A small studio building software where your effort drives the fun. Cycling, photography, and whatever else we'd rather do ourselves than have a machine do for us.
Straylight Orbital is a small studio building software where your effort drives the fun. Our first product, Freewheel, is a focused trainer remote — built so you can put on a spin class, ride a YouTube video, or do your own intervals without the trainer's app fighting you. Our second, Straylight, is an arcade racer powered by pedaling. Our third, Proof, comes from our sister imprint Straylight Creative — an iPad-native contact sheet for photographers who treat looking as part of the craft.
We're starting with cycling and photography because that's where we live, but the studio is really about a simpler idea: the effort you're already putting in is allowed to be fun, and the software's job is to honor the work, not replace the judgment.
A focused iOS trainer remote. Control your smart trainer's resistance and gradient cleanly during a Peloton class, an Apple Fitness+ ride, a YouTube spin video, or your own intervals. One thing, done well.
An arcade racer where your effort is the input. Built for smart-trainer owners who'd rather play than train.
An iPad-native, Apple Pencil-first contact sheet for photographers who treat looking as part of the craft. Lay out a shoot, mark it up, write print-development notes by hand — no AI culling, no subscription.
Most software wants to remove friction, automate decisions, and optimize for speed. We don't. We make tools for people who'd rather do the work — pedal the pedals, look at the photographs, make the call themselves — and want the software to get out of the way and let it be fun.
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