www.revenuecat.com/blog/growth/shippies-winners-2024/) who set the standard for what “app growth excellence” looks like:

- **Smooth Sailor (Best Onboarding Experience):** *Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The Pump*
- **Port of Entry (Most Effective Use of Paywalls):** *Lose It!*
- **Life Preserver (Best Churn Reduction Initiative):** *HER*
- **Treasure Chest (Best Monetization Strategy):** *Zumba*
- **Anchor’s Away (Best New App Launch):** *Galatea by Inkitt*
- **Lone Skipper (Best Solo Developer Build):** *Shotsy*

We didn’t just hand them a trophy. We gave them the spotlight, literally. Their apps lit up over 150 billboards across San Francisco, turning Market Street into a celebration of subscription success

![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/c3qnx9b0/production/2e32a8e4a55ff507b9b5292bbce4fc5407af8784-1280x960.jpg)

This year, we’re taking it even bigger

## **The Shippies 2025 🚢**

[Applications](https://form.typeform.com/to/wffvBJvx) are now open for the second edition of *The Shippies*. Six categories. Six winners. Endless bragging rights

Here’s what’s up for grabs:

- A shiny Shippy trophy (in a brand new design!)
- A feature across RevenueCat channels
- Your app **on a Times Square billboard** during New York App Week (October 13-16) and App Growth Annual in New York

![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/c3qnx9b0/production/c7f6823d2580d02643ab3aa628a86ea809f534c0-1024x1085.png)

If you can’t make it to New York on October 14, we’ll *ship* you your Shippy. But the billboard? That’s happening no matter what

## **Categories**

Same as last year, there are six categories and you can pick any two to apply for:

- **Smooth Sailor** – Best onboarding experience
- **Port of Entry** – Most effective use of paywalls
- **Life Preserver** – Best churn reduction initiative
- **Treasure Chest** – Best overall monetization strategy
- **Anchor’s Away** – Best new app launch
- **Lone Skipper** – Best new app built by a solo developer
## **How to Apply** for the 2025 Shippies

- Fill out [this application form](https://form.typeform.com/to/wffvBJvx) by **September 15, 2025**
- You can apply in up to two categories
- Winners will be announced on stage at **App Growth Annual NYC, October 14, 2025**
## **Why Apply?**

![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/c3qnx9b0/production/80c65968588720ba66317b3c22e2b6d92831d010-640x849.jpg)

Beyond the trophy and the Times Square flex, The Shippies are about shining a light on the work that usually doesn’t get a spotlight. Onboarding flows. Churn experiments. Pricing strategies. Launches that worked

If you’ve been shipping hard, we want to celebrate you

[Submit your app for a Shippy](https://form.typeform.com/to/wffvBJvx)


We can’t wait to see the entries this year and we’ll see you (and your app, fifty feet high in Times Square) in October!