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Apps Beyond Creative. Welcome to Third Rail Platform, the underground of Third Rail Creative. We build our own products, build apps for partners, and keep tuning both once they're in people's hands.
Four stops from idea to App Store.
We prove an idea on the web where it's quick to change, put it in front of real people, and only then build the native app.
Prototype
A working web version, built fast enough to rethink every screen.
Test
We beta test early with actual people, nothing artificial. Real people with real phones tell us how the app is working.
Ship
Native iPhone builds through TestFlight, then the App Store.
Keep tuning
Content and features keep improving after launch, without waiting on a new release.
Six apps, two kinds of trips.
Partner apps were built with organizations we love, from a comedy festival to an animal shelter. Originals are products we dreamed up and run ourselves.
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Moontower Comedy Festival On the App Store
The festival guide for Austin's Moontower Just For Laughs: every show and performer, with a personal schedule for two weeks of comedy.
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East + West Austin Studio Tour Partner app
An interactive map, artist directory, and favorites list for Big Medium's free, self-guided tours of hundreds of Austin studios.
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APA! On the App Store
Austin Pets Alive!'s matchmaker in your pocket. Say what you're looking for, save the pets you're considering, and send an adoption inquiry right from the app.
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Liquor Cabinet iPhone beta
Tell it what's in your bar and it shows every cocktail you can make tonight, plus the one bottle that would unlock the most new drinks.
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Ruling Web betaiPhone next
Ask a golf rules question out loud. Get a plain-language ruling on the spot, spoken and on screen, with a link to the official rule.
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RoundUP Pickleball Prototype
Rank the players you like to play with. RoundUP fills your four in order, gives first dibs to the people at the top, and taps trusted friends' lists when you're short.
Support and privacy, app by app.
Each app gets its own support page and privacy policy, the same pages linked from its App Store listing.
Board early.
Join a beta, ask for a demo, or tell us about the app your organization needs. A real person at Third Rail reads every note.
Or email us directly at hello@thirdrailplatform.com.