Independent app studio · Australia

Honest apps for everyday living.

We're a small studio building calm, useful mobile apps that respect your time and your data. No dark patterns, no noise. Just tools that do one thing well.

Our studio

Small studio, clear principles.

Candid Living started with a simple frustration: most apps ask for too much and give back too little. We build the opposite. Everything we ship is measured against three questions.

01

Does it earn its place?

Every app solves one real problem well. If a feature doesn't help you, it doesn't ship. We'd rather do less, properly.

02

Is it honest with you?

Clear permissions, plain-language policies, and no data we don't need. What you see is what the app actually does.

03

Is it secure by default?

Built on twenty years of security practice. Your data stays yours, protected from the first line of code.

The shelf

Apps we've built and are building.

A growing collection of small, focused tools. Placeholder previews shown while we finalise store listings.

Launching soon

MotionCalm

Health & Wellbeing

Gentle on-screen motion cues that align what you see with what you feel, so you can read or watch in the car without the queasiness.

Coming to Google Play
In the workshop

Placeholder Two

Productivity

A focused little utility in early development. We'll reveal the details once it's ready to meet the world.

In development
In the workshop

Placeholder Three

Habits & Focus

Another idea taking shape on the workbench. Simple by intent, quietly useful. More to come.

In development

How we work

From a rough idea to a calm, finished app.

  • 01

    Listen properly

    We start with the problem, not the feature list. What's the one thing this should make easier?

  • 02

    Design for calm

    Clean interfaces, generous whitespace, and interactions that never fight for your attention.

  • 03

    Build it secure

    Security and privacy are decided at the start, not bolted on. Least data, safely handled.

  • 04

    Ship and stand behind it

    We release, we listen, we refine. An app is a relationship, not a one-off drop.

Say hello

Got an idea, or just want to follow along?

We love talking to people who care about honest, well-made software. Reach out any time.

Email the studio

hello@candidliving.au