The App That Made Gamers Weaponize Their Smartphones

You are holding your phone right now, and an entire app was built just to make you launch it into the sky.

Nah, but listen, Chillers, we need to talk about an app called Send Me to Heaven. It was built by Carrot Pop and measures how far your mobile device travels when tossed upward. Apple kicked it off their platform right away, but you can still grab it on Google Play.

What Happens When You Launch Your Device?

When you open the software, a warning pops up asking you to stay aware of your surroundings. A legal disclaimer follows that completely wipes the developer clean of responsibility for injuries or damage. The directions simply demand maximum height with very little spinning.

Built-in motion chips calculate the altitude, but tilted models ruin the readings whenever you twist your wrist. Attempting a shortcut from a skyscraper window instantly triggers a system fault. Everyone would absolutely try that trick, honestly, and I am not surprised.

Software timing logs the upward journey against the downward crash. Should gravity pull it further than it climbed, the program blocks the result. Rankings populate separate charts tracking global, weekly, daily and neighborhood champions. I cannot believe they made boards for daily winners.

Some users reported hitting 40 meters (131 feet). But Svarovsky later found out those marks actually came from rubber-band launchers. Eish, imagine rigging a simple sling just to test a physics engine.

Why Is There Only One iOS Copy Left?

The mastermind behind Carrot Pop is Svarovsky, a Norwegian artist born in Czech lands who builds deliberately edgy mobile tools. He admitted to WIRED magazine that his main goal was watching gamers smash iPhones. His original plan targeted expensive gadgets bought purely to flex in certain societies. Yoh, that is a bold marketing angle.

Test runs occurred at a Norwegian concert venue where crowds loved the premise so much they launched devices before checking the app store. I cannot get over how fast they moved before verifying the installation.

Apple blocked the code entirely because their guidelines forbid promoting hardware destruction. Regular folks still love it, posting glowing ratings and uploading clip compilations to a dedicated Facebook page. The whole thing blew up when it launched in 2013, then caught fire again briefly in 2017. I guess nostalgia always brings back the chaos.

Since the platform ban stands, a single working iPhone remains for iOS users. That battered machine belongs to Svarovsky and holds the original software file. He tried listing that wrecked handset several times as a rare gaming artifact. I honestly think collectors have lost their minds.

Listing prices started at US$30,000, adjusting to $37,778 in 2025 value. He eventually shifted the auction to Saatchi Art and pushed the total to $100,000, reaching $125,927 in modern dollars. That reads like pure madness to me. I would rather buy a brand new model myself.

Finding out that slingshots were involved completely changes how I view the leaderboard. The record shows players using them to hit those top scores. I respect the hustle, but I draw the line at weaponized tech toys. We really turned smartphones into makeshift projectiles.

The price jumps from $30,000 to $100,000 show he kept trying to sell the damaged prototype. He listed it on Etsy first, then moved it to Saatchi Art. Honestly, I do not understand why anyone would pay that much for cracked glass. The internet never stops surprising me.

So Chillers, would you have launched your own device for a top spot, or did you keep it safely in your pocket? Drop your verdict below, because this debate is going to split the threads wide open.

Source: Wikipedia’s article on “Send Me to Heaven”. The facts are theirs; the words are ours.