A Better Everyday
We make apps because small improvements can accumulate into genuinely better days. The goal is not spectacle, but useful progress people can feel in daily life.
iOS App Studio · Founded 2022
Focused iOS apps for a slightly better everyday.
App Garage is a small iOS studio. We build native apps that each ease a single everyday friction — and keep your data on your device by default.
Our apps
Why we build
We start from nearby discomforts.
Founded in 2022, App Garage does not limit itself to one domain. If an app can make a small part of life easier, clearer, or more pleasant, it is worth exploring.
Integrated Product Craft
Planning, design, and iOS development are handled together so decisions stay close to the user experience from the first idea to the final interaction.
Domain-Agnostic
The category can change whenever there is a real problem an app can improve. What stays fixed is the standard for usefulness, clarity, and care.
How we build
Built as complete iOS products, not isolated features.
Each app is shaped through the full product loop — from the first observation to ongoing support after release.
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Observe
Each product starts from one concrete behavior we watch closely, then trims away everything that does not support it.
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Design
Interface decisions and technical decisions are made together, so the experience stays coherent from the first idea.
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Build
We build with iOS conventions and native technology so the apps feel familiar, fast, and comfortable on iPhone.
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Release & Support
Release notes, support, app documents, and product improvements stay part of the work after launch.
Your data
User data belongs to the user.
Data is one of App Garage's core principles: keep personal information under the user's control and avoid collecting what the product does not truly need.
Local-First When Possible
Culture Garage, Wallnut, and Dumpling are designed without server-based account sync. Personal libraries stay on the user's device by default.
iCloud for Convenience
Keeping data private should not make the product painful to use, so iCloud sync is used where it helps users manage their information across devices.
Minimum Necessary Data
When server sync is necessary, as with Paletty, the app asks only for what it needs and avoids unnecessary personal attributes such as age or gender.
Our apps
Apps shaped by that philosophy.
Each app approaches a different everyday area, but the direction is shared: improve a small problem, keep the experience focused, and respect user data.
Paletty
Notice the color of your day and make familiar everyday places feel a little more interesting.
Culture Garage
Keep a private culture log of movies, shows, watch history, and what you want to watch next.
Dumpling
A recipe lab notebook for home cooks, with recipe versions, cooking notes, ingredients, shopping lists, and timers.
Wallnut
Bring accounts, cash, income, expenses, investments, and multi-currency assets into one local-first view.
Contact
Talk to the studio.
Questions about an app, privacy, or a partnership — one inbox reaches the people who build App Garage.
app-garage@appgarage.app
Email is the best way to reach us. We usually reply within a few business days.