Automata: Kinetic Art Studio lets you design, assemble and wind intricate mechanical sculptures right on your iPhone. Brass, wood, springs and a satisfying click.
Position brass gear trains, align articulated levers and hand-sculpt custom cams to steer the lifelike movement of wooden and metallic figures.
Feel every tooth of the ratchet wheel. Wind heavy mainsprings with authentic gestures and precise CoreHaptics feedback: pawl clicks, governor hum, wooden clatter.
Carve profile cams with intuitive touch controls and reshape displacement curves, speed and cadence in real time.
Lay your device flat and turn a desk or bedside table into an illuminated showcase, with endless cycles and soothing ambient mechanics.
A delicate bird that flaps its wings and tilts its beak in sequence.
Interlocking planetary gears tracking orbital cycles.
An intricate automaton executing complex drawn flourishes using linked cams.
⚙️ We are a small crew of tinkerers, watch-lovers and software makers who fell for the hush of an 18th-century workshop and wanted to carry it in a pocket.
🎯 Our mission is to revive the lost art of clockwork and make precision mechanics something anyone can touch, understand and enjoy.
🪄 Automata hands you brass gears, levers, springs and a cam studio, so you can build singing birds, orbiting astrolabes and quietly scribbling figures, then watch them run on your desk.
🕰️ It is valuable because it calms the mind: tactile, offline, ad-free and unhurried, a creative toy that rewards curiosity instead of clicks.
Wind it. Watch it. Wonder.
Automata does not collect, store or transmit any data. Everything stays on your device.
None. We do not collect personal information, usage data, device identifiers or location. The automatons, cams and gear layouts you create never leave your iPhone.
Since we hold no information, we do not use, analyze, share or sell it. There is nothing to profile and nothing to trade.
Your vault and settings are stored locally on your device only. There is no cloud storage, no sync server and no remote backup operated by us.
Automata contains no analytics, advertising networks, trackers or third-party SDKs. It works fully offline, and haptics and ambient sounds are produced on-device.
Because nothing is transmitted, there is nothing to intercept. Your local data is protected by the security features of iOS and your device passcode.
The app collects no personal information from anyone, including children under 13, which is consistent with COPPA. It has no ads, accounts, chat or purchases that expose children to outside parties.
You are in full control. There are no accounts to manage. To delete everything, simply uninstall the app and its local data is removed from your device.
If the policy ever changes, we will update this page and revise the effective date. Our commitment to keeping your data on your device will not change.
Questions? Write to privacy@automatakineticartstudioapp.com.
💌 Got a question, an idea for a new automaton, or a squeaky gear to report? Drop us a line, we love hearing from fellow mechanics.
⏱️ We reply within 24 to 48 hours.