Original by default
Each app earns its place with a distinct point of view.
Independent app studio · Queensland, Australia
Useful can still feel extraordinary.
We make original apps for art, writing, wellbeing, planning and play — each one built around a real idea and polished until it feels effortless.
Ideas made tangible.Small studio. Wide field of view.
We start with something worth making.
Not another copy of the app everyone already has. Every Butterfly Bombarby project begins with a useful question, a creative itch, or a better way to do something familiar.
From there, we bring together considered design, clear writing and careful engineering to make the whole experience feel natural.
Clear in the hand
Complexity stays behind the scenes, where it belongs.
Made with care
The final ten percent is where an app starts to feel special.
The collection
Six ideas, fully realised.
Different purposes. Different personalities. One shared standard of clarity, usefulness and craft.
The story of art, in your hands.
ArtArc
Explore, quiz, compare, and collect your way through 500,000 years of art — from a zigzag carved into a shell to pictures conjured from words. Works fully offline.
A gentler way to grow.
Eight Words
A private daily ritual for noticing, tending, and growing the eight attributes already in you — in under three minutes, with no accounts and no streaks to break.
Find the word. Follow the idea.
Rhyme Hub
A comprehensive rhyming dictionary with rich word definitions and the Soapbox creative writing space — made for songwriters, poets, and word lovers.
Know what renews, before it does.
Sub Cue
Bring recurring payments into one clear view, with useful analytics and smart reminders that keep subscription surprises from sneaking up on you.
Better timing for the shoreline.
Beach Walk QLD
Tides and weather conditions come together in one beautiful view, helping you plan a better beach walk on Queensland’s popular beaches.
Sharpen recall. Forge focus.
HugrForge
A Norse-inspired collection of cognitive games designed to challenge memory, focus, and pattern recognition — one satisfying session at a time.
Independent by nature
Big enough to be ambitious. Small enough to care about every detail.
One creative practice · two front doors
The apps are one part of the story.
Butterfly Bombarby is the independent app studio. Harmonics is Chris Nagy's professional home — 28 years of motion, design, music and product thinking. Whichever door you entered, the whole body of work is one step away.
Chris Nagy · Professional portfolio
Motion. Design. Music. Products.
Say hello
Good conversations start here.
Questions, feedback, support, or a spark of an idea? Choose the app and send us a note.