Solana Mobile has announced the 11 winning projects from the CLOCK IN hackathon, which attracted 438 submissions from developers building mobile applications for the Solana ecosystem.
CLOCK IN, organized by RadiantsDAO, opened submissions on September 8 and closed on October 12. Judging commenced afterward and concluded on November 9. The competition featured five main awards, five additional awards, and a separate $SKR integration award.
RadiantsDAO emphasized the quality of the submissions, noting that developers demonstrated "exceptional polish and curiosity" in transforming unconventional ideas into functional products.
This competition emphasizes usability, performance, and thoughtful mobile design. Judges score entries across four equally weighted criteria: product-market fit and user retention, user experience, innovation, and presentation.
Sprouts wins a $30,000 prize
The DeFi app Sprouts won first place in the competition, earning a $30,000 USDC prize and a Solana Seeker device for each team member. Sprouts helps users automatically save and allocate small amounts of money through their trading activity. The app rounds up the amount from each transaction in the linked wallet and invests the spare change once daily into selected Solana DeFi products.
Users can allocate funds to staking $SKR, $stORE, $hSOL, and $cbBTC, as well as lend $USDC or $SOL through Kamino and Jupiter Lend. This solution addresses a common challenge among active traders: keeping funds available while continuously trading.
Other Grand Prize Winners
In addition to Sprouts, four other projects won top prizes across different categories. The credit and leverage application Vanna Protocol received $25,000, while the payment project Glyf received $20,000. The gaming applications Battle Cities and Gali won $15,000 and $10,000, respectively.
Gali also received an additional ORE matching award. ORE provides this reward to the strongest $ORE integrations among the top 10 projects in the competition, effectively doubling Gali’s prize to $20,000.
Other Winners and the $SKR Integration Award
The other five winning projects, ranked 6th to 10th, are Mobiloot, Polaris, OnePlan Travel, Beatking, and Envelope. Four of these projects belong to the payments category, while Beatking represents the gaming sector.
Additionally, PAYtience received a $10,000 $SKR Integration Award, paid in $SKR, for its creative and meaningful token integration.
All winning teams will also receive featured placement on the Solana dApp Store, marketing and launch support through official Solana Mobile channels, and the opportunity to provide direct feedback on their projects to Solana Labs co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko.
The judging panel includes Anatoly Yakovenko, Mert Mumtaz, CEO and Co-founder of Helius, Chase Barker from the Solana Foundation, and Akshay Rajan, Head of Business Development and Ecosystem at Solana Mobile/Solana Labs.
Throughout the competition, RadiantsDAO and Solana Mobile also organized educational sessions for participants, including a technical Q&A with Beeman from Solana Mobile’s Developer Relations team, a masterclass on marketing and growth led by Akshay Rajan, and RadiantsDAO’s “Life’s a Pitch” workshop. These sessions covered development, user acquisition, growth strategies, and preparing project pitches.
CLOCK IN supports Solana Mobile's hardware ambitions
During SolanaFloor’s Shipped livestream, Emmett Hollyer, General Manager of Solana Mobile, said that the developer ecosystem plays a crucial role in communications with potential hardware manufacturing partners.
Hollyer described Solana Mobile's developer community as "truly unique," noting that other smartphone manufacturers also recognize the value of attracting top developers to their devices. He views the dApp Store as a breakthrough in communication with users, developers, and hardware manufacturers, and added that hackathons help sustain this momentum.
The number of apps on the Solana dApp Store has recently surpassed 1,500, further indicating growth in the ecosystem.
Meanwhile, Solana Mobile has extended the 50% discount on the Seeker phone until November 17, the final day of Solana Breakpoint 2026. The device is now priced at $250 with free shipping; the discount applies automatically at checkout without requiring a promo code. The offer will remain valid until stock runs out.
To track all featured apps and rewards during Seeker Summer, visit the Seeker Hub on SolanaFloor.
In addition, users can tune in to SolanaFloor’s live show Shipped, themed around Seeker, to hear directly from the founders and builders shaping the most popular protocols on the Solana dApp Store.