We Launch Awesome Web and Mobile Apps

Rocketmade works with startups to build meaningful web and mobile apps. As an agile software development shop, we provide strategic engineering power to get products to market.

We have an awesome process and a strong business sense, so you can be confident our goal is making sure you're product is profitable and positioned to be a market leader.

I want to know what you do

Yes, yes. Of course. In short, we solve business problems. Where applicable (and justified), we build apps to generate significant value and competitive advantage. We are agile, pragmatic, and approximately 46' tall.
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I heard you have superpowers

That's mostly true, but we don't reveal them outright. You'll have to pony up and work with us on a project before you see what we can do that mere mortals simply can't. In the meantime, enjoy our lovely faces.
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I have an amazing idea

Perfect! Get in touch so we can find out just how amazing it is. But beware: we tend to be brutally honest with our feedback. Be prepared to defend your plan, your budget and your ability to pull it off.
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Our Services

Rocketmade is a product development company who works with startups and established businesses.

We happen to be exceptionally good at solving problems by employing technology, software and good old fashion intelligence.

WEB APPS

We fancy Ruby and Rails. A lot. So what, you ask? Ruby on Rails was (and still is) pivotal in shaping the landscape for modern web apps. It allows us to do amazing things with minimal effort. You want that.

MOBILE APPS

It is shocking how many businesses still don't use mobile apps within their business. We provide value-drive mobile engineering for businesses who need purpose-built apps to run flawlessly across a wide spectrum of devices.

AGILE AWESOMENESS

We build beautifully by building minimally. At every step we explain the tradeoffs of various options. Our focus on the minimum viable product (MVP) doesn't throw sound engineering and stability out with the feature water.

  • Flexible, evolving codebase
  • Iterate quickly in the browser
  • Deep expertise = solid product
  • Kiosk and business-based apps
  • App Store or private distribution
  • MDM and remote management
  • Daily builds & weekly demos
  • Minimizes your TCO
  • No handcuffed contracts

Rocketmade is the best development company I have worked with. They are professional in every way, exceeded my expectations and delivered a quality product. — Mike Strong, Founder, Daily Bread & Pop Five
I can't say it more clearly: Rocketmade is the go-to company for building rock-solid apps. Their process, rigor and intelligence put them among the most advanced development group I have worked with. — Scott Paul, Founder of ArmorActive & Voto App

Recent Work

 


Demo Videos

We're not pros as doing demos, but then again, we can't be awesome at everything. At least we used the blanket trick with moderate success to avoid the all-to-common (and annoying!) hollow office echo of doom.

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About Us

We make up the fine folk of Rocketmade. But before you meet us, meet the values that help us weave our magic. Our biggest shame would be getting caught not living up to them. As such, you are hereby deputized to catch us in the act (er...not in the act?)

Our Core Values

Honesty and transparency mean everything to us.If we don’t know or can't do something, we’ll tell you.
We thrive on challenge, but proceed with pragmatism.Too often our industry dives headlong into empty pools.
Just because it can be built, doesn’t mean it should.We spend time refining and even delaying ideas that aren't ready.
A sustainable pace runs the best race.Pizza at 3am results in bugs and grumps, not shippable products.
More than money, it’s about the passion, the craft.We have no satisfaction in product funerals. We’re in this to win.
Minimal is always better.Nobody wants a monstrosity to maintain. We build accordingly.

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The Blog

Usually we're writing software and advising startups, but in the off-chance we spent a few minutes blogging, here is what we had to say. You can read our entire blog here.

We also use Pivotal Tracker for Transparency, Clarity and Focus

We recently read Paul Davis’s article on the Pivotal Labs blog regarding Pivotal Tracker’s ability to provide transparency, clarity and focus. It resonated close to home for us at Rocketmade, as we have tightly modeled our business using many of the agile practices that Pivotal Labs has made famous. 

Says Davis of their view of Tracker,

Pivotal Tracker is more than a project management tool: it reflects the nimble approach to software development Pivotal Labs is known for. It’s not merely a way for teams to communicate about their progress, but instead a real-time monitor of the project’s health, at both a micro and macro scale.

With so many project management options on the market, it’s difficult to know which to use. We have cycled through a half-dozen options and keep coming back to Tracker. While there are definite gaps (ahem…designers tend to feel like second-class folk), feature such as the incredibly fine-tuned UI and drag-and-drop simplicity set a high bar for the competition. 

So, until something more compelling comes around, we’re definitely staying put with our decision to embrace Pivotal Tracker. 

Daniel Evans provides a great overview of the Pop Five app, which we built for iDitto, a Salt Lake City-based startup with an impressive array of founders. This Ruby on Rails application is a social networking app similar to Pintest and other interest-based social sites.

Technologies we used in building Pop Five include: 

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Ruby 1.9.3
  • Backbone.js
  • Bootstrap
  • Passenger
  • Apache
  • Chef/Chef Server
  • Amazon AWS
  • Sphinx
  • Redis

This is a quick demo of the popular Concepts: Precision Sketching iPad app that we built for our client, TopHatch. In this video, DJ Holt, one of two core engineers on the project, walks through some of the highlights of the first release of this application. If you have an iPad, but haven’t had a chance to play with Concepts, go download it and let us know what you think. 

Technologies we used to build Concepts include:

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Ruby 1.9.3
  • Backbone.js
  • Bootstrap
  • Passenger
  • Apache
  • Chef/Chef Server
  • Amazon AWS
  • Sphinx
  • Redis
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We're located in the sunny, red rock landscape of Southwestern Utah, strategically located between Las Vegas and Salt Lake. Pretty smart, eh?

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Let's start with a phone call. Next we'll do lunch. At that point, we may as well build you an amazing app. That's what friends do, right?

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Rocketmade
335 East Saint George Blvd, #104
Saint George, UT 84770

Tel: (435) 215-1769
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