Products & custom software
From idea to live product: scoping the first version, building it, hosting it, and looking after it once real users arrive.
Software studio · United Kingdom
Clever software for real work.
Amber Fox Labs is an independent UK software company. We design, build and run software: our own products, and custom apps, websites and AI tools for clients.
You work directly with the engineer building your software, from the first conversation to launch and beyond.
Services
What you can hire us to build.
The same care that goes into our own products, applied to your problem. Short engagements or longer partnerships, remote across the UK.
Web & mobile apps
Apps and websites that work well on a phone, keep working on a patchy connection and stay in step across devices, with secure sign-in throughout.
AI tools & automation
Assistants, document workflows and internal tools wired into the systems you already use, with guardrails, testing and a clear cost per task.
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Architecture & cloud
Data models, sync and hosting costs reasoned out before code is written.
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Integrations
Connecting your software to the tools and services your business already runs on.
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Security & maintainability
Secure sign-in, tested code and documentation your team can work with after handover.
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Interface & web design
Calm, phone-first interfaces, from the first wireframe to a design system developers can build from.
Our products
Software we build and run ourselves.
Alongside client work, we design, build and operate our own products. Each one has its own home on the web.
Rotas & staff hours
RotaHero
Rota and staff hours software for UK shift-based small businesses: cafés, studios, salons and anyone who plans the week in a spreadsheet today.
- Build the week's rota in minutes, with UK working-time regulations built in: rest breaks, weekly hours and night work checked as you plan
- Staff see their shifts and ask for time off from their phone
- Secure by design and built to industry standards, so your team's data is protected
How we work
Small on purpose. No surprises, everything written down.
You talk directly to the engineer who designs and builds your software. No account managers and no hand-offs between sales and delivery, just practical engineering that is built to be maintained long after handover.
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A first conversation
We talk through the problem, not the tech. You leave the call knowing whether we're a good fit.
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A plan on one page
Scope, price and milestones agreed in writing before any work starts.
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Built in the open
Regular demos, a shared task board, and code, docs and access handed over at the end.
Have a project in mind?
Tell us what you're trying to build, improve or automate. No formal brief needed: a few sentences are enough to get started.
We'll come back to you to discuss the problem, possible approaches and whether we're a good fit.