PalmtopPalmtopPriorStates Studio

Make the app you need, in a sentence.

A sign-up sheet for Saturday's game. An order form for the bake sale. A tracker for what you spend. A tool that tidies your downloads folder. Say what you need, and in about a minute it's ready to use, to share, and to keep. Free, with no accounts.

On your computer
Making a focus timer on a computer: the request on the left, the finished timer working on the right
An order form made on a phone: quantities, a total and a Send order button

What people make

Small, useful things that never had an app, or had one that did too much.

📋

Sign-ups and RSVPs

Post the link in the group chat. Names come back to you as people answer, with a waiting list if you want one.

on your phone
🧁

Orders

An order form with quantities and a total. Every order lands on your phone, ready to count.

on your phone
🗳

Polls and decisions

Pick a date, a place or a name for the new puppy. Everyone votes from the link, and every vote comes back to you.

on your phone
✅

Lists you share

Packing lists, chores, the weekly shopping. One list, in step on everyone's phone.

on your phone
📂

Tidy your files

Find what's filling your disk, rename a folder of photos, sort the downloads pile, all on your own computer.

on your computer
⏱

Little tools for your day

A focus timer, a tip splitter, a habit tracker, a budget for the trip. Exactly the way you like it.

phone or computer

How it works

No forms to fill in, no settings to learn. Talk to it the way you'd ask a friend who's handy with apps.

1

Say what you need

In your own words, with as much or as little detail as you like.

A sign-up sheet for Saturday, at most 12 players, and a waiting list.
2

Use it right away

It's ready in about a minute. Try it, send it, start using it. The people you send it to install nothing.

Done. Share the link in the team chat.
3

Change it by asking

Ask for what's missing. On your computer, one click undoes the last change.

Add a notes field, and make it dark.
On your phone · Palmtop

Make it, send it, get answers back

  • Make apps wherever you are. Waiting for the bus is enough time.
  • Share one as a link. People open it in their browser: no app to install, no account to make.
  • The answers come back to you, sealed on the way, so only you can read them.
  • Your apps live on your phone, and you can back them up to a file any time.
Get Palmtop

Android · iPhone (beta) · or right in your browser, no install

A family circle in Palmtop: a poll and a checklist shared with the family, and a reply that says Voted! Pizza it is
On your computer · PriorStates Studio

Tools that work with your own files

  • Apps that do real work on your computer: go through a folder, sort files, crunch a spreadsheet, keep your notes.
  • All your apps in one window. Open it and they're there; click one to use it.
  • They stay on your computer. Nothing is uploaded unless you ask for an app that sends something.
  • It makes your phone better too: your phone can use it to make bigger apps, and keep a copy safe.
Download PriorStates Studio

macOS · Windows · Linux · free

Pomodoro
Making a focus timer on a computer: the request on the left, the finished timer working on the right

Yours, and private

What you make, and what people send back to you, belongs to you.

🚫No accounts, ads or trackingNothing to sign up for, and nobody watching what you make.
🏠Your apps stay with youOn your phone and your computer, not on someone else's servers.
🧪Safe to try thingsEach app is kept apart from the others; on your computer every change can be undone.
🎁FreeNothing to buy. Already pay for Claude or ChatGPT? That's all it ever uses.

Questions

Do I need to know how to code?

No. You describe what you want in everyday words, and change it the same way.

What does it cost?

Palmtop and PriorStates Studio are free. The phone has a free starter, limited per day, to try it. For more, connect the subscription you may already have, Claude or ChatGPT, through PriorStates Studio on your computer, or add your own key in the app. There is nothing to buy from us.

Do the people I share with need the app?

No. They open the link in any browser, phone or computer, and answer. No account, no install.

Who can see what I make, and the answers?

You, and the people you send a link to. Answers travel sealed end to end, so they can be read only on your devices. Privacy policy.

Phone or computer — which one do I need?

Either one is enough to start. The phone is best for things you share; the computer for things that work with your files. With both, your phone uses your computer to make bigger apps.

What if a change breaks my app?

Tell it what's wrong, and it fixes it. On your computer you can also undo: each change is saved first, so the app goes back to exactly how it was, and what you stored in it stays.

What would you make first?

Start on whichever is closer. You can add the other one any time.