About Apps From Outer Space
Apps From Outer Space is a one-person studio in St. Louis, Missouri, making delightful apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro.
Every app is designed with the same philosophy: it should be useful, it should be well-made, and it should respect the person using it. That means no ads in kids' apps. No dark patterns. No data harvesting. Just software that earns its place on your device.
John Haney
Founder & Developer
John Haney began coding at age 8 in 1987, studying programs from instructional books and writing his first original software. He's been building on Apple platforms since the first public beta of Mac OS X in 2000, and formed Apps From Outer Space, LLC in 2010.
His first App Store release, Flashlight, was one of the earliest apps on the platform and has been downloaded over 100 million times. Since then, he's shipped apps across every Apple platform — from word games and photo tools on iPhone to spatial experiences on Apple Vision Pro.
John designs, codes, tests, and supports every app himself. When something breaks, he's the one who fixes it. When you email support, he's the one who replies.
He also teaches app development at Apps You Can Make and writes about development on johnhaney.com.
Our Promise
- Apps intended for kids will never have advertising or in-app purchases.
- Your data stays on your device unless you explicitly choose to share it.
- If you have a problem, you'll hear back from a real person — the same person who made the app.