One app — one job
A collage app makes collages. An alarm wakes you up. We would rather ship a small thing that works than a big one with a settings screen nobody survives.
New studio · founded 2026
Small hive.
Big ideas.
NG Hive is a young product studio. We build mobile apps that do one thing — and do it properly. No ad clutter, no accounts you never asked for, and no data leaving your phone without a reason.
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0platforms: iOS, watchOS, Android
0more being readied
∞ideas in the notebook
The studio
We only just started — and that is the whole point
NG Hive is a small independent studio. No legacy code, no five-stage approvals, no six-month roadmaps nobody believes in. An idea from the morning is running on a real phone by the evening — and if it feels wrong in the hand, we throw it away and try again tomorrow.
Your data stays with you
No sign-ups, no ads, no tracking. Lists, collages and heart-rate readings stay on the device. Only Sparrows keeps a family's tasks on our server — they have to reach every phone in the family — and its privacy policy says exactly what is stored.
Tested on real nights
The alarm is checked against real sleep, the shopping reminder in a real parking lot. A simulator has never woken anyone up.
Short iterations
Build it, install it, live with it for a day, fix whatever annoyed us. Repeat. That loop is the entire method.
Products
Six apps, made one at a time
Four are out in the App Store and Google Play, and two more are being readied. Each one has its own page with screenshots and a full description.
Open the list of apps →How we work
From a note on a napkin to the App Store
- 01
The annoyance
Every app starts with something that genuinely annoyed us in ordinary life.
- 02
The smallest version
We build the smallest thing that can prove the idea. Usually days, not months.
- 03
Real devices
It goes onto a real phone and a real watch immediately. A simulator has never woken anyone up.
- 04
TestFlight
Testers live with it for a week, we listen to the complaints and fix exactly those.
- 05
Release — and onwards
A release is not the finish line. Updates keep coming while people keep using it.
What is next
The hive keeps filling up
Four cells in our logo are still empty. That is not a coincidence — here is roughly what is going into them.
Now
WhatchAlarm on the App Store
Version 1.0 is out: the alarm lives right on the watch. All three Android versions are on Google Play too.
Now
Sparrows on the App Store
Version 1.0 is out on iPhone, next to the Android one.
In design
Spectriq
A puzzle test without words — logic, space, memory and speed — that shows a profile instead of a single number. Made for fun, with norms built from open scientific sources.
App website ↗Empty cell
Your idea?
There is room for one more. Tell us what annoys you every single day.
FAQ
Short answers
Who is behind NG Hive?
An independent development studio registered in the United States. The team is small and contact is direct — you write to us, and we answer ourselves, not a support bot.
Where can I download the apps?
ShopPing, H.Collage and Sparrows are on the App Store for iPhone and on Google Play for Android — ShopPing is listed as «ShopPing Nearby». WhatchAlarm for Apple Watch is on the App Store.
Do the apps collect my data?
Nothing for ads or analytics, and none of the apps asks you to sign up. Lists, collages and health readings stay on the device; store search uses map services without any personal identifiers. Sparrows is the exception by design: a family's tasks have to reach every phone in it, so they are kept on our server — its privacy policy lists exactly what is stored and who can see it.
Do you take custom projects?
Sometimes — if the idea fits the hive. Send us a couple of sentences about what you need.
Why a hive?
Because a hive is many small, identical, honest cells that together hold something valuable. That is exactly how we would like our apps to be built.
Contact
Got an idea, a bug or a question?
Write to us — every message is read by a real human. If you want to join the testers, just say which app.