I built theapplottery.com to help indie devs get traction and reviews.

Getting someone to review your app can feel like pulling teeth, so the idea is simple: devs help devs. Submit your app and each cycle a random app gets featured.

Hoping if enough apps get added organically, the reach grows beyond just the developers submitting.

Would love feedback!

#IndieDev #iOSDev #AppDev #BuildInPublic #IndieApps

80 Days — This Week's Pick - 80 Days — This Week's Pick

The App Lottery

80 Days — This Week's Pick

1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Choose your own route, travelling by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and

Ricky Witherspoon

@rwitherspoon@mastodon.social

Quick note about how it works.

Since there will likely be more apps than feature spots, it uses a lottery system. Each cycle randomly selects an app to feature.

Apps stay in the pool even if they win, so every draw is completely fair.

The goal is simple: make it easier for devs to support other devs.

#IndieDev #AppStore #iOSDev #StartupProjects #BuildInPublic

March 13, 2026 at 1:59:47 PM

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Thanks for your interest in trying out Elk, our work-in-progress Mastodon web client!

Expect some bugs and missing features here and there. we are working hard on the development and improving it over time.

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