Functionality-driven web & app studio · Worldwide

We find the friction. We build the fix.

ZET Studios is a functionality-driven web & app studio. We hunt for the points of friction in your market — the moments that make customers hesitate, wait, or walk away — and turn your website or app into the function that removes them. Backed by real, shipped software.

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Sound familiar?

Where businesses quietly lose customers.

Most lost revenue isn't dramatic — it's small friction, repeated a hundred times a week. These are the ones we hear most:

Low conversion

Visitors land, look around, and leave without booking, buying, or calling.

Weak retention

Customers come once and never get a reason to come back.

Booking friction

Phone tag, back-and-forth, and a clunky process that makes people give up.

Leaking leads

Enquiries lost to slow follow-up, full voicemails, and missed messages.

Admin overload

The same questions, scheduling, and paperwork — done by hand, over and over.

Hard to find

People searching for exactly what you do are finding your competitors instead.

Every one of these is a friction point — and every one can be engineered out.

The reality

Your customers are already looking. Can they find you?

Before anyone walks in or picks up the phone, they check you out online. What they find — or don't — decides whether you get the visit.

76%
of "near me" searches lead to a visit within 24 hours.
Think with Google
75%
judge a business's credibility on its website alone.
Stanford Web Credibility
94%
of first impressions of a business come down to design.
Web design research
98%
of people use the internet to find & choose local businesses.
BrightLocal
Before & after

The difference a point of function makes.

When your site or app removes the friction your customers feel, everything downstream gets easier.

Friction
  • Customers hit a wall your competitors don't — and leave
  • Slow, manual steps that should just happen on their own
  • People can't do the one thing they came to do
  • A site that informs, but doesn't actually function
  • Sales lost to whoever made it easier first
Function
  • The friction point found and engineered out
  • The slow manual step automated away
  • Customers do what they came for in a single tap
  • A website or app that works, not just displays
  • You become the easiest choice in your market
What we do

Websites, apps, and the features that set you apart.

From a fast, modern website to a full mobile app, we build the functionality your business actually needs — designed around how you work, not a template.

01

Business websites

A fast, modern, mobile-first site built around your business — never a tired template. Designed to turn visitors into customers.

From $800
02

Google & local presence

Show up on Maps and search when nearby customers are looking. Profile setup, reviews, and local SEO done right.

From $300
03

Mobile apps

When a website isn't enough — booking, loyalty, ordering — we build the iOS & Android app too. Genuinely (see below).

App MVPs from $5,000
Recent work

Real sites and platforms, live today.

A few of the web properties we've designed, built, and shipped — click through to see each one live.

Concepts

What your site could look like.

A few concept designs across different industries — yours would be built around your brand and the friction your customers actually feel. Click through to explore each one live.

Selected work

Most studios show mockups. We show shipped products.

Most "web people" have never shipped real software. We design and build production iOS apps — across travel, business, health, education and games — end to end. These are our own products, built to the same bar we'll build yours to. Yours could be next.

Browse all live work in the App Store →
Our approach

We don't build what you ask for. We build what your customers need.

Every market has friction — a moment where customers hesitate, wait, or give up. We find it, then turn your website or app into the point of function that removes it. For a café that's order-ahead; for a clinic, online intake; for a trades crew, an instant quote. Here's that thinking made real in our own apps:

Tova Translate

Boardroom mode

Friction: meetings stall when people don't share a language. Function: live three-way translation, in real time.

Elderoak

Prescription scanner

Friction: typing out medications and dosages is slow and easy to get wrong. Function: scan the label and it fills itself in.

Note & Key

Lesson recording + homework

Friction: students forget the lesson and homework slips through. Function: recorded lessons and tap-to-upload homework.

Anyponics

Guided build workflow

Friction: beginners are overwhelmed before they start. Function: a step-by-step build from empty room to working system.

Every business has a friction point. We find it — and build the fix.

Why ZET Studios

Fast, direct, and genuinely accountable.

Reachable
A real studio you actually talk to — based in BC, working seamlessly with clients worldwide.
Fast
Most sites go live within a week, not three months.
Direct
You work with the people who build it. No account managers.
Proven
Real products shipped to the App Store — not a slide deck.
How it works

From friction to function in a few weeks.

No drawn-out process, no jargon. We find the problem, show you the fix, and build it — and you see the work before you commit a cent.

01

We map the friction

A quick call to find where your customers — and you — lose time, money, or patience. That's the problem worth solving.

02

You see a free preview

We design the fix as a website or app feature — on us. No commitment, and nothing to pay until you love it.

03

We build & launch

Approve it and we ship it, connect everything, and put you live — usually within a week or two.

Pricing

Honest, flat pricing.

Websites start here; app MVPs start around $5,000, quoted per project. No hourly surprises — we agree the price up front, you see a free preview first, and you only pay when you're happy.

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The Essentials

A polished 1–3 page site with your branding, contact form, and the basics done beautifully. To get found and look the part.

From $800
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The Full Presence

A multi-page site with services, gallery, Maps, reviews and SEO — the complete local presence, end to end.

From $1,500
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Looked After

Hosting, edits, updates, and keeping it fast and secure — so you never have to think about it again.

From $50 / month
FAQ

Good questions, straight answers.

What does "functionality-driven" mean?
We don't just make things look good. We find the friction in your market — the thing that slows your customers down — and build your site or app to remove it. Every project starts with the problem, not the pixels.
How much does a project cost?
Websites start at $800, and full multi-page sites at $1,500. App MVPs start around $5,000, quoted per project. Either way, we agree a flat price up front — no hourly billing, no surprises.
How long does it take?
Most websites go live within a week or two of you approving the design. Apps and larger builds take longer — we'll give you a clear timeline before we start.
Do I own what you build?
Completely. The design, the code, the domain, and the content are yours — no lock-in and nothing held hostage.
What if I don't like it?
You see a free preview before paying anything. If it's not right, we revise it until it is — or you walk away at no cost.
Do you only work with local businesses?
Not at all. We're based in Langley, BC, but we work with businesses anywhere in the world — the entire process runs remotely, from the first call to launch.
No commitment

See your free preview.

Tell us about your business and we'll design a free preview of the fix — a website or app feature built to remove your customers' friction. Love it, we ship it. If not, no harm done.