We build apps that know what they're looking at.

An independent app studio crafting focused, delightful mobile apps — AI-powered identification tools and daily-habit apps, shipped fast and polished hard.

What we do

Small apps. Sharp focus. Real utility.

We don't build everything — we build one thing per app, and we build it right. Point your camera at the world and get an answer. Wake up on time and stay up. Every Yellow8 app does its one job beautifully.

AI identification

Camera-first apps that recognize birds, rocks, and more — instant answers powered by state-of-the-art image recognition, wrapped in interfaces anyone can use.

Daily-habit apps

Apps you open every day because they make the day better — starting with Barnrise, a wake-up experience that gives you a reason to get out of bed.

Ship fast, polish hard

A small studio with a portfolio mindset: rapid builds, honest iteration, and the kind of detail work — sound, motion, feel — that big teams skip.

A bird and a crystal emerging from a phone screen

Point your camera. Get an answer.

Every identification app we ship turns the phone in your pocket into an expert — a birder, a geologist — with one tap of the shutter.

Portfolio

On Google Play right now.

Real listings, real users, real reviews — here's what's live and what's next.

Aviarist — feature graphic from Google Play
Aviarist app icon

Aviarist

Live on Google Play

Point, shoot, and know the bird. Aviarist identifies species from a photo in seconds, keeps your personal life list, and turns every walk into a birding trip. Scan, collect, learn — your field guide that fits in one hand.

Get Aviarist on Google Play →
Aviarist — scan a bird Aviarist — your life list Aviarist — field guide Aviarist — friends
Mineralyst — feature graphic from Google Play
Mineralyst app icon

Mineralyst

Live on Google Play

Your pocket geologist. Snap a photo of any rock, mineral, or crystal and Mineralyst tells you what you're holding — then helps you build and share a collection worth showing off, with the details collectors actually want.

Get Mineralyst on Google Play →
Mineralyst — identify a rock Mineralyst — rock, crystal or mineral Mineralyst — your collection Mineralyst — browse minerals
Sunrise over a farm with a horse, dog and chicken

Barnrise Coming soon

The alarm clock with a heart. Solve a quick wake-up mission, then feed your farm animal friends their breakfast. Get up, stay up — they're counting on you.

How we work

The Yellow8 playbook.

Find a real itch

We build for moments people actually have — "what bird is that?", "what rock is this?", "I can't get out of bed."

Build the core in weeks

One feature, done end-to-end. No bloated roadmaps — a working app in your hand fast.

Polish what matters

Sound design, animation, the little moments of delight. That's where good apps become loved apps.

Listen and iterate

Real user feedback drives every update. Apps stay small, sharp, and genuinely useful.

Built for growth

We don't just ship apps — we build engines.

Every Yellow8 launch comes with the unglamorous work that makes apps get found: store optimization, search content, and web foundations that keep compounding long after release day.

ASO on Google Play

Listings engineered around real search keywords — titles, descriptions, feature graphics and screenshot sets designed to rank in Play search and convert the tap into an install.

Aviarist species library

A growing library of bird-species SEO pages — every species is its own landing page, pulling birders in from Google search and funneling them straight into the app.

Mineralyst rock index

A full index of rocks, minerals and crystals with dedicated SEO pages. Collectors search for a stone, land on an answer, and leave with the app in their pocket.

Compounding, not renting

No paid-install treadmill. Content, keywords and listings are assets we own — they keep working while we build the next app, and every launch starts stronger than the last.

Contact

Say hello.

Yellow8 Studios

Questions, ideas, partnerships, or press — or just want to know when Barnrise hatches? We read everything.

[email protected]