Software, AI, and aerial
intelligence built
for the field.

A veteran-owned studio that designs and ships custom apps, websites, and the software behind them — App Store–live iOS, bespoke sites like this one, and AI built in where it earns its place. Available for independent and contract work.

Accepting Q3 work // Mountain West // FAA Part 107 // VOSB // @sc__ience
8
// disciplines
6
// products built & building
3
// live on the App Store
// pots of coffee
// stack & capabilities · scrolling list
Swift / SwiftUI Kotlin Python TypeScript Claude API On-device LLMs MLX Core ML SwiftData ARKit MapKit MapLibre PostGIS Meshtastic MeshCore LoRa BLE Pix4D Agisoft Metashape Thermal IR Orthomosaics 3D Photogrammetry FAA Part 107 n8n / Zapier pywinauto Postgres / Supabase Sentry Solidity / Web3 Ethers.js
Built to last · Field tested · Honest scope · No bullshit · Ships on time · Veteran owned · Mountain west · Code you can read · Documents we'd want · Tools we'd use ourselves ·
// core capabilities

Apps, sites, and the software behind them.

Independent design-and-build for founders and teams who need something real — shipped to the App Store, deployed to production, and designed by the same hands that write the code. These three are where we live.

App Development

Native iOS & Android that work where the signal doesn't — offline-first and hardware-aware, with BLE radios, maps, AR, and on-device AI. Designed, built, and shipped to the App Store by one team.

SwiftUI Kotlin Core ML MapKit

Web & Product Design

Bespoke marketing sites, product launches, and branded portals — fast, hand-built, template-free. The page you're reading and every product page on it are exhibit A.

Bespoke Performant Responsive
// exhibit A — this site & every page on it

Software Design & Architecture

System design, API contracts, data models, and UX flows — the decisions before the code that decide whether v2 is a refactor or a rewrite. From greenfield MVP to production rescue.

Architecture API Design Data Modeling
// from MVP to production-grade
// the full toolkit

Eight disciplines. One team.

Most projects pull from more than one — an app that ingests drone-survey output, an AI assistant that watches gauge data, a GIS layer that ties it all to the ground beneath your feet.

Apps

Native iOS and Android, plus cross-platform when it makes sense. Offline-first, sensor-integrated, hardware-aware.

SwiftUI Kotlin RN

Automation

Custom internal tools, integrations, and pipelines that delete the spreadsheets your team hates.

Python n8n Postgres

AI

LLM-powered agents, vision models, on-device ML, and AI-assisted workflows. Used where they help — never as decoration.

Claude API Core ML Vision

GIS

Custom map applications, offline tile pipelines, geospatial analysis, geology overlays, and field-grade vector tooling.

MapKit PostGIS QGIS

Mesh Networks

Meshtastic LoRa mesh radios, MANET-style peer-to-peer comms, BLE protocol design, off-grid messaging stacks.

Meshtastic LoRa BLE

Drone

FAA Part 107 pilots flying optical, thermal, and RTK payloads. Orthomosaics, 3D models, inspections, surveys.

Thermal Ortho LiDAR

Web Design

Marketing sites, product landing pages, custom branded portals. Bespoke design — no templates, no Wix. Just this one as exhibit A.

Bespoke Performant Static

Software Design

Architecture, API design, system planning, UX flows — including experience with crypto and Web3 applications. The decisions before the code that decide whether v2 is a refactor or a rewrite.

Architecture API Design Web3
// proven capabilities

Where we've already shipped.

// industry

Oil & Gas

Mudlogging shack automation, LAS file pipelines, gauge data integration.

// drone

3D Modeling

Photogrammetry, mesh generation, dense point clouds for sites & structures.

// drone

Ortho Mapping

High-resolution orthomosaics delivered as GeoTIFF, drop-in for GIS workflows.

// drone

Thermal Imaging

Radiometric thermal mosaics for roof, solar array, and equipment inspection.

// app

GIS / Mapping

Offline-first iOS map app on the App Store, 9 layers, mesh radio integration.

// ai

AI Integration

On-device species ID, LLM agents, vision pipelines, RAG over technical docs.

// automation

UI Automation

Win32 / macOS UI automation for legacy software that lacks APIs.

// app

Native iOS

SwiftUI + SwiftData, App Store submission, ARKit, Core BLE, Core ML.

// mesh

LoRa Mesh Networks

Meshtastic integration, encrypted PSK channels, off-grid tactical messaging.

// services

Courier & Field Ops

Time-critical document & sample courier, on-site survey, Mountain West coverage.

We build the kind of software
that survives contact
with the real world.

// our working principle · since day one
// our apps

Apps we've built — and are building.

Five products of our own — three already live on the App Store, two in final build. Each one is a piece of working evidence: this is the software we ship when the client is us.

Browse all products →
MeshTrail topo map
// app · ios LIVE — APP STORE

MeshTrail

Offline backcountry navigation, field guide, and mesh-radio coordination. Nine map sources, Meshtastic LoRa support, AI species ID, AR horizon, and a full survival guide — all working without cell service.

SwiftUI MapKit Core BLE Core ML ARKit
Neon Synthetics offline chat
// app · ios · ai LIVE — APP STORE

Neon Synthetics

A 100% offline on-device AI studio — private chat on a bundled 4B model, a full neon beat studio, an offline Wikipedia, notes and voice. No account, no internet, nothing ever leaves your phone.

MLX Qwen3-4B SwiftData AVAudioEngine WidgetKit
Meshology
// app · ios · mesh FINAL BUILD

Meshology

The only app that speaks both Meshtastic and MeshCore at once — one contact list, one map, one inbox. Honest delivery status, offline maps, plain-English privacy, and an optional forward-secret encryption layer.

Swift packages CoreBluetooth MapLibre CryptoKit LoRa
Parlor
// app · ios · games FINAL BUILD

Parlor

An offline-first games house: play Chess, Go, GeoQuest and Risk against ten AI characters — each with their own voice, personality and strength, driven by a language model that thinks on your phone.

On-device LLM MLX Game engines ElevenLabs Game Center
Trail Pals home trail map
// app · ios · kids LIVE — APP STORE

Trail Pals

A calm, fully-narrated nature world for ages 2–5. Five gentle habitats with real animal sounds, 200+ collectible friends, no-fail mini-games, 46 sing-along songs, and a quiet wind-down — with no ads and zero tracking.

Flutter Dart Kids Category Audio No-track
// client & automation work

Quiet software, doing its job.

Not everything is an app on a storefront. Some of it is a website customers actually use in the field — and some runs quietly in the background of someone else's operation.

// in their words

What it's like in the field.

Not our words — real App Store reviews. MeshTrail is rated 4.7★ by its early users.

★★★★★
I've learned more about nature and its inhabitants in the two months since downloading MeshTrail than I have in 30 years as a Colorado native… Super fun and astonishingly useful. Works completely offline?! I'm hooked.
Peak.Interest91 · MeshTrail · App Store review
Read the reviews on the App Store →
// who you're hiring

A studio of one. By design.

SC-ience Labs is veteran-owned and deliberately small — small enough that the person you talk to is the person who designs the screens, writes the code, and signs the build. No account managers, no offshore handoff, no game of telephone between you and the work.

That's a software engineer who ships real apps to the App Store, and an FAA Part 107 pilot who can put a sensor over the same site the software is built for. The thread through all of it: tools that hold up in the field, code you could actually read, and honest scope.

Veteran-owned FAA Part 107 App Store developer Direct — no middlemen
principal.txt
PrincipalShane Clark · MothMan
FocusApps · Web · Software design
BasedMountain West, USA
CredentialsVeteran-owned · FAA Part 107, insured
ShippedMeshTrail — live on the App Store
Engagements~$8k–$80k · 6–14 wk to v1
Status● Accepting Q3 2026 work
// what you can count on

Hiring independent shouldn't feel like a risk.

Reviews are nice, but the products are the real references. Here's what every engagement also comes with, in writing.

One person, end to end

The person who scopes your project is the one who designs it, writes it, and ships it. Nothing gets lost in a handoff or a status meeting.

Shipped, not slideware

We've put an app on the App Store and code into production. You get working, signed, deployed software you can hold — never just a deck.

Honest scope & price

A clear estimate up front, and a straight answer if we're not the right fit. No padded hours, no scope creep by stealth, no surprise invoice.

Code you own & can read

You keep the source — documented, clean, and yours. No black boxes and no lock-in: the next developer (or you) can pick it up and run.

// how we work

Small team, narrow focus, real software.

We take a small number of projects at a time and stay close to them. Most engagements run 6–14 weeks to a working v1, with retainer-style maintenance after.

01 — discover

Scope & constraints

One week. We map the real workflow, the budget, and the hard edges before any code or flights.

02 — design

Prototype & pilot

Two to three weeks. Working prototype on real hardware, real data, real terrain.

03 — build

Ship the v1

Four to ten weeks. Production code, signed builds, deliverables in the format you actually use.

04 — support

Operate & evolve

Optional retainer. We fix what breaks, ship the next thing, and stay reachable when it matters.

// next step

Have a problem worth building for?

Drop a short note about what you're trying to do. We'll reply within two business days with whether we're the right fit and a rough estimate.