Creative Isles is an independent design and app studio based on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. We draw, build and ship apps worth keeping.

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The archipelago  /  03 charted  /  01 open

One studio.
Many islands.

Every project gets its own island. Three are on the map so far. The fourth is waiting for a name.

01 CalcJump Retro calculator. Hidden game. In beta 02 Psalmist Recorder Fly through a long recording. On the App Store 03 Genesis Arc A study space for scripture. In the works 04 Uncharted Your app could live here. Open

Isle 01iPhoneIn beta

CalcJump

A real calculator with hidden mini games inside.

CalcJump is a retro calculator for iPhone that does the math properly, with a scientific keypad, a running tape and pixel-perfect keys you will want to press.

Psst. The secret Punch in the right code and the LCD turns into a side-scrolling pixel game.
  1. 1Tap the skull
  2. 2Enter the code
  3. 3Hit =
  4. 4Play
Platform
iPhone
Made of
SwiftUI, drawn pixel by pixel
Status
Beta. App Store next.

Game editions  /  hidden on the LCD

We’ve built mini games inside the calculator.

LCD 01

Edition 01  /  Included

The Graveyard

Coffins, spiders and something in the fog. Three levels, a few hearts and one button: jump.

LCD 02

Edition 02  /  $2.99 Purchase

Salvage Run

A lone explorer, a jetpack and the wreckage of an old war. Hold = to fly. Mind the fuel.

Scrubbing: the dial turned to fly back through a recording while the transcript follows along. Editing: a clip trimmed on the waveform, with split, fade and volume tools above the transcript. Recording: a big pixel timer, a live red waveform, live words under the half-circle dial, and record, pause and stop keys. The library: recordings with dates, lengths and transcripts, a search bar and a New Recording button.

Isle 02iPhoneOn the App Store

The Psalmist Recorder

Fly through a long recording.

A voice recorder for the long stuff: interviews, lectures, rehearsals. Scrub an hour in seconds with one slide, read every word, then fix it right on your iPhone. Scrub it. Read it. Fix it.

Idea 07

A pretend one. Press the key. The real one lives on your phone.

  • An hour of audio. Found in seconds.Nudge the handle to creep back a few seconds. Slide it further to fly through an hour. Let go and it springs home.
  • Words, written for you.Every word, on your iPhone. Tap any word to jump to it, or search for what was said.
  • Trim. Split. Fade. Done.Edits never touch the original audio, so you can undo, redo, or revert.
  • Mark what matters.Tap MARK while you record or listen, then jump straight back to it.

Free to record, play and mark. Pro is a one-time $4.99.

Download on theApp Store See all the features

Isle 03Web appIn the works

A new way to study Scripture.

Discover how Scripture fits together from Genesis to Revelation. Organize your research, explore the context, and follow every connection in one place.

Join the beta

  • Read
  • Notes
  • Arc
  • Maps
  • Tribe
the arc  /  v0.15
Genesis Arc: Genesis chapter 2 on the left with a highlighted verse, a study note on the right, and a question box along the bottom.

Isle 04UnchartedOpen for projects

Your app could be the next island.

We design and build custom apps for businesses, with the same care we put into our own. One small studio from the first sketch to the App Store, so nothing gets lost between the person who drew it and the person who built it.

Start a project A short note is plenty. We reply ourselves.

  1. 01

    Draw

    Everything starts as a drawing. You see your app, and tap through it, before any code is written.

  2. 02

    Build

    Native iPhone apps and web apps, built in small steps, with a fresh build in your hands as it grows.

  3. 03

    Keep

    Launch day is the middle, not the end. The App Store, the fixes and what comes next are part of it.

Good fits

  • Booking and ordering
  • Member and loyalty apps
  • Tools for your team
  • A companion to your product
  • A prototype to show people

The studioHawaiʻi Island

Small studio.
Big island.

Creative Isles began as a brand and print studio on Hawaiʻi Island. Years of logos, packaging and things you can hold taught us what makes work last: it has to mean something to the person holding it.

These days the thing in your hand is usually a phone. So we make apps, with a designer’s eye and a builder’s patience, and we keep the studio small enough that the person who drew it is the person who ships it.

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