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!

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

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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

Fun idea. Hope it works. I rated the first app and will plan to submit my own app when its ready.

Ricky Witherspoon

@rwitherspoon@mastodon.social

thanks! Winner 2 is coming up!

March 14, 2026 at 11:13:39 PM

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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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