Independent app studio · Est. 2025
We design, build and ship consumer iOS apps.
HopeTech is a small product studio focused on well‑crafted mobile apps. We work across retro gaming, photo and video, language learning, collectibles and AI‑powered companions, and we ship fast without cutting corners.
- Downloads
- 750K+
- Apps shipped
- 20+
- Platform
- iOS & iPadOS
- Founded
- 2025
Our apps
A selection of products we have designed, built and published.
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GamePod Emu
Entertainment · Retro gaming
An all‑in‑one retro console emulator supporting GB, GBC, GBA, NES, SNES, N64, PS1, PSP and NDS, with full controller support.
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Comix
Reference · Collectibles
Identify any comic from a photo, estimate its grade and market value, track prices and organise your collection.
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FanKick
Entertainment · Sports
Turn a selfie into a football card, open packs, play for your country and go head‑to‑head in penalty shoot‑outs.
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RetroVision
Entertainment · Photo & video
Turns your camera roll into VHS‑style reels sorted by trip and date, with CRT, cinema and black‑and‑white looks.
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Ellie
Entertainment · AI companion
A voice‑first AI companion with memory and an evolving personality. Rated 18+.
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LingoFella
Education · Languages
Real‑time conversation practice with AI tutors, instant corrections, smart replies and on‑the‑fly language switching.
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Word Dose
Education · German vocabulary
Flashcards, quizzes, a lock‑screen widget and an AI chatbot for learning German vocabulary a little every day.
Founders
Umut Önel
Co-founder · Hamburg, Germany
Leads product, strategy and operations at HopeTech, from deciding what we build next to how each app reaches its users.
LinkedInAytek Sökmen
Co-founder · iOS Engineering
Leads design and engineering. Has shipped more than 20 iOS apps with over 750K downloads, built natively in Swift and SwiftUI.
LinkedInLet’s talk
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info@hopetech.space