Independent software studio · San Francisco
Five apps.
One studio.
Axis Labs builds small, sharp, AI-powered apps — and ships them. If you want one built for you, that’s the same phone call.
Shipped & live
App Store & webiOS · WebReal Price Tag
See what your purchases really cost — in lost investment growth, depreciation, and hours of your life.
FlagshipForge
AI-powered journal for men. Stop guessing, start seeing what's really going on.
iOSSF Scoops
Find the best ice cream, froyo, and gelato shops in San Francisco.
iOSJoke Box
Fun jokes for kids, at the tap of a button. Kid-safe, ad-free, and offline-ready.
iOSSF Desks
Find the best cafes, coworking spaces, and libraries to work from in San Francisco.
WaitlistIn the workshop
Bay Pulse Studio — sites, built before your eyes. Proof — client markup your coding agent can read.
Flagship · iOS & web
Forge: the journal that talks back.
An AI journal for men who’d rather see the pattern than talk about it.
Write an entry, get a read on what’s actually going on, then push back on it. Conversation mode, pattern alerts, HealthKit signals, Apple-only by design.
Small team, short distance between idea and App Store.
One problem per app
Every app here does a single thing properly instead of ten things badly. That's why they get finished.
AI where it earns its place
No chatbot bolted onto a settings screen. AI shows up when it does work a person would otherwise have to do.
Your data stays yours
Apple-native, no ad networks, no resale. We write about exactly where the data goes because we expect to be asked.
Notes
All 17 posts →Aug 24, 2026 · 3 min
Forge 1.11: Try Your First 3 AI Analyses Free
Forge now lets you experience the full five-part AI breakdown — three times, free — before deciding on Pro.
Apr 5, 2026 · 5 min
Introducing Tenure: The Career Record You Wish You'd Been Keeping
You've done great work. You just can't prove it. Tenure is the career tracking tool built to fix that.
Apr 2, 2026 · 4 min
Forge 1.9: Conversation Mode, Templates, and Smarter Pattern Detection
Forge 1.9 adds conversation mode, entry templates, pattern alerts, weekly digest, and pull-to-refresh sync.
Got an app that should exist?
We take on a small number of client builds a year, alongside our own apps. Tell us the problem, not the spec.
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