About Priv8Apps

Small studio. Deep apps.

Priv8Apps is one developer, Ray, building apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac that he needed himself. They go deep, they’re priced fairly, and they keep your data on your own devices. No accounts, no ads, no tracking.

RayFounder and developer
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How it started

In Ray’s words

Last year I saw myself in a photo and didn’t recognize the guy. I’d always been the skinny one; 40 pounds had snuck up on me.

I had the tools: an Apple Watch, an iPhone, Apple Health. Apple Health showed me plenty of numbers but didn’t make sense of them. Getting the data out was screenshot after screenshot. And I didn’t love the idea of my health data sitting on yet another server.

I knew what I wanted. I didn’t know how to write the code, and I don’t have medical training. So I leaned heavily on Claude Code to read the published research with me, and then to turn my ideas, and the science behind them, into features.

My first app just exported my Apple Health data. Then I decided to build a full health app, which in hindsight is not where you start. Months of late nights, early mornings and weekends. I was so obsessed I couldn’t sleep. The irony wasn’t lost on me: the app meant to improve my health cost me a lot of sleep, and it made sure I knew it.

The weight came off in about six months and has stayed off. That app became Priv8Vitals, now shared with anyone who wants their numbers to make sense.

“My goal is to make the people around me a little better every day.”

I’ve been frustrated my whole life by things that were built badly: corners cut to save money, or software written by someone whose heart wasn’t in it. It shouldn’t have to be that way. So when I build an app, I go deep: full featured, and tunable to the way you like it. Priv8Vitals came first. Priv8Scout followed, built the same way.

What we believe

How we build

Privacy is the north star.Not a feature we bolted on. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, and no servers that see your data. Every app we’ve shipped carries the App Store’s “Data Not Collected” label.
Deep, not bloated.Simple on the surface, with as much depth underneath as you want. Use the one number, or dig into every detail.
You’re an adult.Our apps show you what they saw and suggest a direction. They don’t nag, and the call is always yours.
Honest about limits.Where Apple’s platforms don’t allow something, the app says so instead of faking a number.
Fair prices, shown upfront.A 14-day free trial on every app, and a one-time option for personal use. Prices are on the apps page, not hidden.

The apps

What we make

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The studio in under a minute: who builds the apps, what they don’t do with your data, and what we make.

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Meet Priv8Apps, a small studio run by one developer, Ray, making privacy-first apps for your iPhone, iPad and Mac. Deep apps. These tools are built on a strict belief: privacy is the north star. No accounts to sign up for. You will never find ads inside the apps, and there is no tracking code. And most importantly, there are no servers of our own to collect your information. Instead, your data stays right on your device. It syncs securely through your own private iCloud, and you can always export what you make, no matter what.

There are three core tools. Priv8Scout measures and troubleshoots your network. Priv8Vitals reads your Apple Health data for recovery insights. And Priv8RSS Reader features on-device AI for devices with Apple Intelligence. Every app shipped so far carries the App Store’s “Data Not Collected” label. No ads. No tracking. No kidding.

See all the apps Say hello: support@priv8apps.com