Good tools know when to be quiet.

Rocky River Apps is an independent studio in Colorado making apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Table Torch

A soft reading light for dim restaurants.

On the App Store, for iPhone. $0.99.

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Backmarker

A Formula 1 companion, in your time zone.

Coming soon for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Free.

The App Store link will appear here the day it ships.

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Table Torch

Light the menu, not the room.

Table Torch turns your iPhone into a soft, warm reading light for dim restaurants, so you can read the menu without blasting a flashlight across the table.

  • Six colors, three palettesLow Light, Bright and Party, or a palette of your own.
  • Tilt to dimTip your phone to soften the light, or use the slider.
  • Stays awakeThe screen won’t lock while you read.
  • Quick color barChange the light with one tap, right on the main screen.
  • Breathing glow and embersOptional, for a little atmosphere.
  • Collects no dataNo account, no ads, no tracking.

Every item comes with the app.

Table Torch on iPhone, lying on the table: the whole screen glows Candlelight, with the quick color bar along the bottom.
Try the light

The app’s six Low Light colors. Pick one and watch the menu.

Lit with Candlelight

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Requires iOS 18.2 or later.

Backmarker

Race weekends, on your time.

A free companion for Formula 1: every session in your time zone and the circuit’s, the weather for each one, and, if you like, no results until you’re ready.

  • Every session in your time zone and the circuit’s, with countdowns and Apple Weather.
  • The race, explained: tire strategy, track dominance and qualifying sectors.
  • Every championship since 1950, readable offline.
See what’s coming
Backmarker on iPad: a circuit drawn as a single line, colored by which of two drivers was faster through each part of a qualifying lap.

From the studio

  1. Backmarker is in final testing for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

  2. Table Torch 3.0: a redesigned interface, custom color palettes and more ways to make it yours.

  3. Table Torch 1.2: better tilt control.

  4. Table Torch arrives on the App Store.

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Apps that ask nothing of you.

No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Table Torch collects no data at all, and Backmarker runs without analytics.

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