App and software development studio
We build anything. At lightning speed.
We design, build and launch mobile apps, web apps and cloud backends: polished, built to scale, and in your users' hands fast.
8days
from first commit to TestFlight for Camstead
6platforms
live from one codebase: RP Nowz on iOS, Android, the web, Mac, Windows and Linux
22languages
in the store listings of No Pain No Gain
Our work
Every product here was designed, engineered and launched by Lightning Studio. It's the same team, and the same speed, you get.
LiveRoleplay with friends, in real time.
A free group roleplay chat app. Friends build characters with portraits, relationships and secrets, then write together in character, out of character or as the narrator, and roll real 3D dice the whole table sees.
BetaYour cameras. Your home.
Watch and control your own security cameras from your phone, with no subscription and no camera company's cloud in between. A small hub at home talks to your cameras and streams to the app in about 0.2 seconds, encrypted end to end when you're away.
BetaLog fast. Train smart. Level up.
The friendliest workout log. It works offline with no account: log a set in two taps, follow proven programs, and level up with streaks, XP and badges, with a coach that writes and adjusts your plan.
In the labTranslate games, visual novels and manga on your screen.
A real-time screen translator. On-device OCR reads the game window, and a click-through overlay shows the translation without ever stealing focus.
An AI-first game engine and editor.
Chat on one side, the live game on the other: a Zig game engine and editor that coding agents drive while you watch the game change.
What we build
Each service links to something we've shipped.
iOS and Android, Apple Watch and Wear OS, widgets and Live Activities. Native feel, one codebase where it makes sense.
The same product on the web, Mac, Windows and Linux, signed, packaged and kept in step.
Serverless AWS in Rust: APIs, real-time WebSockets, sign-in, payments and in-app purchases, scaling from zero.
Characters you chat with, coaching, summaries, translation and image generation, with guardrails and costs under control.
WebRTC streaming, camera integrations and home hubs that keep working without anyone else's cloud.
WebGL, game engines and real-time graphics, like the storm at the top of this page.
Store listings in 20+ languages, screenshots, in-app purchase setup and App Review, handled.
If it runs on a screen or a server, we can build it. Tell us what you have in mind.
Start a project
A fixed quote within 48 hours of our first call.
Sparkabout 1 week
A clickable prototype or a technical spike that answers the big question before you commit.
Boltabout 4 to 6 weeks
Your MVP, designed, built, tested and shipped to the stores.
Stormmonthly
An ongoing team for new features, care and growth after launch.
How we work
No black box. You hold a working build every week, from the first one on.
Tell us the idea. We ask the hard questions on day one, not in week six.
Within 48 hours: scope, stack, timeline and price, in writing.
Every week, a build you can install on your own phone and click through.
Store listings, screenshots, review and release, handled for you.
Monitoring, updates and the next features, for as long as you need.
The studio
Lightning Studio is an independent software studio. We design, engineer and launch our own products, and we build for clients the same way: a small team, modern tooling, real builds every week, and polish that doesn't wait for version two.
Everything we build for you is yours once it's paid for.
Progress you can install, not slides about progress.
Motion, details and edge cases are part of the job, not a later phase.
Honest timelines, fixed quotes, and no surprises on the invoice.
