Product studio · Udine, Italy · Remote-first

We build the software
your operation
runs on.

We're The Bad Lemon. Field apps, dashboards, booking systems, watch apps. You bring the need; we own it from there: an MVP that proves it with real users, then a product built to run for years.

What we can do

Backed by what we've done.

01

Apps

iOS, Android, Apple Watch. For customers, or for a technician with one hand free and no signal.

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01

One question.

Who holds the phone?

Where do we reply?

02

Platforms & dashboards

Booking and workflow systems where every job has a state, and each role sees its own work. Backend included.

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02

One question.

What runs on a spreadsheet today?

Where do we reply?

03

Product rescue

Your tool works, your team still works around it. We fix the flow that's bleeding and leave the rest alone.

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One question.

Where does the team work around it?

Where do we reply?

Design and build, same team. Energy, agritech, field services, publishing, fitness so far. Sector doesn't matter. How it's used does.

How we work

You bring the need.
We take it from there.

01 Seed

Diagnose

Stakeholders, the people doing the work, the workflow as it really runs. Including the forks nobody put on the flowchart.

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02 Tree

MVP

The smallest version that proves it with real users. On TestFlight and Play, not on a slide.

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03 Lemon

Product

States, roles, integrations, dashboards. Built for the edge cases the MVP was allowed to skip.

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04 Lemonade

Stay

Ongoing support once it meets the real world.

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Our apps

Shipped in public.

We build our own products too. Same rules as client work: designed for real conditions, tested in them. If it fails in the field, it doesn't ship.

RFYL

iOS · Android
Know before you go.

A free, anonymous map of places that felt unsafe. Check it before a run, pin it for the next person. The crowd keeps it honest.

Get it

BUONO!

Android · iOS
Scan a book. Pay less for it.

New, used and peer-to-peer prices for the exact edition, across Europe's bookshops and marketplaces. Nobody pays to rank.

Get it

Pin It

Apple Watch
See it. Pin it. Keep running.

One tap on your wrist saves exactly where you are. Find it later on your phone, share it with a link.

Get it

Voice It

Apple Watch
Your thoughts don't wait.

Record from your wrist with no phone in sight. Transcribed on device, shared wherever you need it.

Get it

Paste Motion

Figma
Animated icon code in. Clean SVG out.

Paste icon code, watch it render live, drop the SVG on your canvas.

Get it
Why we're different

You may wonder why we're that bad. Because saying yes to every idea is easy. Telling you which feature nobody will ever tap, then building the one they will? That's the job.

Common questions

Before you email.

What do you actually build?

Mobile apps (iOS and Android), Apple Watch apps, web dashboards, booking and workflow systems, CRMs, automations, and the backend that holds them together. Design and development, same team.

Do you build from scratch or fix existing products?

Both. Half the time the fix is a rebuild of one flow. The other half it's an app, system or dashboard that didn't exist yet.

Who do you work with?

Established companies with a service to run and people who depend on the tools. Any sector. We don't take early-stage startups.

How do engagements work?

Phased. We scope from a diagnosis and price the phase in front of us, not a guess at the whole roadmap.

What do you build with?

Flutter and Expo for cross-platform apps, Swift for Apple Watch, React/Next.js and Postgres for dashboards and platforms. Chosen per project, not per fashion.

How do we start?

Email contact@thebadlemon.com with what's broken or what's missing. We'll ask to see the existing tools before we quote anything.