Rock Identifier
Independent App Studio

We build apps
that do one thing
brilliantly.

Less Studio is an independent mobile app development studio. Every product we ship is focused, thoroughly built, and supported for years. No feature bloat. No dark patterns. Software as it should be.

Rock Identifier
Geology & Mineralogy · Android
Identify any rock, mineral, or gemstone from a photo. 10,000+ species, 50,000+ collecting localities worldwide.
10k+Species
50k+Localities
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Our philosophy

The best apps solve one problem
better than anything else on the market.

We pick a narrow domain, go unreasonably deep on it, and only ship when the result is genuinely the best available tool for that job. Rock Identifier took two years of database curation, model training, and field testing before it met that bar.

That is the standard we hold every product to. Slow by design. Deliberate by habit.

Most studios compete on volume. We compete on quality. One app done properly outperforms ten apps done quickly — for users, for retention, and for every metric that actually matters long-term.

We are not in a hurry. We are building things that last.

Portfolio

Our apps

Rock Identifier
Geology · Live on Google Play
AI-powered rock and mineral identification for Android. Point your camera at any specimen — the app returns an accurate identification in under two seconds, backed by a 10,000-species database and a worldwide locality map.
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Next App
In development
Our second app is in active development. We are not ready to announce it yet. It follows the same principles — a focused tool for a specific audience, built to the same standard.
Coming soon
Future Apps
Planning phase
We maintain a short backlog of ideas that meet our bar. Each will be built when the time and focus are right. We do not ship on a schedule — we ship when it is ready.
Later
How we work

What Less Studio stands for

01

Depth over breadth

We pick a narrow problem and go unreasonably deep on it. Surface-level execution does not interest us — or the people who use our products every day.

02

Honest monetisation

No dark patterns, no manufactured urgency, no features held hostage. We charge a fair price for genuine, demonstrated value.

03

Ship when it is ready

We do not release to meet a calendar deadline. An app leaves our hands when we are genuinely proud of it and confident it solves the problem it set out to solve.

04

Long-term support

Launch is the beginning, not the finish line. Our apps receive updates, database improvements, and support for years after release.

Get in touch

Questions about our apps, press enquiries, partnership proposals, or feedback — we read every message and reply to all of them.