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MIMIC
The daily face game — make the emoji, beat friends
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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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. 😅
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.
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.
3 seconds is brutal, made the silliest face of my life trying to nail the first emoji. Love that the photo strips stay on your phone, way more fun than I expected from something this simple.
honestly love that nothing leaves the phone, that part sold me. one thing though, would be cool if you could see your streak calendar after each round, like little dots filling in for the days you played. would make me way more likely to come back tomorrow and not break it.
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.
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.
About MIMIC on Product Hunt
“The daily face game — make the emoji, beat friends”
MIMIC was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 18 upvotes and 11 comments, placing #26 on the daily leaderboard. 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".
MIMIC was featured in iOS (110.6k followers), Funny Games (2.2k followers) and Games (98.7k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 65.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted MIMIC?
MIMIC was hunted by Jitrapon Prueangwet. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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