Made by Windmill
For hobbyists and professionals requiring precision tools, specifically home bakers and live musicians seeking performance analysis.
Rise: Baking & Bread Recipes
Snapshot
Who is Made by Windmill?
Building specialized utility apps for Apple platforms that solve technical problems for artisanal bakers and professional musicians.
Target audience
Portfolio
Free 1Last updated
Rise: Baking & Bread Recipes
v71.0.0
1y ago
Publisher DNA
What defines Made by Windmill?
Publisher DNA
Primary focus
Niche utility and technical management tools
Scale
indie
Target audience
Hobbyists and professionals requiring precision tools, specifically home bakers and live musicians seeking performance analysis.
Origin
A small studio established to design and build applications specifically for Apple’s platforms.
Signature Patterns
- •Focus on niche utility and technical management tools
- •Platform-exclusive development for Apple ecosystems
- •Hybrid monetization strategy including freemium and one-time paid models
- •High-precision features like dynamic scheduling and real-time beat detection
Portfolio momentum
Maintains a steady development cadence with 3 updates across its 2 active apps in the last 6 months.
Company profile
medium confidence- Founded
- 2016
- Employees
- 1-10
Portfolio
What does Made by Windmill ship?
Apps
2 apps analysed
Unique linear tempo graphing for post-performance analysis
- Tempo Detection Accuracy
- Lack of Background/Simultaneous Play
User Sentiment
How do users feel about their apps?
1
Positive apps
0
Neutral / mixed
0
Negative apps
78/100
Avg sentiment score
Rivals
Who does Made by Windmill compete with?
The rivals identified
Nemeses(1)
High-velocity competitor with 20 releases in the last 6 months, aggressively capturing the 'AI music analysis' space.
Contenders(3)
Strong minimalist alternative with high update velocity (6 releases in 6 months) and 36k+ reviews.
A long-standing 'Pro' segment leader with nearly 20k reviews and active maintenance in 2026.
The dominant pro-level utility with over 169k reviews and a consistent 3-release-per-half-year update cadence.
Same space(4)
Focuses on the analysis side of musicianship, similar to Tempi's 'analyze the performance' value prop.
Mainstream metronome from a high-volume developer targeting the general music category.
A niche practice tool that shares Tempi's prosumer audience but focuses on file manipulation.
A highly-rated (4.77) utility updated as recently as April 2026.
The Analyst's Read
The bottom line on Made by Windmill
Bottom line
Made by Windmill is a disciplined indie studio that achieves high user satisfaction by solving specific technical pain points in underserved niches. Their ability to sustain high ratings across disparate categories like Food & Drink and Music suggests a strong competency in UX for utility-driven applications.
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What fed this analysis
- Apps analyzed:
- 2
- With full intel:
- 1
- With overview:
- 2
- Website scraped:
- yes
- Social presence:
- no