Making an Impact With Technology

Appetiser is a digital agency built by entrepreneurs looking to push the boundaries of what an app development partner can be on both a local and global level. 

Technology empowers our clients, and our team, to make a difference where it matters most to them. This is how we measure success.

Together, we have the power to make the impact we can’t make alone.

$100 Million+

App Revenue

$20 Million+

Capital Raised

11 Million+

Users

"Since our inception, we have focused on product success as our north star: Downloads, users, client revenue, and changing lives through technology."

Michael MacRae
CEO

Michael Macrae

We Help Our Clients Change the World

Australian Ballet Star Finds Startup Success and 10k Downloads in Week One.

Claudia is a former dancer of the Royal Ballet. She trained at the Royal Ballet School and graduated in the Royal Ballet Company, one of only six Australian dancers ever to achieve this honour. She came to us with a vision for an app that would reflect her status in the world of dance and help other train to get the skills they need. We worked hard to understand what made Claudia special and designed her app to embody those ideals. Our combined efforts paid off: the ballet training app saw 10,000 downloads in the first week, trending status, and 4.9-star rating from over 200 reviews on the Apple App Store at launch.

From Footy Legend to Founder: Connecting Millions of Fans and Their Idols

Inspired by his experiences as a top-level Australian athlete, Ben Dixon wanted to find a way for celebrities and their biggest fans to connect through technology. Ben was able to raise over $1 million using our prototype designs and Vello now has a fan base of 150 million and counting.

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Pioneering Aged Care Communication

BarbCare was founded by Louise and David Harris after Louise's mother started feeling isolated at the care home she lived in. Their idea was for a communication tool to keep aged care residents, families and carers connected. The startup is now making a difference in people lives across Australia and is the first app of its kind anywhere in the world.

After working with Appetiser, Barbcare’s aged care platform was able to partner with Bupa within months of launch.

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Making a Difference with OneRaise

Passionate about helping others, Matt Gollan was inspired to raise money for charity using the power of technology. AHF and Appetiser teamed up and created OneRaise, a web-based charity raffle platform which made almost $1 million in just a day during its first live raffle. It’s also on its way to transacting $10M through the platform in it’s first 12 months.

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We Help Our Clients Change the World

Australian Ballet Star Finds Startup Success and 10k Downloads in Week One.

Claudia is a former dancer of the Royal Ballet. She trained at the Royal Ballet School and graduated in the Royal Ballet Company, one of only six Australian dancers ever to achieve this honour. She came to us with a vision for an app that would reflect her status in the world of dance and help other train to get the skills they need. We worked hard to understand what made Claudia special and designed her app to embody those ideals. Our combined efforts paid off: the ballet training app saw 10,000 downloads in the first week, trending status, and 4.9-star rating from over 200 reviews on the Apple App Store at launch.

From Footy Legend to Founder: Connecting Millions of Fans and Their Idols

Inspired by his experiences as a top-level Australian athlete, Ben Dixon wanted to find a way for celebrities and their biggest fans to connect through technology. Ben was able to raise over $1 million using our prototype designs and Vello now has a fan base of 150 million and counting.

See Portfolio

Pioneering Aged Care Communication

BarbCare was founded by Louise and David Harris after Louise's mother started feeling isolated at the care home she lived in. Their idea was for a communication tool to keep aged care residents, families and carers connected. The startup is now making a difference in people lives across Australia and is the first app of its kind anywhere in the world.

After working with Appetiser, Barbcare’s aged care platform was able to partner with Bupa within months of launch.

See Portfolio

Making a Difference with OneRaise

Passionate about helping others, Matt Gollan was inspired to raise money for charity using the power of technology. AHF and Appetiser teamed up and created OneRaise, a web-based charity raffle platform which made almost $1 million in just a day during its first live raffle. It’s also on its way to transacting $10M through the platform in it’s first 12 months.

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How We Achieve That Impact…

Continuous Improvement

Success today means nothing tomorrow. We never stop learning how to improve every area of our company, so you get the results you deserve.

Open Collaboration and Communication

We lead with your vision to get the best results, while staying committed to the tough decisions that give you the highest chance of success.

Full Journey Partner

Your startup journey isn’t just design and done. Success is a process that needs constant attention, and your specialists will support you throughout.

App Development Flow
App development flow

Only Design Excellence

You can build your future success on the foundation of brilliant design. Our excellence is born from years of pushing the boundaries of what data influenced design can achieve.

Tech Perfection

Quality is in the details, and our in-house coding gold standards demand perfection. Only the top 1% of developers globally meet this benchmark.

Care for the World Around Us…

Appetiser Care

Our team could reach their potential because they had access to quality education. Yet in the Philippines, millions of children have little or no access at all. 

So, we’ve launched Appetiser Care, with the goal of sponsoring the education of a Filipino child for every member of our team.

We hope to give a little back to a country that has given us so much.

Paper Free

It’s our responsibility to protect the environment as we grow. That’s why we pledged to be 100% paper-free from day 1, while looking for more ways to reduce our impact on the world.

And Grow Together

Appetiser University

We launched Appetiser University as part of our drive to be better tomorrow than today by instilling a culture of learning throughout the fabric of the company. Working across departments, specialists from within each team lead the initiative. As our knowledge grows, so will our team.

Appetiser University

We launched Appetiser University as part of our drive to be better tomorrow than today by instilling a culture of learning throughout the fabric of the company. Working across departments, specialists from within each team lead the initiative. As our knowledge grows, so will our team.

Appetiser Virtues

Our virtues act as our in-house code, challenging our team to be the best versions of themselves and promote a culture of learning, togetherness and respect.

Virtue #1

Be Better Tomorrow Than Today

Strive to be better each day and never settle.

Virtue #2

Empower Your Team

Together, we’ll make the biggest impact. It’s the responsibility of every team member to challenge each other to be as successful as possible.

Virtue #3

Direct, Respectful and Fair

Communication is an important force for growth and improvement. Being direct, respectful, and fair strengthens us through a culture of feedback and openness.

Virtue #4

Passion Breeds Dedication and Results

When you’re truly passionate about what you do, excellence and results will follow.

Virtue #5

Think Big, Become the Best

Every single initiative, experiment, or directional change is usually for one reason: to become better in our field until we’re the best. For that, we must always think big.

Appetiser Virtues

Our virtues act as our in-house code. They challenge our team to be the best versions of themselves and promote a culture of learning, togetherness and respect.

Want to Help Us Make a Difference?

We’re always on the lookout for the best and brightest design, development, and management talent. Feel inspired by our virtues?

Our People are the True Heroes

Recognised for Excellence

clutch award 2019-2020
Uplabs
Appetiser App Smart Company Award
Deloitte's 2019 Tech Fast 50 Award
Appetiser App Design rush awards
Appetiser Award
Appetiser App Development Company Award
Telstra Award
clutch award 2019-2020
Uplabs
Appetiser App Smart Company Award
Deloitte's 2019 Tech Fast 50 Award
Appetiser App Design rush awards
Appetiser App Development Company Award
Telstra Award
Google Review stars

4.9 stars from 42 Google Reviews

I’ve worked with several other app development companies on various projects and Appetiser stands head and shoulders above them all.

Initial designs and prototypes were produced very quickly and they were fantastic. Development updates come through weekly, we’re very happy with the first version of our app. Michael’s knowledge and experience are invaluable and we’re looking forward to continuing our app journey with Appetiser.

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Vello Technologies

Appetiser have been exceptional in bringing our business idea to life. From initial concept, though the development and now to public release, the team at Appetiser have not missed a beat with their friendly, solution focus, customer centric approach. It is easy to see why Appetiser is the number one App developer in Australia. Although we have achieved many things together over the past 12 months, I believe our biggest achievements are yet to come.

Stephen Procter
Stephen Procter

Cannot recommend Appetiser enough. Such a talented team, the best app developers in Australia. Michael empowers everyone in his team as well as the client (us) that we are working together on something special. Out of his confidence and positivity, magic happens!

Joanna Allen
Joanna Allen

Recommend this team unreservedly, they are amazingly talented developers that do very good work. Communication and advice has been top notch, an essential element during your app journey. More than a development house, the knowledge within this team can help guide your business with a holistic lens. Very pleasant to interact with also.

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Jason Fabbri
Google Review stars

4.9 stars from 42 Google Reviews

I’ve worked with several other app development companies on various projects and Appetiser stands head and shoulders above them all.

Initial designs and prototypes were produced very quickly and they were fantastic.

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Vello Technologies

Appetiser have been exceptional in bringing our business idea to life. From initial concept, though the development and now to public release, the team at Appetiser have not missed a beat with their friendly, solution focus, customer centric approach.

Stephen Procter
Stephen Procter

Cannot recommend Appetiser enough. Such a talented team, the best app developers in Australia. Michael empowers everyone in his team as well as the client (us) that we are working together on something special.

Joanna Allen
Joanna Allen

Recommend this team unreservedly, they are amazingly talented developers that do very good work. Communication and advice has been top notch, an essential element during your app journey.

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Jason Fabbri

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