Palau Technologies

We build mobile apps that feel like well-made objects.

Palau Technologies is a small studio in Melbourne. We design and build native apps for Android and iOS, from the first sketch to the store listing, and we ship our own apps to keep our craft honest.

Melbourne, Australia · Android and iOS · Working with clients worldwide

Work

4 apps in the stores

  1. Fader icon

    Fader

    A sleep-sounds mixer built like a small analog desk. Six channels, thirty sounds, a timer that fades out, an alarm that wakes you with your own mix.

    Media3 audio engine · Generated colour noise · Exact alarms · Compose custom UI

    Android

    One-time purchase

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  2. Pila icon

    Pila

    A document scanner with nothing to hide. Scan, sign and recognise text on the phone itself. No watermark, no upload, no account.

    ML Kit document scanner · On-device OCR · PDF generation · Compose custom UI

    Android

    One-time purchase

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  3. FX Always icon

    FX Always

    Live exchange rates for currencies and crypto, a converter that shows the fees, alerts, and a portfolio.

    Live rate feeds · Push alerts · Offline mode · Encrypted cloud backup

    Android

    Subscription

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  4. RadioAdi icon

    RadioAdi

    Live radio from more than fifty thousand stations, with a song wheel, a world map and a radio alarm.

    Streaming audio · Station directory · Nearby stations by location · Radio alarm

    Android

    Subscription

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These are our own products. Client work is shown on request.

Services

What we take on

  • Native Android

    Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Media3, CameraX, ML Kit, Play Billing, Play Console and policy compliance. Apps that pass review the first time and keep working on low-end phones.

  • Native iOS

    Swift and SwiftUI, StoreKit, App Store review. Same product, built the way each platform expects.

  • On-device intelligence

    OCR, document scanning, object detection and audio processing that run on the phone, with no server and no data leaving the device.

  • From idea to store

    Product definition, custom UI design, store listings, screenshots, localisation and launch. One team from sketch to first thousand users.

How we work

Small by design. You talk to the people who build the app, and the same people answer after launch.

We prefer apps that do one job well, custom interfaces over templates, and monetisation the user can understand. Our own apps are how we test that: every practice we recommend is one we have shipped.

Contact

Projects: hello@palautech.dev. Send a paragraph about what you want to build and where you are; we answer within two working days.

App support: support@palautech.dev. Include the app, your phone model and the Android or iOS version.