--- description: Building for Shipaton 2026? Get the Capawesome platform free for 2 months. Ship live updates, cloud builds, and store submissions, plus 100+ mobile integrations. title: Shipaton 2026: Ship in Seconds, Not Days - Capawesome image: https://capawesome.io/docs/assets/images/social/blog/shipaton-2026.png --- [Skip to content ](#shipaton-2026-ship-faster-with-free-capawesome-access) [📲 Introducing **Build Sharing** — get your builds onto testers' devices with a link & QR code. 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We Speak That Language ](#building-with-ai-we-speak-that-language) * [ Start Shipping ](#start-shipping) * [ Final Thoughts ](#final-thoughts) # Shipaton 2026: Ship Faster With Free Capawesome Access[¶](#shipaton-2026-ship-faster-with-free-capawesome-access "Permanent link") Building for Shipaton 2026? Here's how to ship faster. You've got 8 weeks. That's not a lot of time. And every day you spend waiting on App Store or Google Play review is a day you're not shipping, not fixing bugs, and not making money. When you're racing everyone else to submit before the deadline, that waiting really adds up. Here's the good news. As a Shipaton 2026 participant, you get **2 months of the full Capawesome platform, free**. This post explains what that is, what it saves you, and exactly how to use it. But you should start NOW, and below we explain why. ## Your Free Capawesome Access for Shipaton 2026[¶](#your-free-capawesome-access-for-shipaton-2026 "Permanent link") Never heard of Capawesome? No problem. In plain terms, it's a platform that helps you build, update, and publish your mobile app without the usual headaches. The stuff that normally eats your time (building the app, sending updates, getting it into the stores) gets a lot easier. For Shipaton 2026, you get the full platform free for 2 months. Here's how to claim it: * Sign up at [capawesome.io](https://capawesome.io) * Enter the code **`SHIPATON2026`** at checkout * That's it. You're in. The offer is valid for the Shipaton period (**August 1 to September 30, 2026**) and only for new users. It costs you nothing, and setting it up takes minutes. If you're heads down building right now, it's easy to think "I'll deal with releases later." But not using these two free months is leaving easy time savings on the table. During an 8-week sprint, that time is the whole game. ## What You Can Actually Do With It[¶](#what-you-can-actually-do-with-it "Permanent link") Here's what those two free months get you, in plain language. * **Ship fixes instantly with live updates.** Found a bug the night before judging? Push the fix straight to your users' phones in seconds. No waiting days for App Store or Google Play to review it. (This is called an [OTA or "over the air" update](/blog/capacitor-live-updates-guide/). It just means the update reaches people without going through app review.) * **Build your app in the cloud.** No fighting with Xcode or Android Studio on your own machine. No "but it works on my computer" problems. You get real iOS and Android apps built for you in the cloud, even if you don't own a Mac. * **Submit to the stores automatically.** Stop clicking through App Store Connect and the Play Console by hand every single release. Set it up once, then ship with a click. * **Share builds with a QR code.** Got a teammate or a few beta testers? They scan a QR code and install your app instantly. No TestFlight, no accounts, no setup. Perfect when you're building together and need someone to try the latest version right now. ## Why You Should Start Now[¶](#why-you-should-start-now "Permanent link") Live updates feel like magic, but there's one thing to know: they don't skip app review entirely. They skip it after the first time. Here's how it works: * First, you build a native app with the live updates plugin installed and submit it to the App Store and Google Play. This first version still has to be approved by Apple and Google, just once. * Once it's approved and live, you can push OTA updates on top of it. New features, fixes, and content go straight to your users in seconds, no more review waiting. So the sooner you get that first approved build out, the sooner instant shipping kicks in for the rest of Shipaton. Leaving it for the last week means burning days on a wait you could have handled up front. That's why it pays to set this up NOW. ## Works With Whatever You're Already Building With[¶](#works-with-whatever-youre-already-building-with "Permanent link") Capawesome isn't tied to one way of building. Whatever your Shipaton project is made with, it fits in without a rewrite. * **iOS and Android native apps.** Already building native? Cloud builds and store submissions work for you too. * **Capacitor apps.** Full support, including live updates, cloud builds, and automated submissions. * **Cordova apps.** Yep, live updates and the rest work here as well. ## Ship Faster for Shipaton 2026: Two Guides to Start With[¶](#ship-faster-for-shipaton-2026-two-guides-to-start-with "Permanent link") If you haven't turned your app into a real mobile app yet, start here. These two guides are built for exactly this moment. ### New to Turning Web Apps Into Mobile Apps?[¶](#new-to-turning-web-apps-into-mobile-apps "Permanent link") Did you know you can package a web app into a mobile app? Yep, that's possible using [Capacitor](https://capacitorjs.com/). We've got a complete beginner guide that walks you through the whole thing. Start here: [11 steps to get your web app on the App Store](/blog/11-steps-to-get-your-web-app-on-the-app-store/). ### Built Your App With Lovable?[¶](#built-your-app-with-lovable "Permanent link") If you used [Lovable](https://lovable.dev) (or a similar AI app builder) to create a web app, you can turn it into a real iOS and Android app with Capacitor. No rewrite needed. Follow the step-by-step walkthrough here: [Convert your Lovable app to iOS and Android apps](/blog/convert-lovable-app-to-mobile-app/). ## Give Your Capacitor App Superpowers[¶](#give-your-capacitor-app-superpowers "Permanent link") Your free months come with something else: access to **more than 100 SDKs** that add real native features to your app. On top of that, we have a huge library of tutorials showing you how to build almost anything in Capacitor. Need Face ID to log people in? There's an SDK for that. Want to track the user's steps? Covered. Background audio, NFC, speech recognition, and a lot more are all one install away, each with a guide to walk you through it. This is why **Capacitor is a great ally for building a mobile app**. You get native powers when you need them, you iterate fast, and you ship updates over the air (OTA) without waiting on app review every time. Got a question? Join our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/VCXxSVjefW) and message us. We're happy to help. ## Building With AI? We Speak That Language[¶](#building-with-ai-we-speak-that-language "Permanent link") A lot of Shipaton builders lean on AI to move fast. Capawesome is built for exactly that, in three ways. * **AI features inside your app.** Add on-device AI to your Capacitor app with our [ML Kit GenAI plugins](https://capawesome.io/docs/sdks/capacitor/mlkit/), powered by Gemini Nano. Prompt a model, summarize text, rewrite messages, fix grammar, describe images, or turn speech into text, all running on the device (Android, in beta). * **AI that fixes your builds.** When a cloud build or deployment fails, click "Ask AI" in [Cloud Assist](https://capawesome.io/cloud/assist/) and get a plain-English diagnosis plus a suggested fix in seconds. No digging through logs at 2am. ## Start Shipping[¶](#start-shipping "Permanent link") Sign up, enter the code **`SHIPATON2026`**, and start shipping faster. It's free for two months, it takes minutes to set up, and it gives you back the one thing Shipaton never has enough of: time. [Redeem Your Free 2 Months](https://capawesome.io) ## Final Thoughts[¶](#final-thoughts "Permanent link") You've got 8 weeks, a huge list of ideas, and a real shot at building something people love. Don't let store reviews and broken builds eat the hours you need. With two free months of Capawesome, you push fixes in seconds, build in the cloud, and get into the stores without the grind. We'd love for you to lean on Capawesome to power your success and let us handle the hard part, so you can focus on building. This is your sprint. Go make it count. Not sure where to begin? The [11 steps to get your web app on the App Store](/blog/11-steps-to-get-your-web-app-on-the-app-store/) guide is a solid first stop. 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