Independent developer & designer

I design and ship apps — iOS, web, macOS.

I’m Karim. I build small, sharply-scoped products end to end — my own apps under Creative Apps Studio, and client work for teams that need something real in front of users. Clean design, honest UX, and code that ships.

Available for new projects

Portrait of Karim
Karim — founder, Creative Apps Studio
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Shipping now

Products I own, design and run myself.

Vscribe interface

Vscribe

Live

Voice notes that write themselves.

Record a voice note, get a clean transcript, then turn it into articles, emails, LinkedIn posts and more. Shipped on iOS, web and macOS.

  • iOS
  • Web
  • macOS
  • AI
LogHero app screen

LogHero Journal & Habits

iOS 1.0 — ready for release

Your daily ritual.

Journal entries, daily habits and goals in one timeline — capture a win in seconds, tick the habit, keep the streak. Milestones, reminders, trends and search on top.

  • iOS
  • Android
  • Expo
  • Supabase
Lactico app screen

Lactico Dairy Tolerance

iOS 1.0.1 — in review

Rebuild your tolerance to dairy, one small dose at a time.

A gradual lactose reintroduction plan: start on a deliberately tiny daily dose, step up after three comfortable days, ease back down after a bad one. A safety screen blocks the plan outright for milk-protein allergy or galactosemia, and every health entry stays on device.

  • iOS
  • Expo
  • On-device
  • RevenueCat
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RailsFullstack

Live

The job board for Ruby on Rails full-stack developers.

Curated remote and on-site full-stack Ruby on Rails jobs, updated every morning.

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Job Board
  • Web
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Client work

Apps and platforms built for other teams.

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unomás

iOS 1.0 — awaiting submission

Great plans think alike.

Social plans made as a Duo — you and one trusted friend. Invite your partner, co-sign a plan, and meet other duos on a live map of things people actually want to do. Phone sign-in, onboarding and the duo handshake built end to end.

  • iOS
  • Expo
  • Supabase
  • Maps
Dookshop app screen

Dookshop

iOS 1.0 — awaiting submission

An ebook store you can actually read in.

Catalogue, search and a personal library, with localized pricing and web checkout under Apple’s reader-app entitlement. Owned books download into a native Readium reader with LCP DRM — contents, live progress, fully offline.

  • iOS
  • Expo
  • Readium LCP
  • Paystack
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Lia

Live

AI-powered self-service localization.

Acolad’s AI translation SaaS — upload content, get AI-assisted translations, manage localization end to end. Helped build it from scratch: React 19 frontend, AI integration and billing.

  • AI
  • Translation
  • React
  • SaaS
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TextMaster

Live

Professional translation, on demand.

Acolad’s B2B translation platform connecting businesses with professional translators across many language pairs. Worked on the in-browser CAT editor and the React frontend.

  • Translation
  • React
  • Ruby on Rails
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Rosaly

Live

Financial empowerment for employees.

On-demand salary access for French enterprises. Shipped the React Native flows — onboarding, KYC, salary advance — and Symfony API services behind them.

  • React Native
  • Symfony
  • Fintech / HR
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M Monoprix

Live

The Monoprix shopping & loyalty app.

Customer-facing mobile app for the French retail chain Monoprix. Worked on the React Native app shipped to iOS and Android.

  • React Native
  • iOS
  • Retail

Have something to build?

karim@creativeapps.studio

Usually replies within a day. Happy to scope a first version before you commit.