Suzanne LaBarre for Co.Design on Hatch, the latest app from Impending dream team Phill Ryu, David Lanham, and friends.

The average app is a money making proposition first, and artistic statement or utility second. That’s why the App Store is loaded with clunky Angry Birds clones and pandering zombie shooters. But Hatch, a tamagotchi app by the two-man, part-time team at Impending, is a rarely polished labor of love.

It’s worth $2 alone to see David’s creatures come to life. Download it from the App Store.