The studio, and the company behind it.
Holdover Software is a one-person independent app studio. It builds small, focused apps for iOS: each one does a single job properly, runs its work on the device rather than on a server, keeps whatever it saves local to the phone, and asks nobody to make an account.
The studio is named after its first app, and the name stuck as the umbrella when the second one turned out to be for an entirely different audience.
A precision ballistics calculator for iOS, built for sport shooters, hunters, and long-range competitors. It produces drop solutions using G1 and G7 drag models, walks shooters through guided zeroing on a tap-to-place target, and ships with a curated library of factory loads with verified ballistic coefficients. Every calculation runs locally on the device. No cell service required.
A calm balloon toy for small children. Balloons drift up, a tap pops them with a cheerful sound, and now and then one has a hand-drawn Popling hiding inside. Three worlds, 37 Poplings, and a Grown-Ups section that gives a parent a plain read on how the app is actually being used. No ads, no accounts, no purchases, and nothing collected.
CM Collective LLC is a Minnesota limited liability company. CM Collective LLC owns and operates this website (holdoversoftware.com), develops the apps published under the Holdover Software name, and is the legal entity responsible for their distribution on the App Store.
CM Collective LLC is an independent software studio founded by Clint Jones, a Marine veteran, hunter, and product manager.
Two apps this far apart do not share a feature list, but they do share a standard. These are the rules that apply either way.
Holdover Ballistics adds one more: shoot first, configure later. A useful drop table in under a minute, before any of the advanced inputs are touched.
Poplings adds two. Toy, not arcade: the default mode is calm and endless, with no timer, no score, and no way to lose. And never gamify screen time: the parent-facing numbers are there to inform a parent, not to reward more play, so there are no streaks and no rewards for coming back.
For privacy and data-handling details, see the Privacy Policy, or the Poplings privacy policy for that app specifically. For terms of use, see the Terms of Service. For inquiries, see Contact.