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Creative apps, built with care.

Apps for collages, photo edits, painting, printing and more. Made in New Zealand, mostly by one person.

The apps

PicFrame

Photo & video collages

Over 100 adjustable layouts, custom frames and video collages. Rated 4.8 by 33,000 people on the App Store.

iPhone, Android & Mac

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PICFX

Timeless film edits

150+ handmade filters, light leaks, grain and frames that you can layer endlessly for one-of-a-kind edits.

iPhone

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First Run

Couch to 5K, guided

Nine weeks, three runs a week, and every walk and run cue handled for you, on iPhone and Apple Watch.

iPhone & Apple Watch

First Run screenshot 1First Run screenshot 2

Bloomwash

Real watercolor painting

Wet paint that blooms, granulates and dries on the paper. Every stroke runs through a simulation of water and pigment, so it moves like the real thing.

iPhone & iPad

Bloomwash screenshot 1

Akimbolt

Your Android phone, on your Mac

Texts, calls, notifications, files and photo backup from your Android phone, right on your Mac. Everything stays on your own Wi-Fi.

Mac & Android

Akimbolt screenshot 1

Screenshot Maker

App Store screenshots, fast

Drag in your screenshots, edit the text, export every size and language at once.

Mac

Screenshot Maker screenshot 1

Print Layout Designer

Exact-size prints

Millimetre-precise photo sizes on any paper, with smart auto-layout and pro export options.

iPhone, iPad & Mac

Print Layout Designer screenshot 1

Hello. It's mostly just me.

Active Development is a one-person studio: every app here is designed, built and cared for by a single developer in New Zealand. The one exception is PICFX, which is made by a team of two.

Being small is the point. It keeps the work focused and the apps personal.

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