[ SWISS SOFTWARE STUDIO · ZÜRICH · EST. 2009 ]

Focused software.
Made in Switzerland.

A Swiss studio making focused apps for Mac and the web, the same way it has since 2009.

2009
FOCUSAPPS
DEVELOPMENT MADE IN SWITZERLAND
SAME STUDIO, SHARPER
focusapps
2026
[ 2009 → 2026 ]

Seventeen years on, back to building focused little apps.

FocusApps started in 2009 with a Mac, the new App Store, and a simple idea: build small apps that each do one job and skip the rest. The early catalogue was tiny soundboards and utilities for the first iPhones.

It went quiet for a while. Now it's picking up where it left off: same name, same idea, much better tools.

2009
Switzerland, the first App Store summer. Tiny soundboards and utilities for the original iPhone.
2013
The novelty era ends. BirdSounds, WarSounds and Urban Sounds retire. The studio goes quiet.
2026
Back at it: CO₂ Cannon and Energize shipping on Mac, and vetra.care live on the web.

What's shipping now

2 ON MAC · 1 ON WEB
LIVE ON THE WEB
vetra.care
vetra.care

Pet nutrition, tracked properly. Food, weight and health for dogs and cats, in one app. Live now, in German.

Visit vetra.care →
ARCHIVE 2009–2013· BirdSounds· WarSounds· Urban Sounds· Sunrise Free SMS

Small on purpose

[ THE MODEL ]
Products, not clients
Revenue comes from the apps themselves, never billable hours. The studio is just the name I ship under.
Independent and self-hosted
Started with a friend, kept deliberately small, and running on infrastructure I host myself. No payroll, no funding, nothing that needs winding down.
Made in Zürich
Designed and built in Switzerland: precise, restrained, and meant to last. The part of 2009 worth keeping.

Questions, a bug, or just hello.

Every message gets read by the person who makes the apps.