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App developer · Knoxville, Tennessee · since 2015: I ship my own apps. I’ll help you ship yours.

Alongside my own apps, I take on a small number of client projects: iPhone, iPad and Mac apps, and Ruby on Rails web apps, for businesses and startups. I work with clients nationwide, and each one works with me directly, from the first conversation to long after launch.

Email me See the work

40 real screens from 16 projects, my own apps and clients’ alike.

Some of the companies Lotus has worked with

  • KARM Stores
  • Citus Data
  • NASCAR
  • Eyrus
  • Mogul
  • Croozen

Businesses, not just software

Software that changed the business, not just the screen.

Most of my client work hasn’t been software for its own sake. It’s been part of how a business grew, or how a new one got off the ground, and in a few cases I’ve stayed on for a decade to keep it going. (In the early years Lotus was a small team, so some of these are “we”.)

Custom software that took a business somewhere new

Software added to a business that already worked, to take it in a new direction.

App development for startups and new products

New products and startups, from working out what to build to launch day.

Custom software for iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web, built in Knoxville.

  • iOS

    iPhone and iPad apps

    From an iPad point of sale in thrift stores across the country to my own Bobara, on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple TV.

  • Mac

    Mac apps

    For your business on the Mac, from a small internal tool to something bigger.

  • Rails

    Ruby on Rails web apps and APIs

    Most of Lotus’s client work, some of it carried from Rails 3.2 to 8.1 along the way.

Tell me about your project

Working with me

You get me, the whole way through.

No account manager and no hand-off: just me, from my desk in Knoxville. I take on only a small number of client projects at a time, so each one gets proper attention. Here’s how that went for OnTrac, KARM’s iPad point of sale.

Matt's desk in the evening: a big display, a white and lilac keyboard, a small wooden capybara, and a framed “Yum.” poster lit by an orange lamp
the desk, Knoxville
  1. A hand tapping large category buttons, such as Clothing and Linens, on the OnTrac iPad app
    2018 · Discovery

    Discovery

    Discovery usually turns up requirements, audiences and workflows nobody had explored yet, and sometimes a better answer. I start every project there, my own included.

  2. OnTrac iPad app designs: a PIN login keypad, a sale screen with category buttons, and Sale, Refund and Lock menus
    2018 · App design

    Design

    Designed around the people using it: for OnTrac, big buttons and a guided checkout, so a volunteer on their first shift can ring up a sale.

  3. A cashier opens a cash drawer under an iPad mounted on a store counter while a customer waits
    2018 · Development

    The build

    Well-tested code, because launching matters, but not at the expense of the code you’ll be living with for years afterwards.

  4. A man in a Lotus shirt demonstrates a store checkout counter to a cashier while a videographer films
    The launch film

    Launch, and after

    I look after what I build once it’s live. I’m still building OnTrac today.

Already have a team? I can join partway through: get a stalled project moving again, or help a team through a tough patch.

Still going

Some client work never ended.

Mogul Wireless since 2015, KARM Thrift Stores since 2016, and their software is still growing.

See what I do for them

“We are so grateful for the amazing service you provide.”

Rob Bell, Owner, Mogul Wireless

“We had an idea of what we needed, but they made it a reality, and that was the beauty of our partnership.”

Evan Crass, Director of Partner Engagement, KARM Thrift Stores

“Great company! Good communication. Keeps projects on schedule. Passionate about what they do. Knowledgeable. Experienced. Honest. Easy to work with.”

Ethan, Founder of School PayIt

“I can't say enough good things about Lotus Apps. Extremely high quality of work and outstanding communication.”

April Taylor, Principal of April Taylor, CPA

Tell me what you’re building.

A few lines about the project and when you need it is plenty.

hello@madebylotus.com