Tobey Osborne
Founder, Toast Mobile. Mobile product engineering.
Edmond, Oklahoma.
hi, I’m Tobey. I’ve been building technology and software for over 16 years, and I wake up each day passionate about the work I get to be part of. I love bringing simple solutions to complex problems for clients and personal projects. I believe building products users come back to day after day requires pairing excellent design with software and focusing on how the user interacts with each part of the project, from start to finish.
The last 8 years of my career have been with one of the first apps launched on the App Store, the YouVersion Bible app. My work there started on a 35 person team that scaled to a 250+ team as we worked to grow the app to the 1 billion download milestone in 2025.
On the side, I love innovating and creating simple games for people to enjoy. I am a future-focused engineer, constantly learning, building, and adapting as technology changes. With AI rapidly reshaping how software is designed and built, now is the time to audit and adjust what is working now and bring it up to speed for the future.
Tell me what you are dreaming and what is in the way. Book a call and let’s build it together.
- 16+ years
- 35+ apps shipped
- 3M+ downloads
What I can do
Hire me for one piece of it or the whole thing. Most engagements start small and grow.
- End to end product builds Concept, design direction, app, server, store submission, and the maintenance years after launch.
- iOS, Android, & Web Native where it matters, Flutter when one codebase is the right call. 35+ apps in the stores since 2010.
- Backends and infrastructure APIs, databases, real time multiplayer, push, payments, hosting, and a bill that stays sane as you grow.
- Technical leadership Architecture, code review, hiring, and setting direction with product and design.
- AI coaching Getting engineers and businesses genuinely productive with agentic tools rather than merely curious about them.
- Rescue and audit Inherited codebases, stalled launches, and apps that need someone to own them again.
Selected work
A cross section of what I have shipped: a billion download Bible app, personal projects, and software that has run for years.
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YouVersion Bible App
8 years, through 2026 iOS · Android · WebEight years of engineering on an app with more than a billion downloads. Across several roles: set technical direction with product and design, led application architecture for the family of apps.
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Versle
Toast Mobile iOS · Android · WebA collection of Bible games with 12,000 daily players. Designed, built, launched, and operated solo across iOS, Android, and web.
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Pixel Plex
Toast Mobile iOSReal time multiplayer city builder with 40 players sharing a live city, trading resources and running city wide projects together.
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Mafia Mystery
Toast Mobile iOS · AndroidSocial roleplay game where players take hidden roles and talk their way through each round. Over one million players globally.
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Vibrio
Toast Mobile iPadProfessional DMX and Art-Net lighting control, built for the iPad and running in thousands of venues.
See more work at toastmobile.com.
What I care about
- Products people actually open The goal is to build products people love, with daily active users as the key metric.
- Craft over churn Fewer, better screens. Considerate of the person holding the phone.
- Software that lasts Apps I shipped a decade ago still run. I care about the quality and community of people that use them.
- Treating users well Clear pricing, no dark patterns, and data handling I would be comfortable explaining out loud.
What people say
Left on the App Store by people using the apps.
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Amazing developer and moderators. 10/10 recommend.
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How dare them.. make a game this fun and addictive!
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I love the game design and simplicity. Very unique for a sim building city.
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The dev has poured his heart into this app. Frankly it’s a consistently uplifting experience with every interaction.
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Every day I am on this app. I absolutely LOVE the crosswords!!
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Beautiful yet simple app! Such a fresh and fun way to continue to meditate on the scriptures throughout the day.
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Fantastic game with great creators that listen to you
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Amazing app. Very nice interface, nice animations, simple, effective!
Work with me
Tell me what you are dreaming and what is in the way. Let’s build it together.
Edmond, Oklahoma. Central time, remote by default.