Small Trail Studio
Independent iOS studio
Small Trail Studio is an independent iOS studio making thoughtful apps for everyday life. Each app starts with a real need, then gets polished until it feels right in anyone’s hands.
The apps
Collect all 63, one scratch at a time.
A keepsake passport for the U.S. national parks. Visit a park, scratch the foil off its hand-styled badge, and watch your map to all 63 fill up — with wildlife sightings, visit notes, and a shareable passport card along the way.
Know what’s fresh, right where you are.
A location-aware guide to seasonal eating. InSeason maps your spot to one of seven US growing regions and shows which of 170+ ingredients are in season right now — with peak windows, nutrition highlights, pairings, and prep ideas for each one.
Your heart-rate zone, spoken into your ears.
Zone training with AirPods Pro 3 or Powerbeats Pro 2 — no Apple Watch needed. FitZones reads your live heart rate, shows your zone in full-screen color, and quietly tells you “Moving up. Now in zone 3” while your music keeps playing.
See like a painter.
A pocket tool for value studies and notan. Pick any reference photo and reduce it to 2–6 flat values, merge small shapes into big masses, and study where the light really lives — before you ever touch a brush.
Coming soon to the App Store
The tip jar
Our apps have no ads, no subscriptions, and collect nothing. They exist because a small idea felt worth making — and they’re better because people use them. If one has earned a spot on your home screen, a coffee keeps the studio lights on.
About
We make thoughtful iOS apps from everyday ideas. We care about products that do one thing well, feel native to the platform, and respect the person holding the phone. Want to say hi? Get in touch.
Yichen Wang
yichen@smalltrailstudio.com
