Independent app studio
Small apps.
One job each.
Done properly.
Aztec Purple is an independent studio building focused, private-by-design iOS apps — each one does a single job and does it beautifully. Your data stays on your device. No ads, no trackers, ever.
The studio, briefly
A small studio, held to one bar
Why we exist
Software that serves the person holding it
Most apps want three things from you: your attention, your data, and a subscription. Aztec Purple was built to want the opposite — small, honest tools that do one job, keep your information on your own phone, and then get out of your way.
A good app isn't measured by how long it keeps you. It's measured by how well it does the one thing you opened it for.
Every idea is researched and vetted before a single line of code is written. Every screen is held to a design bar where "it works" is only half-finished. Nothing ships with ads, trackers, or dark patterns — because an app should earn its place on your home screen, not fight to stay there.
The same hands, and the same bar, are available for your own website or app.
How we build
Three rules, on every project
Private by design
Your data lives on your device, encrypted — not on our servers. We can't read it, lose it, or sell it. That's the point.
Design that earns its place
Calm, native, considered. Every screen is held to a design bar before it ships — "it works" is not the same as "it's done".
No ads. Ever.
Fair, simple pricing instead of your attention sold to the highest bidder. An app should serve the person holding it.
Calm software.
Kept private.
Nothing sold but the app.
Craft, not decoration
The system, not a screenshot of one
Every screen is built from one design language: soft, tactile surfaces that read as depth through light alone, glass only where something floats above the page, and a single accent gradient saved for the one thing you're meant to touch.
The ring to the side is a live component from that system — the same progress gauge our apps use, drawn in the browser and animating as you scroll. Not an image of the work. The work.
The portfolio
Five apps, one job each
A quick look at what's built. Every feature, honestly described, lives on The Apps.
More on the bench
The studio ships small apps regularly — each researched and vetted first. Ask to be told when the next one lands.
For people & small businesses
We also build for you
A website for your trade. An app for your idea. Built by the same hands, to the same bar as everything above — for individuals and small businesses only, from £450, with a fixed price agreed before anything starts.
Start a project
One email is enough. Tell us what the job is — we'll reply within two working days with questions or a fixed quote.
Email the studio