Bolt
Highly customisable mobile apps combining live content, digital editions, podcasts, video and loads more. On iOS, Android and web.
Pugpig is the publishing platform that powers the world’s leading media brands
Launch deeply engaging mobile apps, lightning fast websites and beautifully curated archives on our digital publishing platform
A highly customisable platform
Build a beautiful mobile app on Pugpig Bolt and engage your most loyal readers. Choose from a range of totally customisable curated cards and bespoke features that’ll make your content fly.
Launch in no time, with zero fuss
Get up and running in days. With out-of-the-box frameworks that plug straight into your existing systems, you get maximum impact with minimum effort. Publish your content far and wide fuss-free.
We do the tech so you don’t have to
Giving you more time to focus on your core business. Our mobile publishing platform is constantly evolving – choosing Pugpig means a significantly lower total cost of ownership compared to doing it yourself.
Our products
One digital publishing platform, three deeply engaging products.
Site
Lightning fast, WordPress powered, SEO optimised websites with publisher-focused features and third party plugins.
Archive
Beautifully curated, fully searchable digital archives rendered in HTML and original PDF formats.
“We couldn’t be happier with our decision to go with Pugpig”
Pugpig are an excellent partner – they are a true extension to our team. They act as our CTO and trusted advisor on all things tech and beyond.
Katie Vanneck-Smith,
CEO, Hearst Magazines UK
We turned to Pugpig to rebuild our apps on a tight deadline, and boy did they deliver! Engagement is through the roof – we couldn’t be happier with our decision to go with Pugpig.
Aron Pilhofer, Chief Product Officer, The Star Tribune
Launch engaging mobile apps, digital editions and replicas with Pugpig Bolt
Build beautifully simple branded mobile apps that boost engagement and will have your audience hooked.
Publish as live content, digital editions or both
Feed straight from your own editorial systems – all content works beautifully across all devices. With Bolt’s digital publishing software, you can choose responsive, interactive HTML or native PDF pages (or a hybrid of the two) for your digital editions and replicas.
Surface stories, audio, video, podcasts, events and more
Bolt’s customisable set of curated cards also support everything from puzzles and promotions to products, advertising and sponsorship.
Packed with features and highly customisable
Including sharing, dynamic timelines, offline mode and loads more. Plus, Bolt is super flexible – we’ll work with you to create bespoke features to your heart’s content.
Build lightning fast websites with Pugpig Site
Launch beautiful content-led websites, hosted by AWS, monitored by Rackspace and managed by the Pugpig team in our WordPress-powered back end.
Manage subscriptions and memberships
Pugpig Site comes integrated with Piano so you can include subscription and memberships services right off the shelf.
Seamless content and integrations
Every page you publish works beautifully across all devices. Plus, Site is packed with a growing list of integrations from SEO optimisation and consent management to email marketing and sharing.
End to end support
From design through to launch and migration from your old platform, we look after all the tech headaches so you can concentrate on your core business.
Boost long term subscriber value with Pugpig Archive
Create beautiful, fully searchable digital archives and offer readers a truly unique way to browse through highly curated collections of your content.
Engage readers with archive content
Leverage a wealth of untapped historical content and imagery at your disposal. Perfect for professionals, researchers, students, journalists, historians and lovers of some of the world’s favourite magazine brands.
Grow subscriber revenue
By broadening your content offering, you’re tapping into a brand new audience and strengthening subscription revenue.
Pugpig State of the Mobile Publishing Market 2024 report
Drawing on the latest industry insights, exclusive analytics data from over 400 Pugpig apps and a survey of more than 70 publishers, our latest report covers how publishers are thinking about their mobile strategy in 2024 and beyond. Get the tools you need to form, or indeed, accelerate your mobile app strategy and forge deep, direct relationships with your audiences.
We’re the world’s favourite digital publishing platform
With over 170 publishers and 360 of the world’s top media brands, Pugpig’s publishing platform is the best on the market.
The latest news from Pugpig
Launches
The Star Tribune launches on Pugpig Bolt as part of a ‘new era of technology growth’
Another national US news media brand launches on Pugpig Bolt as part of their digital transformation.
News
Our State of the Mobile Publishing Market report 2024 is here!
Download your free copy of our latest report, which draws on the latest industry insights, exclusive data from over 400 Pugpig apps and a survey of more than 70 publishers to cover how publishers are thinking about their mobile strategy in 2024 and beyond.
News
Pugpig named Best Media Technology Partner at Digital Publishing Awards 2024
What a great night! Pugpig was described as the best in class for delivering scalable solutions, impressive partnerships, and close publisher relationships.
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