MIMIC is a game that could only exist on a phone. Every day the whole world gets the same 5 emoji. You have 3 seconds to make each face, and your iPhone scores the match 0-100 with on-device face tracking. Build a streak, then share the photo strip (your 5 faces next to the 5 emoji) or a spoiler-free grid. No account, no uploads: nothing leaves your phone. One 60-second round a day, and dangerously "one more try".
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Hey Product Hunt 👋
I wanted to build a game that could ONLY exist on a phone — not a runner or a match-3 reskin. MIMIC is the result: every day, everyone on Earth gets the same 5 emoji, and you have 3 seconds to make each face. Your iPhone's face tracking scores you live, 0–100. It's all on-device — no account, no uploads, your photos never leave your phone.
The best part is the share card: your 5 attempts next to the 5 emoji. It's involuntarily hilarious. There's also a spoiler-free grid (🟩🟨⬛) if you'd rather brag without the photo.
It's free, one 60-second round a day, and weirdly addictive once your streak is on the line.
I'd genuinely love to know: which emoji do you think you'd score worst on? Mine is 🥺 — I look deranged, not pleading. 😅
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Tried the round this morning and the on-device face tracking is genuinely accurate. Caught myself replaying just to beat my score, which is exactly the trap the description warned about.
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@okanorkf Thank you, Okan! Really happy the tracking felt accurate—and it sounds like MIMIC’s “just one more try” trap worked perfectly 😄 Now the real challenge is beating that score tomorrow!
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@okanorkf Ha, the trap works! Replaying to beat your score is exactly the loop we hoped for. Hard mode (1.5s per face) is waiting when normal rounds get too easy ⚡
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Tried it this morning and honestly the face tracking is way smoother than I expected, especially for something running entirely on the phone. The spoiler-free grid thing is a nice touch since basically every group chat I have would want to compare scores without spoiling the daily emoji.
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@sat908949344395 Thank you, Sati! We spent a lot of time making the on-device tracking feel responsive, so this means a lot. And yes—the spoiler-free grid was built exactly for comparing scores in group chats without ruining the daily faces
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@sat908949344395 Thank you! The spoiler-free grid was exactly for that group-chat moment — flex the score, never spoil the emoji. Glad the on-device tracking surprised you, that's the part we tuned the longest.
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Love the privacy-first approach and the daily ritual feel. One thing that would really help replayability for me would be a friends-only leaderboard where you can compare streak totals with a small group, still no accounts or uploads, just opt-in codes you share. Would keep the competitive pull without ruining the calm vibe.
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@nermina7zv This is a great idea — opt-in codes with no accounts fits exactly how we think about MIMIC. Adding it to the roadmap. For now the share grid is the leaderboard: same 5 emoji for everyone, so group chats become the scoreboard.
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Tried this on a whim and the 3-second timer makes it way more chaotic than I expected. Fun seeing how bad I am at making a surprised face on cue.
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@enolzlenwsx3 The 3-second panic is the whole game 😄 Nobody can make a surprised face on cue — that's what makes the photo strip worth sharing. Thanks for trying it!
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Update, 11 days in: v1.1 is now live on the App Store 🎉 The top request from launch week — a streak calendar — shipped: after each round you now see three weeks of dots filling in for every day you played, with tomorrow's empty dot waiting for you. And v1.2 is already in review with a feedback button so you can tell us what to build next, right from the results screen. Keep the streaks alive!
Tried the round this morning and the on-device face tracking is genuinely accurate. Caught myself replaying just to beat my score, which is exactly the trap the description warned about.
@okanorkf Thank you, Okan! Really happy the tracking felt accurate—and it sounds like MIMIC’s “just one more try” trap worked perfectly 😄 Now the real challenge is beating that score tomorrow!
@okanorkf Ha, the trap works! Replaying to beat your score is exactly the loop we hoped for. Hard mode (1.5s per face) is waiting when normal rounds get too easy ⚡
Tried it this morning and honestly the face tracking is way smoother than I expected, especially for something running entirely on the phone. The spoiler-free grid thing is a nice touch since basically every group chat I have would want to compare scores without spoiling the daily emoji.
@sat908949344395 Thank you, Sati! We spent a lot of time making the on-device tracking feel responsive, so this means a lot. And yes—the spoiler-free grid was built exactly for comparing scores in group chats without ruining the daily faces
@sat908949344395 Thank you! The spoiler-free grid was exactly for that group-chat moment — flex the score, never spoil the emoji. Glad the on-device tracking surprised you, that's the part we tuned the longest.
Love the privacy-first approach and the daily ritual feel. One thing that would really help replayability for me would be a friends-only leaderboard where you can compare streak totals with a small group, still no accounts or uploads, just opt-in codes you share. Would keep the competitive pull without ruining the calm vibe.
@nermina7zv This is a great idea — opt-in codes with no accounts fits exactly how we think about MIMIC. Adding it to the roadmap. For now the share grid is the leaderboard: same 5 emoji for everyone, so group chats become the scoreboard.
Tried this on a whim and the 3-second timer makes it way more chaotic than I expected. Fun seeing how bad I am at making a surprised face on cue.
@enolzlenwsx3 The 3-second panic is the whole game 😄 Nobody can make a surprised face on cue — that's what makes the photo strip worth sharing. Thanks for trying it!
Update, 11 days in: v1.1 is now live on the App Store 🎉 The top request from launch week — a streak calendar — shipped: after each round you now see three weeks of dots filling in for every day you played, with tomorrow's empty dot waiting for you. And v1.2 is already in review with a feedback button so you can tell us what to build next, right from the results screen. Keep the streaks alive!
Pazi
Really nice work on MIMIC. Hope the launch goes brilliantly! 🎉
@zvonimir_sabljic1 Thanks Zvonimir! Launch week has been wild — day-one commenters like you made it.