Thoughtful iOS products with elegant information design and polished native interactions.
Modern, minimalist digital work
Modern digital products, shaped with clarity.
Based in Glasgow, Scotland, the studio focuses on app development and web design projects shaped by clarity, restraint, and purposeful interaction design.
Studio snapshot
2026
Independent studio
App development and web design from Glasgow, with a quiet, product-led point of view.
Clean marketing sites and product pages with structure, atmosphere, and strong editorial pacing.
Reduced visual noise, clear hierarchy, and interfaces that feel considered rather than crowded.
Independent studio work from Scotland, collaborating remotely on focused digital projects.
Studio
A restrained visual language, built for products that need to feel modern without feeling cold.
Shaking the Habitual works across brand-led websites, app interfaces, and product presentation. The aim is simple: reduce the noise, sharpen the message, and make every interaction feel intentional.
Design with clarity
Layouts are structured to breathe, with strong spacing, confident typography, and a clear visual rhythm from first impression to final call to action.
Build with purpose
Every page and product surface is shaped around use, performance, and legibility, not decoration for its own sake.
Ship refined products
From studio sites to standalone apps, the work balances minimalist presentation with enough personality to feel distinct and memorable.
Apps
Products across iOS and macOS, each designed around a focused job and a clean, streamlined experience.
Each product reflects the same studio principles: careful structure, reduced friction, and interfaces that help people stay oriented while doing real work.
iOS
Current iPhone and iPad apps from the studio. These also run on silicon Macs.
Timeline management
Timelined
A structured way to build, organise, and explore timelines, from personal milestones to research-heavy event histories.
Flexible scorekeeping
Versus
A flexible scorekeeper and match tracker for sports, games, and repeat rivalries, with history and analysis built in.
Notes and memory keeping
Anecnote
A flexible note and memory manager designed for capturing anecdotes, reviews, reminders, and personal knowledge in one place.
macOS
Desktop tools with the same focus on clarity and utility.
Tree export utility
Tree to CSV
A macOS utility for exporting tree structures into CSV, making hierarchy data easier to inspect, repurpose, and work with elsewhere.
Approach
Modern minimalism here means careful editing, not emptiness.
The studio approach is grounded in removing friction, highlighting what matters, and creating interfaces that feel quietly confident. Every element should earn its place, whether that is in a homepage hero, a product card, or the details of an app screen.
Information is prioritised so people know where to look first.
Content is broken into deliberate sections with room to breathe.
Animation and visual emphasis are used sparingly, where they help understanding.
Contact
Have a project in mind?
Shaking the Habitual is primarily focused on developing its own products, but occasionally takes on a small number of external client projects. If you have something thoughtful in mind for the web, iPhone, or macOS, get in touch and start the conversation.
Legacy products
Stacks for RapidWeaver.
For many years, Shaking the Habitual developed products for the Stacks plugin ecosystem for RapidWeaver. That work has now been retired, not only because the development of Stacks has stalled, but also due to the fact that there are now far better ways to build sites for the modern web. The existing catalogue of stacks remains available though for anyone who still relies on that workflow.
Archived catalogue
Legacy products can still be browsed and purchased through the existing store.
Browse legacy products