Independent app studio · Sweden
Small apps,
strong opinions.
Bad Herring makes useful creative apps with personality. No endless catalogue. Just carefully built tools that earn their place on your screen.
CREATIVE TOOLS
WITH BITE
MAKE IT MEMORABLE✦
BUILT IN SWEDEN✦
SMALL APPS, STRONG OPINIONS✦
TOOLS FOR FOCUS, CREATORS AND BANDS✦
01 · Apps
Tools for making
something worth sharing.
01 · Current
Keep working.
Let the screen rest.
Your call.
Menu bar utility · macOS
Koffein
Timed keep-awake profiles for the way you work.
Create named profiles with their own duration and screen behaviour. Keep both Mac and display awake when the screen must stay visible, or let the display sleep while downloads, renders and other background work continue.
- 01 Timed, named keep-awake profiles
- 02 Independent Mac and display behaviour
- 03 Optional launch at login
Current Mac appApp Store link will be added when public
Explore Koffein →
02 · Coming soon
Less noise.
More life.
Your choice.
Coming soon · Focus & wellbeing · iPhone
Dumb
Phone
Block the apps that steal your time.
Choose several distracting apps or whole categories, then turn Dumb Phone on when you want a quieter iPhone. Calls, messages, maps and the tools you rely on remain yours to use.
- 01 Block individual apps or entire categories
- 02 Manual, Focus and Shortcuts control
- 03 Private, on-device Screen Time controls
Coming soonNot yet available to download
03 · Coming soon
Freeze it.
Frame it.
Send it.
Coming soon · Photo & video · macOS
Meme
Creator
Turn an ordinary moment into a video people remember.
Arrange clips and photos on a timeline, land the perfect freeze frame, and animate titles, sunglasses, caps, and chains. Add your own audio and preview the result while the app is prepared for release.
- 01 Timeline video editing
- 02 Freeze frames and animated graphics
- 03 Reusable projects and export formats
Coming soonNot yet available to download
04 · Coming soon
Know the song.
See what’s next.
Play together.
Coming soon · Music · Apple platforms
Band
Rehearsal
Chord sheets that keep up with the room.
Build a local song library, arrange set lists, and rehearse with the current and upcoming section in view. Transpose chords instantly, follow a tempo-driven playhead, and use count-ins and a configurable metronome to start together.
- 01 Live chord sheets and set lists
- 02 Instant chord transposition
- 03 Count-in, metronome, and section cues
Coming soonNot yet available to download
Our approach
“A phone has enough noise already.”
We like apps with a clear job, a memorable face, and respect for the person using them.
02 · Company
A tiny studio
with a distinct bite.
Bad Herring is an independent app label from Pling och Plong, focused on making a small number of thoughtful creative tools for Apple platforms.
Based in Sweden
