Ship your app when it's actually ready.

Give every release a checklist you trust. Nothing goes out half-done, and nothing important slips.

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Cadence 2.4.0

In progress

7 of 10 complete

Update App Store screenshots
Finalise the release notes
Submit build for review Required

ShipWhenReady is a release checklist tool for indie app makers.

Indie apps rarely stall in the code. They stall in the last mile: the screenshots, the release notes, the build you keep meaning to submit.

How it works

01
Add a product

Add the app you're shipping, on the App Store, Google Play, or the web.
02
Plan a release

Start a version in draft. It sits there until you're ready to do the real work.
03
Work the checklist

Tick off each step as you go, and watch the bar fill up until the release is done.

Checklists that keep you honest

Every ShipWhenReady release gets a checklist, and a progress bar that shows exactly how close it is. Mark the steps that matter as required, and they can't be skipped by accident.

5 of 8 complete

Bump the version number
Verify in-app purchases Required
Translate onboarding copy

Every release, from draft to shipped

A ShipWhenReady release moves from draft, to in progress, to released. One glance tells you what's going out next and what's still waiting.

Wired into the repo you're already working in

Link a ShipWhenReady product to its GitHub repository, and a release to a milestone. The milestone's open issues then sit beside your checklists, so the code still in flight and the last-mile steps are on one page.

indiehq/cadence

Milestone 2.4.0 — 2 open
Crash on first launch after update

#218
Sync retries forever when offline

PR
Update App Store screenshots

Keep your eyes on the finish line

ShipWhenReady does one thing: it gets your app out the door. There's no sprawling project board and no busywork. Just the next step, then the one after it.

Pricing

One product is free for as long as you like. Go Pro when you're shipping more than one.

Free

$0 forever

No card to start.

One active product
Unlimited releases, checklists and items
Required steps, progress bars and release states
Archive a product any time to free the slot

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Pro

Recommended

$5 per month

or $50 per year Two months free

Unlimited active products
Everything in Free, unchanged
Monthly or yearly, whichever suits you
Cancel any time and keep Pro to the end of the period

Upgrade after sign-in

There's no trial to run out, because the free plan is the trial. Upgrade when a second app turns up, and cancel whenever you like; you keep Pro until the end of the period you've already paid for.

Pricing questions

What counts as a product?

One app you ship, on the App Store, Google Play, or the web. Under it you get as many releases, checklists and items as you like, on both plans. Archived products don't count, so archiving one frees the slot.

What happens if I hit the free limit?

Nothing is hidden and nothing goes read-only. Everything you've already made stays visible and editable. The only thing blocked is adding another product, or restoring an archived one. Archive one to free the slot, or upgrade for unlimited.

What happens if I cancel?

Cancelling stops the renewal, and nothing else. You keep Pro until the end of the period you've already paid for. After that the account goes back to Free, with every product still there and still editable.

How does billing work?

Prices are in USD. Stripe handles payments and tax. If your bank bills you in another currency, it converts. There's nothing to invoice, and no card on file until you upgrade.

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