Company · Edinburgh

Dead Cool Apps

Dead Cool Apps is an IT services firm based in Edinburgh, incorporated in Scotland in 2015 (SC495801).

What they do

“30 restored indie iPhone classics, rebuilt for modern devices. No ads. No IAPs. Just games. All three volumes out now on the App Store.”

In its own words, on deadcoolapps.com

In plain speak

They restore old indie games and sell them as apps for iPhones and other modern devices, with no adverts or in-app purchases.

Ayeoh Overview

Dead Cool Apps is an IT services firm based in Edinburgh. (Companies House, ayeoh's record) It was incorporated in Scotland on 23 Jan 2015 as company SC495801. It was earlier called SIMON CRACK LTD.. (Companies House) Its website says: “30 restored indie iPhone classics, rebuilt for modern devices. No ads.” (deadcoolapps.com) The products and services it lists are DeadCool Arcade, DeadCool Arcade 2 and DeadCool Arcade 3. (deadcoolapps.com)

Companies House lists 1 active officer, among them Simon Crack (director, since Jan 2015). (Companies House, profile card) Its latest filed accounts, for the year to 31 Jan 2026, show 1 employee on average. (Companies House, Financials)

Financials

Net assets: £159k (31 Jan 2026), up 16% on £136k a year earlier
Employees: 1 on average (31 Jan 2026), unchanged on a year earlier (1)

Net assets at year ends 2024 to 2026

Next accounts due 31 Oct 2027.

From the accounts made up to 31 Jan 2026, micro-entity accounts, as tagged in the filing. Small companies file a balance sheet and often no turnover or profit. The filings at Companies House

Accounts, year by year

Year end	Net assets	Staff
31 Jan 2026	£159k	1
31 Jan 2025	£136k	1
31 Jan 2024	£149k	1

Only the figures each year's filed accounts tag; a blank is a figure the company did not file. The filings at Companies House

Timeline

31 Jan 2026accountsAccounts year end
31 Jan 2025accountsAccounts year end
31 Jan 2024accountsAccounts year end
23 Jan 2015directorSimon Crack appointed Director
23 Jan 2015incorporatedDead Cool Apps incorporated as SC495801

Register facts, funding, grants and the latest news, each linked or sourced. The data file holds the register facts, funding and grants only.

Use this data

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Record completeness 72 of 100; not yet held: turnover, news coverage, funding rounds, grants.

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How it compares

Net assets £159k: 455th of 4,488 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 1 on average: joint 1,737th of 4,779 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 23 Jan 2015: joint 2,891st of 11,935 software firms, oldest first.
Net assets £159k: 111th of 1,016 edinburgh software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 1 on average: joint 383rd of 1,070 edinburgh software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 23 Jan 2015: joint 596th of 2,895 edinburgh software firms, oldest first.

Ranked by ayeoh from the accounts of every Scottish software firm whose filings it holds, as of 2026-11-05. Only figures the accounts tag; a rank, not a judgement.