Saffron Works Apps for creators

Your audience,your own app.

You’ve built a following on someone else’s platform. Saffron Works designs and builds custom apps for creators, influencers and coaches, so your community, content and membership live somewhere you own, with your name on the home screen.

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Sound familiar?

  • The algorithm decides who sees you.

    You post for your audience, but the platform chooses how many of them see it, and the rules change without warning.

  • Your community is scattered.

    Videos in one place, a group chat in another, payments somewhere else. Fans have to work to find everything you make.

  • Every platform looks the same.

    Link-in-bio pages and off-the-shelf community tools put your brand inside someone else’s design, next to everyone else’s.

What your app could do.

Every creator is different, so we start from what your audience actually comes to you for. A few common starting points:

Platform or your own app?

A ready-made creator platform is often the right place to start. Here’s an honest view of when it’s worth building your own.

Stick with a platform if…

  • You’re still finding out what your audience will pay for
  • A members’ page and a newsletter cover what you need
  • You’d rather not think about app store listings and updates

Build your own app if…

  • You have an engaged audience and want a direct line to them
  • You want your brand front and centre, not a platform’s
  • You have an idea a template can’t do, like a tracker or tool
  • You want to own your subscriber relationship and data

We build for creators already

Made by people who ship their own apps.

Our own Mac app, erm, was designed for creators, coaches and teachers: it finds the erms, ums and uhs in a talking-head video and cuts them out, entirely on your Mac.

We designed it, built it and put it on the App Store ourselves, so we know what it takes to get an app from idea to listing, and what creators care about along the way.

See our apps →

How it works.

  1. Talk

    We start with your audience: who they are, what they come to you for, and what they’d happily pay for.

  2. Prototype

    A clickable version of your app that you can show a handful of fans before anything is built.

  3. Build

    Designed in your brand and built in short cycles, with something new to try every week.

  4. Launch

    We handle the App Store and Google Play listings, then help you plan the launch to your audience.

Questions.

Do I need a big following to have my own app?

Not a huge one, but you do need an engaged one. An app works best when people already come back to you regularly. If you’re earlier on, we’ll tell you honestly whether a platform is the better first step.

Can fans pay for a subscription inside the app?

Yes. Apple and Google take a commission on digital subscriptions sold inside an app, so we’ll help you plan your pricing and payment options around that from the start.

iPhone, Android or both?

It depends where your audience is. We can build for iPhone and Android together, or start with a web app that works on any phone and add store apps later.

Will it look like my brand?

Completely. Your colours, fonts, voice and content. Design is a core part of what we do, not an add-on.

What happens after launch?

Apps need occasional updates for new phone software, and you’ll learn a lot from how fans use it. We can keep improving it with you after launch.

Thinking about your own app?

Let’s talk it through.

hello@saffronworks.co.ukBook a call →

Based in Saffron Walden. Happy to meet in person around Saffron Walden, Cambridge, Essex and Hertfordshire, or by video anywhere in the UK.