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I’m testing a mobile game called Wibto.

It turns real-world movement into a competitive map system. Your GPS path creates territory, and other users can take it back by moving through the same areas.

It’s not a fitness tracker. Movement is just how you interact with the game world. The focus is on territory control, competition, and real-world social gameplay.

Early users tend to engage with it during normal daily routines like walking or commuting rather than dedicated sessions.

I only have one screenshot right now, but it shows the core mechanic.

Looking for feedback on gameplay feel and whether the concept is interesting outside of early curiosity.

I built a mobile game called Wibto.

It turns real-world movement into a competitive territory system on a map. Users can claim and lose areas based on where they move in daily life.

It’s not a fitness app. The core loop is competition, territory control, and social ranking.

I’m trying to understand what acquisition channels would actually work for something like this, since it’s a network-effect driven, location-based game.

I built Wibto. You run outside, your GPS path claims real map territory. Others can steal it back.

The catch: it gets way more fun with more players. Right now the map is mostly empty.

The beauty of it: you don't even have to "go for a run." Just open the app when you're walking to work, heading to the store, anywhere. Territory comes to you.

Just don't forget to check back. Someone might be taking your streets right now.

First week: 50+ users. That alone got me excited. Would love to see you on the map.

Also just updated the UI. What do you think of the new design?

App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/wibto/id6753147272

Yeni çıkardığım iOS uygulamamı şu ana kadar yaklaşık 50 kişi indirdi. Tamamen organik şekilde geldi, çoğu Reddit üzerinden. Şimdi bunu nasıl büyütebileceğimi anlamaya çalışıyorum. Daha önce uygulamasını 500-1000+ kullanıcıya ulaştırmış olanlar varsa. En çok hangi kanallar işe yaradı?
ASO, Reddit, TikTok, influencer, community building vs. neler denediniz?

Özellikle başlangıç aşamasında gerçekten fark yaratan şey ne oldu merak ediyorum.

Just launched Wibto, a territory-conquest running app. You run outside, claim real map zones, compete with others in your city.

First 2 days: 50+ users, all organic from Reddit.

Now trying to figure out the next channels. App Store Optimization is on my list but early days. No budget for paid ads yet.

For those who've grown iOS apps past 500-1000 downloads — what actually worked? ASO, communities, influencers, something else?

https://preview.redd.it/6d0w88helszg1.png?width=1960&format=png&auto=webp&s=b530e77b7074d904c59bed297962f51b9ec4dc38

Uzun süredir boş vakitlerde üzerinde çalıştığım uygulamayı sonunda yayınladım. Çok heyecanlıyım açıkçası.

SwiftUI + Firebase + Mapbox kullandım. Mapbox kısmı özellikle zorladı, daha önce hiç kullanmamıştım. Hatalar, geri dönüşler derken bayağı vakit aldı ama sonunda çalıştı.

Solo proje, ekip yok. Bakalım nasıl gidecek.

Merak edenler DM atabilir, linki gönderebilirim.

https://reddit.com/link/1t4n3mq/video/tsib58o2yczg1/player

After months of solo development, Wibto just went live on the App Store. It's a GPS-based territory conquest app — you run outside, your path claims real map zones, other users can steal them.

Wanted to share some technical challenges I ran into in case anyone finds it useful:

Mapbox + SwiftUI
Mapbox's SDK is UIKit-native. Wrapping it in UIViewRepresentable was straightforward, but keeping the map state in sync with SwiftUI's reactive model took some iteration.

Real-time territory rendering
Territories are polygon overlays on the map. With many users, rendering performance became a concern — ended up batching Firestore listeners and updating overlays incrementally rather than re-rendering the full layer.

GPS accuracy for conquest
Raw CLLocationManager data is noisy. Had to implement a smoothing layer so short pauses or GPS drift didn't accidentally claim territory in the wrong direction.

Stack: SwiftUI + Combine, Firebase Firestore, Mapbox Maps SDK, Google Sign-In

Just launched, zero users except me. Happy to go deep on any of the technical decisions if anyone's curious.

Today's a milestone: Wibto is live on iOS.

What it is: A running app where you conquer real map territory by running through it. Think Pokémon GO meets a city-wide race.

What building it looked like:

• Started with a basic GPS tracker
• Added territory grid logic (harder than expected)
• Rebuilt the conquest engine twice

https://reddit.com/link/1t3t20h/video/t7g9qfrcg6zg1/player

• Designed for both solo and competitive play
• Shipped solo, no team, no funding

Stack: SwiftUI + Firebase + Mapbox

What's next: Real users. Real feedback. Iterating in public.
https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/wibto/id6753147272

If you've ever shipped a location-based app, I'd love to know how you handled early retention — the experience is better with more players, which is a classic cold-start problem