Organic experiences native to iOS
Owl Orchard is an independent software studio in Oregon, building apps for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Four so far: Hexagonal Chess, Card Games that iMessage, a U.S. Congress representative tracker, and a music visualizer for macOS.
100% free to play. Profits come from optional in-app purchases, and the only ads, in Pocket Poker, play when you choose to watch one.
- Apps
- 5
- Platforms
- iOS · iPadOS · macOS
- Localized into
- 25 languages
- Price
- Free
The apps
Four on the App Store today with the fifth on its way.
Hex Chess
iPhone & iPad · Board game
Gliński’s 1936 hexagonal chess, with a CPU opponent, pass-and-play mode, and ranked online matches against friends.
Politica: Congress Tracker
iPhone & iPad · Reference
Track your representatives, follow every bill and roll-call vote, and see the money moving behind the campaigns.
Prism — Music Visualizer
Mac · Music
Milkdrop visuals rendered live from whatever music your Mac is playing, with a curated library of 7,500+ community presets.
Card Games for iMessage
iMessage app · Card game
Gin Rummy, Crazy 8s, and Golf, played a turn at a time inside the text threads you are already in.
Pocket Poker
iPhone and iPad · Card game
Texas Hold’Em, Omaha, and 7 Card Stud: fast tables online, games dealt into your group chats, and a free AI trainer. Coming soon.
How the work gets done
Four things hold across every project:
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Native, all the way down
Swift and SwiftUI against Apple’s own frameworks — SpriteKit, MapKit, WidgetKit, StoreKit, Metal. No web views wrapped in an app shell, and no cross-platform runtime standing between you and the hardware.
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Free, and honest about it
Every app is free to download and free to play, with no subscription and no feature held hostage, and none carries an analytics SDK. The only ads are Pocket Poker’s, and they play only when you choose to watch one for chips. What is for sale is optional: card backs, and Pocket Poker’s chip packs.
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Built to be accessible
VoiceOver and Voice Control reach individual cards and board tiles, not just top-level buttons. Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion and other accessibility features are honored throughout.
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Privacy is the architecture of choice
Politica resolves your location on device and never transmits it. Hex Chess only asks for an account if you want a ranked online game. Nothing is tracked, sold, or shared.