A native watch app, AR headset or medical wearable device with a companion app and cloud backend. We build wearable software for smartwatches, fitness trackers, industrial headsets and clinical sensors, with attention to battery life, privacy and reliable BLE integration.
An Apple Watch has a tiny screen, a HoloLens sees nothing, and a continuous glucose sensor needs a battery that lasts months. The design therefore does not start with the UI; it starts with the question: which moment in the wearer's workflow does the wearable really need to improve? What are the three actions that must take no more than two taps? Which data may the wearable process locally, and what goes to the cloud? What happens when the Bluetooth connection drops in the middle of a measurement?
Wearable development sits at an intersection. It resembles mobile development because it involves mobile operating systems (watchOS, Wear OS, stripped-down Android variants on industrial devices), but in practice it is closer to embedded development: small screens, limited processing power, frugal sensors and tight battery budgets. At the same time, a wearable is never an island. There is always a phone companion, a cloud backend and often an integration with a primary system such as an EHR, WMS or CRM behind it.
We build wearable software for clients in healthcare, sport, industry and logistics. Native where it matters (watchOS in Swift, Wear OS in Kotlin, Garmin Connect IQ in Monkey C), cross-platform where that makes sense, and always with a companion app and cloud backend so the wearable fits into a larger whole. A wearable project combines firmware thinking, mobile app architecture and API integration, and that is precisely where we distinguish ourselves as an app developer.
Wearables differ greatly in function and audience. Based on your use case, we advise which type fits best, and which wearable hardware suits it best.
Native apps for Apple Watch, Wear OS devices (Samsung Galaxy Watch, Pixel Watch, Mobvoi TicWatch) and Garmin Connect IQ. Workout tracking, heart rate and recovery data, sleep analysis, coaching flows and complications that surface the relevant metric on the watch face. With a companion app, accounts and cloud history so trends can be reviewed by a coach, sports doctor or the user themselves. For Fitbit, Whoop and Oura, we build the companion app and cloud layer, as their devices are closed ecosystems on which third-party watch apps are not possible.
Software for continuous glucose monitors, wearable ECG patches, heart rate bands and fall-detection devices. Remote patient monitoring for primary and secondary care, medication reminders, alerts for abnormal readings, and integration with the EHR via HL7 FHIR and Vecozo for clinical context. Privacy and regulation are central here, not an afterthought: a wearable app that supports treatment decisions falls under CE-MDR and requires demonstrable risk management, clinical evaluation and software lifecycle processes in line with IEC 62304.
Hands-free apps for ring scanners and pick-by-voice in the warehouse, helmet-camera streaming for remote experts, and AR instructions on HoloLens, Magic Leap, Vuzix or RealWear. We build on the Android flavour of industrial wearables (often a stripped-down AOSP build with a device-specific SDK) and on Unity for AR headsets, with direct integration into your WMS, MES or API layer. This also covers BLE tags and handheld scanners for retail: proximity flows, mobile POS belts and assistant displays for shop staff.
A wearable app is never a standalone piece of software. We deliver a complete stack that you can manage and develop further yourself.
Four patterns where a wearable adds significantly more value than a mobile app or dashboard. If you recognise your situation, we would be happy to talk further.
Chronic patients, oncology aftercare or post-operative pathways where you want to see vital parameters daily without the patient having to come back in. A wearable plus RPM platform reduces outpatient pressure, flags deterioration earlier and gives the care team a continuous picture rather than a snapshot per consultation. Important for adherence: minimal interaction required from the patient, automatic sync, and alerts that do not lead to alarm fatigue.
You provide training guidance, recovery coaching or sports medicine care, and want objective workout, heart rate and recovery data from your clients, rather than relying solely on self-reporting or generic consumer apps. With a dedicated wearable app, data, branding and the coaching flow stay within your platform, and you can offer new services such as recovery monitoring or progression coaching based on reliable measurements.
Warehouse pickers, factory technicians or field engineers need their hands for the physical task. A ring scanner, helmet camera or AR headset replaces the handheld scanner or paper work order without interrupting the workflow. Voice-directed picking on a Wear OS device, AR instructions on a HoloLens, or remote expert sessions where someone follows along through a Vuzix headset: these are all things we can build. Connects with our field service apps.
Fall detection for older people, lone workers with an alarm button on the smartwatch, or helmet-mounted sensors in defence and security. The wearable becomes a passive safety layer that makes manual alerts unnecessary: the wearer does nothing, the system detects on its own. For situational-awareness scenarios, we link the sensor data to a central dashboard so a commander or care coordinator has real-time insight.
With OneDayBuild, we turn your idea into something tangible in one day for €1,150, so you can see whether further development is worth the investment. Decide to go ahead with the full build? Then we credit the full cost.
Explore OneDayBuild →A conversation in which we establish who will be using the wearable, which data matters, and which wearable hardware best suits that. Apple Watch, Wear OS, Garmin, a medically approved device or an industrial headset: this choice shapes much of the rest of the project.
Veldobservaties met 3-5 toekomstige gebruikers, een workshop met uw team, en een technische verdieping op BLE-protocollen, batterij-budget en de cloud-architectuur. Aan het eind een concrete scope, planning en de eerste interactie-flows op het wearable-scherm.
We work in short sprints, with each iteration producing a testable build on real hardware. You test along with us, and so do end users. We start with the most critical flow and build outwards from there, so we can validate early what works and what doesn't.
Submission to the App Store, Google Play or the relevant MDM distribution for industrial devices. For medical wearables: preparation for CE-MDR or CE-IVDR certification together with a notified body. Followed by a phased rollout to your user group, with support on call during the first sprints.
Ongoing monitoring of crash rates, BLE stability and backend performance. We keep pace with new watchOS and Wear OS versions so the app doesn't drop out of the store. Further development on a fixed sprint cadence.
What clients usually ask us before starting a wearable project.
A free thirty-minute introductory call. We listen to your use case, the wearer and the data that matters, and give you direction on hardware, platform choice and architecture that you can act on straight away. Wearables often overlap with our work on IoT apps, so we bring that context along.
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