Trophy 1.0
Hey HN! I'm Charlie, one of the co-founders of Trophy. Trophy is a platform for developers to build and ship gamification experiences for any web or mobile app without having to roll any of the backend yourself. We provide APIs and SDKs to shortcut a lot of the legwork building features like Achievements and Streaks, and a dashboard where you can tweak the experience without having to make any code changes. My co-founder Jason runs campfirewriting.com and always wanted to build a gamification system to boost retention, but always pushed it back in favour of other core features. So we decided…
Trophy 1.0 launched on January 12, 2026 with 356 votes, #53 of 14,585 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Trophy 1.0 is an API platform that helps developers add gamification features to their applications. It provides pre-built tools for streaks, experience points, badges, ranks, achievements, and leaderboards. The service includes no-code configuration options, automated personalized notifications via email and push, and a dashboard to track effects on user retention and engagement. It targets software developers and product teams looking to implement gamification without building these systems from scratch.
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From the sources
Ship gamification fast with flexible APIs for achievements, streaks, points, and leaderboards. Configure features without coding, automate personalized email and push notifications, and monitor impact on retention and engagement from a dashboard.
Trophy is the gamification layer for consumer apps. Add pre-built gamification features to any web or mobile app and increase user retention and engagement without building custom infrastructure.
Drop-in gamification features you can ship this sprint. Increase retention and user engagement without sacrificing your roadmap. Learn why product teams trust Trophy. Read our customer stories → Track user interactions and model user behavior with one line of code. Trophy's analytics surfaces opportunites to increase user retention and engagement. Power gamification features from actions users take in your product. Trophy handles the hard parts so you stay focused on your core product. Choose to deliver gamification features to users via lifecycle emails, drop-in pages, or custom integrations based on available resource and roadmap priorities. The only gamification platform built for the…from trophy.so
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Hey HN! I'm Charlie, one of the co-founders of Trophy. Trophy is a platform for developers to build and ship gamification experiences for any web or mobile app without having to roll any of the backend yourself. We provide APIs and SDKs to shortcut a lot of the legwork building features like Achievements and Streaks…
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