About us
A family business, based in North Yorkshire
Green Apps is a small family business in North Yorkshire, England. We build simple, affordable apps for the lawn bowls community — the kind of tools we wanted for our own club and couldn't find anywhere at a price that made sense.
Everything we make gets used by real bowlers, on real phones - often in the rain, often by people who'd rather be bowling than fiddling with technology.
Our story
It started with a notebook
Like most bowlers and captains, we kept results on spreadsheets, in notebooks and in our heads. It wasn't easy to see how we and our teams and individual players were performing. We shared what was happening on the green on Whatsapp and made rink bookings in a paper diary. We thought there must be a way of doing this better!
So we built the tools ourselves, one problem at a time — first for individual players, then captains, then competition organisers and clubs. Four apps later, bowlers across the country, and some overseas, use them every week, and we still add features because a member asked for them at the club.
What we believe
How we make decisions
Built by bowlers
We play, we captain, we run competitions, we make rink bookings. Every feature starts with something that we know bowlers will want to use.
Genuinely affordable
Bowls clubs don't have software budgets. Our prices are set so an individual member or a small club can say yes without a committee debate.
Made for a non-techy audience
Simple design, plain English and no clutter. If a feature needs explaining twice, we redesign it.
Real people answering
Email us and you'll hear back from the family who built the app, usually within a couple of working days.
Our apps
Four apps, one community
Each one solves a different job around the green. Use one, or use all four.
Come and say hello
Whether you're a single bowler or a club secretary, we're happy to talk it through — no sales pitch.