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Ten apps shipped.Yours is next.

I’m Ryan Primeau. Under the HeiloProjects name I design and build native apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac, from the first written spec to the App Store listing.

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In numbers

  • 10apps shipped to the App Store under my name
  • 4Apple platforms shipped: iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV
  • 1person from the first spec to App Store review

The apps

Each one opens to its own page with real screens, prices and support.

What I build

Four kinds of work, each with apps you can open and judge for yourself.

  • Operations apps for crews in the field

    Dispatch boards, schedules, time that tracks itself with geofences, invoices that land in QuickBooks. Built for the owner on an iPad and the crew on their phones.

    3 apps
  • Training and reference tools

    Software that teaches or puts the rulebook in your pocket. Student records and endorsements, an AR radio-nav trainer, thousands of cross-linked rules, all available without a signal.

    4 apps
  • Consumer apps that earn their price

    Onboarding, StoreKit trials and subscriptions, iCloud sync and the App Store paperwork that comes with them. Apps people pay for and keep.

    3 apps
  • Rescue for old systems

    Code with no source, no author and no documentation. Under the SpecterDC name I recover it, explain it and move it to a language your team can maintain.

    SpecterDC

How a project runs

  1. A spec in plain English

    Before any code, a written description of what the app does, who it is for and how we will know it works. You approve it, and it stays the reference for the whole build.

  2. Screens you can react to

    The key screens are designed and reviewed with you before the build starts, so the expensive changes happen while they are still cheap.

  3. Builds on your own phone

    As features land, they arrive on your devices through TestFlight. You judge working software, not a slide deck.

  4. The App Store, handled

    Listing copy, screenshots, privacy labels, pricing and the review submission. I have taken ten apps through review and know where it snags.

  5. After launch

    Fixes, OS updates and the next version, on terms we agree up front.

How I build

Native, all the way down. Swift and SwiftUI on every Apple platform. No web views dressed up as apps.

Works where the work is. Hangars, job sites and basements lose signal. My apps keep working offline and sync when they can.

Private by default. Where an app allows it, your data stays on your devices and in your own iCloud, with no ad trackers.

Tell me what you need built.

Email comes straight to me, and I reply within two business days. A first conversation costs nothing.

Or write directly toheiloprojects@icloud.com

The problem, who uses it, and any deadline. A few sentences is plenty.

Opens your mail app with the message filled in. Nothing is sent until you press send.