Ironside Labs

Independent studio · Atlanta, GA

Thoughtful apps.
For the things
you love.

The books you can’t wait to read.
The progress you show up for.
A little more intention in your everyday.

Meet the apps

Made with care. Made for iPhone.

The collection / 01—03

Find your everyday favorite.

Folio

For the love of books

Your next read,
kept close.

A beautiful home for the books you want to read, the ones you own, and the discoveries still ahead.

  • A wishlist worth getting lost in
  • Recommendations inspired by your library
  • Upcoming releases, all in one place
Coming soon to iPhoneFolio support
A little shelf. A world of possibility.
Folio wishlist with Demon Copperhead, The Martian, and Never Let Me Go on a digital shelf
Your books, beautifully together.

Kinetics

Built around your progress

Show up.
Build from here.

Strength training with a plan. Workouts shaped around your goals, your equipment, and the time you have.

  • A program with purpose
  • Your workouts and progress, together
  • Built for iPhone and Apple Watch
View on the App Store
One session at a time.
Kinetics dashboard showing today’s strength workout, weekly schedule, and recovery overview
Make room for progress.

Ballast

Daily scripture for men

Today’s passage.
Nothing written over it.

A daily program of scripture for men. Read the passage or listen to it, close on a prayer taken from scripture, and mark it complete.

  • One factual line of context, no commentary
  • Read it, or listen with the screen off
  • No ads, no account
Coming soon to the App StoreBallast support
One reading each weekday.
Ballast’s Today screen: Day 1 of 10, Psalm 1:1–6, a Listen button, a line of context, and the first verses
Read it, or hear it read.

The studio

Small studio.
Considered details.

Ironside Labs is an independent app studio in Atlanta. We make apps for the interests and routines that give everyday life its shape.

Each one starts with something we care about, and a simple question: how could this feel better to use?

Say hello

Good things start
with a conversation.

russ@ironsidelabs.io

Questions, ideas, or a note about an app.
We’d love to hear from you.