A studio for apps that do less, better.
We're an app studio that builds small, focused apps, our own and our clients'.
Our story
Most apps grow until they're hard to use. Every release adds a tab, a setting, a sign-up screen. We started Smart Living Apps to go the other way: small apps with one clear job, built so carefully that people forget they're using them.
We build our own products, like Awaited and Bubble, and we build apps for clients who want the same thing for their users. The approach is the same either way: understand the job, remove everything that isn't it, and polish what's left.
- languages our apps speak
- 31
- accounts you need to create
- 0
- job per screen
- 1
What we hold to
The rules we check every screen against, in our own apps and in yours.
One job per screen
Every screen answers one question. If a setting doesn't earn its place, it moves into a menu or it goes.
Works without a signal
Data stays on the phone. Bubble matches your location against your reminders without sending a single request.
Fluent from day one
Awaited ships in 31 languages, with right-to-left layouts handled down to which side the scroll bar sits on.
Asks only for what it needs
Permissions are requested at the moment they're useful, and never again when you're just editing something.
How we work with you
Small team, short loop. You talk to the people building your app.
Find the one job
We talk through what you want people to get done and agree on the single thing the app has to do well.
Design the smallest version
A clickable prototype you can hold on your own phone, so decisions happen on the device rather than in a document.
Build and test on real devices
Regular builds you can install, tested across screen sizes, Android versions and languages.
Ship and look after it
We handle the store release, watch the crash reports and keep the app current as Android changes.
Let's talk about your app.
Tell us what it needs to do in a few sentences. We'll reply within two working days with questions, a rough plan and an honest view of whether we're the right fit.