SyncStudio

Painless Database Synchronization

Synchronize SQLite and MS SQL databases between mobile devices and your server — fast, reliable, and with zero custom sync code.

Devices syncing with a central database through SyncStudio
What is SyncStudio?

Complete database synchronization — without writing a line of sync code

SyncStudio is HandApps' proprietary database synchronization tool that enables offline-first mobile, desktop, and web applications. It allows developers to implement a full database synchronization solution in minutes rather than weeks or months.


Using the SyncStudio API, developers embed full support for synchronization and replication into their offline apps. SyncStudio supports SQLite or MS SQL (including LocalDB and Express) at the client and Microsoft SQL Server on the server.


Built on the Microsoft Sync Framework with proprietary extensions, SyncStudio completely eliminates the need for custom synchronization code — handling configuration, provisioning, code generation, deployment, and management automatically.

  • Syncs SQLite and MS SQL with Microsoft SQL Server
  • Supports Android, iOS, MAUI, Xamarin, Basic4Android, and Windows Forms
  • Zero custom synchronization code required
  • Built on Microsoft Sync Framework with proprietary extensions
  • Automatic code generation, provisioning, and deployment
  • Runs on your own infrastructure — no cloud charges
  • Transactional integrity with full commit/rollback support
SyncStudio + Kaela

The engine behind Kaela's offline-first architecture

SyncStudio is the technology that makes Kaela offline-first. When field reps, drivers, and B2B buyers use Kaela in the field — in warehouses, trucks, rural delivery routes, restaurant kitchens, or store basements — they're working with a local SQLite database synchronized by SyncStudio.


ERP data flows from Microsoft SQL Server via the HandApps platform and SyncStudio's sync engine, down to the mobile devices. When connectivity is available, users sync their changes back — with full transactional integrity. What data goes to which user is easily defined using our robust filtering functionality.


This is why Kaela works reliably everywhere your teams work — not just where there's WiFi.


Explore Kaela
Your users in the field and in the office
Smartphones
Rugged Handhelds
Tablets
Laptops & Desktops
SyncStudio sync engine by HandApps
Bi-Directional Sync
Offline-First
Per-User Filtering
Transactional Integrity
Visual Management Console
Your data stays in your systems
Microsoft
SQL Server
Your
ERP
Back-office
Applications
Local & remote
Data Sources
Key Features

Everything you need for database synchronization

SyncStudio handles the entire sync lifecycle — from configuration to deployment to ongoing schema changes.

Desktop management

SyncStudio SMC

A visual management console where you define your sync project. Connect to your database, choose tables, fields, filters, and sync rules — then deploy with one click.

Synchronization

Auto Code Generation

SyncStudio automatically generates and compiles your custom sync web service. Your synchronization coding effort is exactly zero.

Configuration

Auto DB Provisioning

Prepares databases for synchronization automatically — triggers, stored procedures, and tracking tables are created and configured for you.

Search and tracking

Data Filtering

Control which records sync to each client on a table-by-table basis. Define filtering codes by user, region, role, or any custom criteria.

Synchronization

Schema Synchronization

Database structure changes propagate automatically to all clients on next sync. Modify your server schema and every device updates itself.

Launch and deploy

Automated IIS Deployment

Deploy your sync service directly to IIS from within SyncStudio. No manual server configuration or deployment scripting required.

Built for Enterprise

Reliable, scalable, and production-ready

Transactional Integrity

Each sync session is one SQL transaction. All changes commit or all roll back. No partial syncs.

Built-in Batching

Large data sets handled automatically across multiple transmission batches for reliable sync over any connection.

Auto Client DB Creation

Deploy client-side databases to thousands of devices without manual provisioning or device-by-device setup.

Minimal Client Config

Simple API integration means developers focus on their app, not sync plumbing.

No Cloud Charges

Runs on your own infrastructure. No per-sync fees, no metered cloud costs, no surprises.

Custom Schema Config

Full control over which tables, fields, and indexes are synchronized in every sync project.

Bi-directional Sync

Data flows both ways — server to device and device to server — with automatic conflict resolution.

100% USA-Based Support

Designed, developed, and supported by the HandApps team in the USA.

Platform Support

Works with the platforms you use

Client Platforms

Android
iOS
MAUI
Xamarin
Basic4Android
Windows Forms

Client Databases

SQLite
MS SQL LocalDB
MS SQL Express

Server

Microsoft SQL Server

Deployment

IIS (Internet Information Services)
On-premises or hosted

Built On

Microsoft Sync Framework
For Developers

Get started in minutes, not months

SyncStudio was built by developers, for developers. We created it because we were spending inordinate amounts of time writing custom synchronization code for every project. SyncStudio eliminates that problem entirely.


  • Free developer license available
  • Full documentation, QuickStart guide, and FAQ
  • Standard Android client with full source code included
  • Royalty-free and production licensing options
  • No per-device or per-sync fees

Licensing Options

Developer License — Free
Full-featured, for development and testing
Production License — Per server
For production deployments with unlimited clients
Royalty-Free License — One-time fee
Embed SyncStudio in your own product
Premium Support — Annual
Priority support from the HandApps team

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See how SyncStudio powers offline-first enterprise mobility

Whether you're building mobile apps that need offline sync, or evaluating HandApps and Kaela for your enterprise — SyncStudio is the engine that makes it work.