Software studio

We build the apps, sites and games your team keeps coming back to.

Ryla Labs is a small studio. We take on a handful of projects at a time and see each one through, from the first sketch to the version people use every day.

Geometric shapes representing the building blocks of software

What we build

Five kinds of work, one team doing all of it.

Most projects start in one of these buckets and end up touching two or three. That is fine. Same people, same standards, start to finish.

  • Mobile apps

    iOS and Android products people actually keep on their home screen. Built once, shipped to both stores, maintained after launch.

  • Websites

    Marketing sites, storefronts and content platforms that load fast, read well and stay easy for your team to edit.

  • Software and tools

    Internal tools, dashboards and integrations that replace the spreadsheet everyone quietly hates.

  • Tracking and analytics

    Event pipelines, product metrics and reporting you can trust, set up so the numbers mean the same thing to everyone.

  • Games

    Small, sharp games and playable experiences. Prototype first, then polish the parts that make it fun.

  • Something else in mind?

    Tell us what you are trying to make. If it is not a fit, we will say so and point you somewhere better.

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10+

Products shipped

100,000+

People using what we build

3 yrs

Building software together

94%

Clients who come back

Selected work

A few things we have shipped lately.

  • Synynom Games interface mockup

    Synynom Games

    A lightning-fast games hub integrating hundreds of titles with near-instant load times.

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  • Layover+ interface mockup

    Layover+

    An airport layover companion that recommends things to do and routes for travellers.

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  • Jesture interface mockup

    Jesture

    Hand-tracking rover control for gesture-driven vehicle operation.

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  • More projects interface mockup

    More projects

    More work arriving soon — updates and prototypes in development.

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About

A studio built around doing fewer things properly.

Ryla Labs is a group of designers and engineers who like building software end to end. We keep the team small on purpose, so the people you talk to in the first call are the same ones writing the code.

We work in short cycles, show real screens early, and stay honest about trade offs. When something is going to take longer than we thought, you hear it from us that week, not at the deadline.

Teams we have built for

NorthwestThe Gateway ProjectSynynom GamesLayover+Field & FrameJestureXLTilewrightCedar RowNorthwestThe Gateway ProjectSynynom GamesLayover+Field & FrameJestureXLTilewrightCedar Row

What it is like to work with us.

  • They asked better questions than our last three agencies combined. The app shipped on time and the handover notes were genuinely useful.

    Operations lead

    Logistics company, Chicago

  • Our reporting used to take two days a month. Now it is a page anyone on the team can open, and the numbers finally agree with each other.

    Head of growth

    Subscription brand

  • Small team, very direct. They told us which half of our feature list to cut, and they were right about all of it.

    Founder

    Early stage software company

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