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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software development |
| Founded | November 2002 |
| Founder | Dan Counsell |
| Headquarters | |
| Products | Clear, Analog, Ember, RapidWeaver, Typed, Courier |
| Website | realmacsoftware |
Realmac Software is an independent software company based in Brighton, England. [1] [2] [3] [4] Dan Counsell founded the company in November 2002 and serves as its director. [5]
In November 2002, Dan Counsell founded Realmac Software. [5] [6] The company released RapidWeaver, a template-based website editor, in 2004. [7] Realmac Software acquired EventBox, a social media app, from its developers, The Cosmic Machine, in October 2009. [8] [9] Realmac Software released Clear, a to-do list app, for iOS in January and Mac operating systems in November 2012. [10] The app reached spot two on the Apple Mac App Store behind Apple's Mountain Lion operating system. [10] The app was also listed on FierceDeveloper's list of "Top Apps" in February 2012. [11] FierceDeveloper named Realmac Software a "2012 Rising Star of Mobile Development" that November. [11]
The company released Analog, a photo manipulation software, in May 2013. [12] [13] The following month, Realmac Software released Ember, an app designed to capture and organize screenshots. [3] The company announced the release of Typed, an OS X app for writing in Markdown, in July 2014. [1] That October, Clear was ranked 12th on Business Insider's list of "The World’s Greatest Apps." [14]
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