An independent iOS app studio

Point your camera at a maker's mark.
Know what you're holding.

First from the lab: four decoder apps on one identification engine — for cast iron, pocket watches, vintage lighters, and glass kitchenware. One photo tells you the maker, the era, and an honest value.

See the apps support@kenicallabs.com

The decoders — our first family

Four collections. One honest engine.

Skillet maker & value finder IronID

Coming soon

Point your camera at the mark on the bottom of a cast iron pan and find out who made it, roughly when, and what it's worth.

Antique watch identifier Pocket Watch ID

Coming soon

Photograph the dial or movement and learn who made your pocket watch, when, and what it's typically worth.

Date code & value decoder Retro Flame

Coming soon

Point your camera at the bottom stamp on a vintage lighter and get the year it was made, the era, and an honest collector value.

Vintage glass & kitchenware Backstamp

Coming soon

Identify vintage glass and kitchenware from backstamps and mold marks.

Why Kenical

Honest by design.

Estimates, not appraisals

Values come as honest ranges with reasoning — never fake precision.

"Unmarked" is an answer

No readable mark? The apps say so instead of inventing a maker.

No accounts, no ads

Nothing to sign up for, and nobody bidding for your attention.

Point, scan, done

Open the app, aim at the mark, get an answer. That's the whole loop.

Next from the lab

Not everything we make is a decoder.

Voice party game Squawk Off!

Coming soon

Pass the phone, copy the sound, and let the parrot judge. A party game for 2 to 8 players on one iPhone: every take is scored on pitch, timing, texture and punch, then played back against the original.

A human reads it.

Questions, feature ideas, or a mark we got wrong — support for every Kenical Labs app goes to one inbox.

support@kenicallabs.com