picTrove November Update: Unsplash and 500px Are Back
Unsplash and 500px are back in picTrove, with more Yandex results and smoother browsing on iOS and Android.
High quality social and media apps built with focus
Traversient is an independent mobile development studio creating focused apps for image search, media workflows, and engaging games. We care about fun, utility, speed, and steady iteration over unnecessary complexity.
How we work Small products, practical design, and continuous releases shaped by real use.
Product lineup
Current apps
A small portfolio of products built for real tasks, not inflated feature lists.
picTrove for iOS
Search, browse, save, and revisit high quality photos from multiple Internet services on iPhone and iPad.
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picTrove for Android
Search photos from multiple Internet services on Android with crisp full photo viewing and practical save actions.
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Easy Word Cross
Find connecting words in an easy word puzzle game built around common English vocabulary.
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GIFCon
Convert animated GIFs into videos on iOS so they can be saved, managed, and shared more easily.
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Soil Type
Classify top soil in the field with a guided Ribbon Test workflow, sample cataloging, location, and photos.
View detailsOur focus
What Traversient builds
Products that stay lean in scope, feel polished in the hand, and keep getting better release after release.
Image discovery apps
Tools like picTrove make it easier to browse, compare, and save high quality images from multiple web sources.
Media utilities
Utilities like GIFCon focus on a single job and make it frictionless for creators and power users.
Field-ready workflows
Apps like Soil Type are designed around practical, step-by-step tasks that need to work outside the office.
Native mobile craftsmanship
We build for the strengths of mobile platforms, with careful attention to browsing flow, touch, and responsiveness.
Iterative product design
We ship, learn, refine, and keep improving instead of treating launches like the end of the work.
Independent perspective
Being small lets us stay opinionated about usability and move quickly when we see a better way forward.
How products take shape at Traversient
Start with a specific workflow
Every product begins with a concrete browsing, conversion, or field-use problem that deserves a better tool.
Keep the interaction model tight
We favor interfaces that stay understandable even when the underlying capability is powerful.
Ship and refine continuously
Real usage reveals what should become faster, clearer, or more flexible in the next release.
Let the utility speak for itself
The goal is software that becomes part of someoneās routine because it saves time and reduces friction.
Notes, updates, and product thinking
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picTrove August Release: A Faster, Smoother Way to Discover and Enjoy Photos & GIFs
The August release brings Slideshow mode with 11 animated transitions, a new Unsplash photo source, expanded Yandex and Giphy discovery, swipe-down photo dismissal, richer photo details, and major iOS performance and stability improvements.
Say Goodbye to Banner Ads: Introducing picTrove's New No Ads Subscription
picTrove's latest update brings a No Ads subscription to iOS and Android: remove banner advertising from your photo searching experience with a flexible monthly or annual plan.
Welcome to the new Traversient site
A short note on the refreshed Traversient site and what will show up here next.
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