AppIndustri
§ 04 — About

A studio that also runs the books.

AppIndustri started backwards from most agencies: the operating problem came first, the software second. The person running the studio handles the financial administration of an industrial operation in Mexico, so the apps come from having actually closed months, not from a brief.

§ 01 What we do

We design and build native applications for iPhone, iPad and Mac, and custom systems for businesses that already have a way of working and don't intend to change it to fit a piece of software.

Our ground is operations: what gets collected, what's owed, what's in inventory, what goes to the accountant and what gets presented to a board. That kind of software is judged differently — looking good isn't enough, it has to survive someone reviewing it line by line.

Today we have ten applications of our own, each with its own site and, where there's an account, its own online access to consult the same information from a browser.

§ 02 Mission

That a Mexican business can run on software built for how it actually works, without settling for a translated template or a system that costs more than it solves.

§ 03 Vision

To be the studio a business trusts with the tool it closes the month on: the one they use every day, the one that keeps the history, and the one that still works when the person who ran it changes.

§ 04 What we believe

That operational software earns trust with evidence, not with promises. That a hidden button is not a permission. That a figure without its receipt is an opinion. And that if a screen needs training, the screen is badly built.

We also believe in saying what we don't know. If a figure can't be verified, it's marked unverified instead of filled in. That's the difference between a system people trust and one they double-check by hand just in case.

§ 05 How we work

Six rules that aren't up for negotiation

Anyone can promise quality. These are the concrete decisions that produce it, and they're applied in every app in the catalog.

01

Numbers reconcile against something

A total that only exists is useless. Every figure is compared against the approved budget, the bank statement or the contract. If it doesn't reconcile, the system says so instead of presenting the number as good.

02

Every peso carries its receipt

The document isn't an extra you attach if there's time: it's the proof. Without it the record is incomplete, and it's flagged that way.

03

What's closed doesn't get edited

An issued month, a charged ticket or a signed acknowledgment is already in someone else's hands. They aren't corrected on top: they're adjusted with a note, and the trail of what changed and why stays.

04

The server enforces permissions

Hiding a button is not a permission. Limits, roles and caps are enforced on the server side, where nobody can get around them by reinstalling the app.

05

Currencies are never added together

No amount exists without its currency, and two currencies never land in one total. A number that mixes pesos and dollars is worse than not having the number.

06

No process should require training

If a screen has to be explained, the screen is wrong. It gets tested with someone who barely uses a phone, not with someone who already knows where everything is.

§ 06 The catalog

Ten apps you can go look at

The best way to know how we work is to see what's already built.

See the applications