Boston · App Development · Every Industry

GRAY CRAYON Media

An app development studio building native software on a cloud back end — for a wide range of industries, designed with intent and engineered to last.

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01 — About & Experience

Engineers who think like a studio,
a studio that ships like engineers.

For over 30 years our team has built commercial software and enterprise databases — the systems businesses run on. Running alongside that is a second discipline in media: video production, digital photography, and creative work.

That blend is rare. We bring high-end technology development together with genuine creative craft, so what we build both works under load and looks the part.

30+
Years building software
2
Disciplines · tech & media
Industries served

Technology

Commercial software, enterprise data platforms, and cloud architecture — built to scale and to last.

Media & Creative

Video and digital photography production and creative media — high-end craft, from concept to delivery.

02 — Technology

A cloud back end.
Native on every device.

We take a native client-code approach — each app written in its platform's own language for the best performance, feel, and longevity, on infrastructure built to scale.

Back End

AWS

Secure, scalable, serverless infrastructure on AWS — the same foundation behind our production platforms.

Cloud · Serverless · Data
Native Client

iOS / Apple

Built to the metal for iPhone and iPad — no cross-platform compromises on experience or performance.

Swift · SwiftUI
Native Client

Android / Google

First-class Android engineering with a modern, declarative UI toolkit and native performance.

Kotlin · Jetpack Compose

One cloud back end, purpose-built native clients — the right tool on every side of the app.

03 — Process

How we work

Four phases, one continuous partnership — from the first question to long after launch.

01

Discovery

We learn the domain, the users, and the goal before a line of code is written.

02

Design

Experience, interface, and architecture designed together — deliberately, not by accident.

03

Development

Native builds on a cloud back end, shipped in tight, reviewable increments.

04

Operations

Launch, monitor, and evolve — we stay on well after go-live.

04 — Work

Selected work

Our own products, built with the same approach we bring to client work.

First Project · In Development
MakerHalo

A DIY creator and maker app and platform — built to be the next level of tools for makers of all kinds.

iOS Android AWS Platform
MHMakerHalo

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