Mac apps
Native macOS apps in Swift and SwiftUI, signed, notarized and ready to distribute directly or through the Mac App Store.
Document apps · menu bar apps · apps with a command line
App development for clients
Apps built for your business.
We design and build native apps for Mac, iPhone and iPad, on their own or as a companion to your website.
Swift & SwiftUI Signed & notarized releases Web and app under one roof
What we build
Four kinds of app, one careful process
Whether it runs on a Mac on your desk or a phone in a customer’s pocket, it’s built natively for Apple platforms.
iPhone & iPad apps
Apps for your customers or your team, designed for touch and built natively, from first sketch to App Store submission.
Customer apps · staff tools · field and event appsCompanion apps for websites
Put your site’s bookings, registrations or content in an app that talks to the system you already run. We can build that side too.
Registrations · member portals · event check-inInternal tools & automation
Menu bar helpers, batch processors and small tools that take the repetitive work off your team’s plate.
Batch conversion · file workflows · reporting
Why work with us
A studio that ships its own apps
We’ve built websites since 1998. Today we also make and maintain our own Mac apps, so your project gets the same tools and habits.
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We ship our own apps
Our Mac apps and XenoTools go from idea to signed, notarized release here, the same way your app will.
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Web and app under one roof
If your app talks to your website, the same people build both sides, so there’s no hand-off between two agencies.
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Built to be maintained
Clean, documented Swift with tests, so your app can keep up with new versions of macOS and iOS and keep growing.
How we work
From first call to the App Store
Five steps, with something you can see and try at each one.
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1
Discover
A short call about what the app should do, and for whom.
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2
Design
Screens and flows you can click through before we build.
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3
Build
Native Swift, with regular test builds on your own devices.
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4
Release
Signing, notarization, and App Store or direct distribution.
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5
Support
Updates for new OS versions, fixes and new features.
Our own work
Apps we’ve built
A few of the apps we design, build and sell ourselves.
Cadence
Time Machine on your schedule, from the menu bar
Classroom Diaries
Lesson write-ups for language teachers
XenoKit
Front-end builds from rules you commit, with a full CLI
Kettlestitch
A native EPUB editor for clean, valid EPUB 3
Behind each one: native Swift, a command line where it helps, Developer ID signing and Apple notarization. See all our apps →
Questions
Before you ask
Do you build for Android or Windows?
No. We focus on Apple platforms and the web. If you also need Android users covered, a well-built web app is often the better answer, and we build those too.
Can the app connect to our existing website?
Yes. Because we build websites and web apps as well, we can connect to the system you already run, or add what it needs so an app can talk to it safely.
Who publishes the app?
We can handle signing, notarization and App Store submission under your own developer account, so the app and its listing belong to you.
What does an app cost?
Every project is quoted after a short discovery call, once we know what the app needs to do and which devices it runs on.