Moonshot Lab

MoonshotLab

We make small apps for iPhone. Each one does a single job, and does it properly.

See the apps Meet Arise

Apps from the lab

Each app's moon shows how far along it is. The fuller the moon, the closer it is to your phone.

  • Arise

    In testing. For iPhone.

    An alarm that stops when you've proved you're up. Ten pushups the camera counts, a paragraph typed without a mistake, or a photo of a spot you picked the night before.

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  • Project two

    In development.

    The second app is being built now. It gets its name when it's ready to show.

  • Project three

    On paper.

    A third idea, still in the sketchbook.

  • On paper
  • In development
  • In testing
  • On the App Store

first from the lab

Arise

The alarm stops when the proof is done, and the sun comes up with you. Force-quit it and it opens straight back to the proof.

No snooze
The proof, or a 10-second emergency exit that ends your run.
Pay once
No subscription.
See how Arise works
Arise ringing: a sleepy sun over a hill, a rooster, and a button that says begin pushups.
The typing proof: a paragraph to copy exactly, capitals and commas too.
Streaks: 19 mornings in a row, with the stirring and early riser milestones earned.

How the lab works

The rules every app here is held to, from the first sketch to the App Store.

One job per app

If an app needs a tour to explain itself, it's doing too much. We cut until it doesn't.

Pay once

You buy the app, and it's yours. No subscription for something that runs on your own phone.

No ad trackers

No advertising or analytics kits inside. Camera and motion data are read on your iPhone and stay there.