Apps, made in Hamilton.

Café is the studio behind Bandleader and Communed. We design, build and look after web and mobile apps for people who love what they do.

Our own apps

We build products of our own, which means we deal with the same app store reviews, support emails and roadmaps our clients do.

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Bandleader

Charts, set lists and gig days for working bands.

Write chord charts in letters or Nashville numbers, switch key in one tap, bring in your ChordPro files, and build the set list for every gig with the key and tempo on every song.

On the web, on any phone, tablet or laptop.

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Communed

School management for independent schools.

One place for families, teachers and the front office. Communed brings the day-to-day running of a private school out of spreadsheets and inboxes.

Coming to the web, iOS and Android.

How a project runs

The process matters as much as the result. Six steps, from the first conversation to the hundredth release.

  1. Discovery

    We learn everything we can about you, your customers and what you want the app to do. Clear goals make every later decision easier.

  2. Strategy

    We look at your market and your users, then decide what the first version must do and what can wait.

  3. Design

    Our favourite part. The strategy becomes screens and prototypes you can tap through, revised until they feel right.

  4. Build

    We build in short cycles you can see and test, on foundations that will hold up as you grow.

  5. Launch

    Everything goes live: the stores, the servers, the announcement. It is the start, not the finish.

  6. Measure and grow

    We watch how people use it, learn what works, and keep improving the app month by month.

Let's start a conversation

Have an app idea, or one that needs rescuing? Tell us a little about it. Or just suggest a coffee and we'll talk it through.

hello@wearecafe.com Hamilton, Ontario Monday to Friday, 9 to 5

We reply within one working day.