At a glance

Studio
Straylight Orbital
Tagline
Fun, powered by you.
Founder
Mark Strayer
Founded
2025
Location
Remote · United States
Imprints
Straylight Orbital · Straylight Creative
Press contact
press@straylightorbital.com
General
hello@straylightorbital.com

Studio bio

Short

Straylight Orbital is a small studio building software where your effort drives the fun. Cycling, photography, and the things we'd rather do ourselves than have a machine do for us.

Long

Straylight Orbital is a small studio building software where your effort drives the fun. Our first product, Freewheel, is a focused trainer remote — built so you can put on a spin class, ride a YouTube video, or do your own intervals without the trainer's app fighting you. Our second, Straylight, is an arcade racer powered by pedaling. Our third, Proof, comes from our sister imprint Straylight Creative — an iPad-native contact sheet for photographers who treat looking as part of the craft. We're starting with cycling and photography because that's where we live, but the studio is really about a simpler idea: the effort you're already putting in is allowed to be fun, and the software's job is to honor the work, not replace the judgment.

Founder bio

Mark Strayer is a senior iOS engineer and product strategist. He previously led mobile work at Sam's Club Innovation R&D. Today he runs Straylight Orbital alongside Strayer Studio, a small consulting practice. He lives on a road bike and at a contact sheet, which is the shortest possible explanation of the products.

Products

  • Freewheel — iOS trainer remote · Shipping · /freewheel
  • Straylight — Effort-driven arcade racer · In Development · /straylightgame
  • Proof — iPad contact sheet · In Development · Straylight Creative · /proof

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