the case for small batch social

superserious handcrafts apps. not massive platforms— although our apps do scale nicely.

and what we build is yours to keep. with your name on the icon, your members inside, your rules, your future. we don't even ask for some weird "powered by" acknowledgement.

so you own, not rent.

so you can never be screwed over by some big anonymous algorithm.

your audience. your community. your mobile app.

we build it. you run the place.

how it works

starter tier. a working app, on the app store, with your branding, in a fraction of the time. and at a cost that makes it affordable to public school teachers in america. (yes, that's a tragedy.)

the point is that we've automated the boring parts so they don't eat your runway or eat into your savings.

bespoke builds. when you need something specific — a custom feature, a particular interaction, a flow that only makes sense for your community — we build it on the same codebase. no rip-and-replace, no "we'll have to start over." the starter tier is the seed; bespoke is the tree.

one codebase, all the way up. this is the part most people get wrong. other tools give you a starter that you outgrow, and then you're back to square one with a custom dev shop. we built the system so you can grow without ever migrating.

who this is for

creators, teachers, organizers, niche-magazine editors, run clubs, book clubs, paid newsletters that have outgrown their inbox, course operators, scenes that have a name.

anyone whose people refer to themselves as we.

if you have a community of even a few hundred people who keep showing up, you have enough.

you don't need a million users. you need a room.

welcome!

— hood