Software studio · Sierra Nevada, California
We make apps for the drive, the allowance and the weigh-in.
Rival Bear is a software studio in California’s Sierra Nevada. We make Yonder, Twiggybank and Balance Point, and each app has its own site.
Meet the appsThe light follows your pointer.
The apps, in the order we started them.
Each card opens the app’s own site. Hover one to catch the light.
Beta · iPhone
Yonder
Narrates the places you drive past. Each story names its source.
iPhone · Free for 8 stories a week
getyonder.app ↗
Live now
Twiggybank
Allowance in three jars. The Saving jar grows a little every night.
Web · $3.99/mo or $29.99/yr per family
twiggybank.com ↗
In development · iPhone
Balance Point
Finds the trend under your daily weigh-ins and gives the goal date as a range.
iPhone · No account · Apple Health
getbalancepoint.app ↗
How the apps behave
- Answers say where they came from.Yonder’s stories cite Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames or the Historical Marker Database.
- Corrections stay on the page.An undone Twiggybank entry keeps its place, with the reason beside it.
- A range when that’s all the data supports.Balance Point gives a goal date as a window, and none at all when there are too few weigh-ins.
- Opening an app earns you nothing.No streaks. Twiggybank runs on memberships and shows no ads.
Shipped lately
Every release, dated- Yonder 1.5.0. Setup after install was redesigned, and so was the way a long drive ends. Test build.
- Yonder 1.4.0. A town beside the highway now waits for you and plays as you pass, with a wider window at highway speed. The road itself can tell its history again. Test build.
- Twiggybank 1.4.0. Kids’ screens now follow the phone’s text size, screen reader and reduced-motion settings, and money words got plainer.
When something ships, we send one email.
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