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Open Late Studio
UC Merced college town · Merced County

App Development in Merced

Open Late Studio brings real iOS and web apps built to production grade to Merced, Merced County.

For Merced's UC Merced & student services and restaurants and cafés near campus, that means custom software and apps built to the same standard the big firms ship. Anchored by UC Merced and a young, online-first population, Merced rewards businesses that meet customers on Google and in AI search instead of the phone book.

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Built for Merced.

Merced is one of the fastest-changing cities in the Valley, anchored by UC Merced — the newest UC campus — and its growing student and faculty population. It pairs that college-town energy with deep roots in agriculture, food processing, and logistics along the Highway 99 corridor, giving local businesses both a young, online-first audience and a working backbone of ag and trade.

Serving businesses around UC Merced · the Highway 99 corridor · historic Downtown Merced · the Merced County fairgrounds

Why Open Late

The software the big firms build — for your shop.

Native iOS apps

Real apps on the App Store, with subscriptions and billing wired up — not a wrapped website pretending to be an app.

Web apps & dashboards

Customer portals, booking systems, internal tools — fast, secure, and built to scale with you.

Backends that hold up

Auth, payments, databases, APIs. The plumbing that keeps an app running when real customers show up.

FAQ

Merced questions, answered.

Will App Development actually help my Merced business?

Yes — custom software and apps built to the same standard the big firms ship. For Merced's UC Merced & student services, agriculture & food processing and restaurants and cafés near campus, that's the difference between getting found by someone searching "coffee shop near UC Merced" and staying invisible. A young, growing, online-first population means the businesses that nail web and AI search reach customers the old phone book never could.

What kinds of Merced businesses do you work with?

All of them — restaurants and cafés near campus, student housing and services, ag and trucking operations, retail and personal services, clinics and trades. From UC Merced & student services to healthcare, if you serve customers in Merced or Merced County, we can help you get found.

Can you actually get my app on the App Store?

Yes — we've shipped multiple apps live, with subscription billing and real payments. We handle the build, the review submission, and the launch.

iOS, Android, or web?

We start where your customers are. iOS and web are our core; we'll tell you honestly if Android is worth it for your case.

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Let's get your business found.

Free 20-minute call. We'll look at where you show up now — on Google and in AI search — and what it'd take to be the answer.

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209-336-3005 · we answer late